07-15-2016, 05:01 PM
(07-15-2016, 04:11 PM)Canard Wrote: Here we go again...
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/19-year-old-...-1.2988228
19 year old woman with minor injuries - hit by car at low speed. She was riding through a crosswalk. Report says "no charges will be laid", which I'm shocked by, because she should totally get nailed with the $110 fine for riding through a crosswalk!
Read the context of what happened based on the image shown, fly out of the crosswalk and hit the car. Her bike ended up directly in front and under the vehicle. She couldn't have been moving fast, and if I had to guess, the driver simply wasn't paying any attention. Police have discretion of when to lay fines, the context seems to make clear their failure to lay fines is explainable.
Also, I have zero blame and complete sympathy for any cyclist who rides on Weber St. I decided today to take a ride up Weber St. The results were not pretty: https://youtu.be/2cxiZxRyZF8
It is definitely the worst experience I've had riding on the road in this city.