Re: House arrest after killing cyclist in hit and run.

On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:40:41 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 2/28/2025 3:56 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:

On 2/28/2025 3:18 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

 
In my view, a person who kills someone with their car should never,
ever be allowed to drive again.
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  even if it's a legit accident?
Say for example some dumbshit simply walks in front your car while
you're driving along doing say, 40 mph in a 45 mph zone.

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First, let's acknowledge that rule will never be implemented in the U.S.
But if it were, driver caution would increase many times over.
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After the first few "dumbshit walks in front of car" episodes actually
resulted in "no more driving" and were publicized, motorists might begin
slowing to non-fatal speeds when pedestrians (or bicyclists) are within
walk-in-front range.
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As I've said here before, if an overhead crane operator killed someone
in a factory, I think they'd never be allowed to operate the crane
again, no matter what their excuse.
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Humans have given up far more than we should have to motordom. Streets
and roads were once the domain of pedestrians, of kids playing, of
people interacting. Turning them entirely over to motorists was a
deliberate campaign goal of the car manufacturers.
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https://marker.medium.com/the-invention-of-jaywalking-afd48f994c05

<LOL>  Oh my. A big conspracy to keep bicycles and children off the
streets?

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C'est bon
Soloman