Road design, safety and Vision Zero

[ijmorlan]

It could well be. I was not there and I have no details.

If the driver didn’t see them in time then they were driving too fast for the conditions. I don’t need to know anything about what actually happened in any specific instance to be able to make that statement.

This reminds me of a case where somebody stopped in the fast lane to help ducks cross the road. Then motorcycles came up and hit them from behind; two motorcyclists dead instantly.

Now, clearly, stopping in the fast lane to help ducks is questionable, and my recollection is that the driver was charged, although I don’t remember the outcome. But the motorcyclists were driving too fast no matter what one thinks of the person who stopped their car. The car could have stopped because they hit a deer or because their car failed suddenly; then how would one deflect blame from the too-fast motorcyclists?