08-29-2017, 10:00 AM
(08-27-2017, 07:49 PM)highlander Wrote: Completely agree with what you're saying, I just got back from a ride with the kids in the cargo bike and almost got right hooked here. We were going about 7 km/h at the time, so it's not like our speed was the major cause. I made eye contact with the driver as he was about to turn - maybe he was expecting me to dismount and cross... I commented to my wife that if we'd been hit, I'd probably be blamed for riding in a crosswalk. Feels like entrapment to me.
I am sure we have all had an off moment when we aren't paying attention enough or see a pedestrian or cyclist at the last moment, but to knowingly see someone and proceed anyway - that should an attempted murder charge (if there were only a way to prove intent).
I hope there is a special place in h-e-double-hockey-sticks for drivers who make eye-contact and STILL choose to proceed knowing that they do not have the right-of-way, just like drivers on a sidewalkless road who give a parked vehicle a wide berth, but a pedestrian they literally try to run off the road valuing metal over flesh.
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.