Re: Dead Vermont cyclist

floriduh dumbass <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:02:31 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
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On 3/14/2025 2:30 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:

On 3/14/2025 1:25 PM, floriduh dumbass wrote:

On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:44:15 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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Nope, I'm not sympathetic. What rule could be more
fundamental than
"Don't hit someone walking (or bicycling) with your car"?
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And if killing someone with your car isn't sufficient
for forbidding
future driving, what would be?
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Is the permission to drive really more important than a
person's life?

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Isn't there a law against riding your bicycle in the path
of a moving
car?

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no, dumbass.
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The actual situation on the ground can be wildly different
depending on the statute, local road design, marking,
signage and practice, the personalities involved and
whatever the judge ate for lunch.
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http://flbikelaw.org/2010/03/two-citations-identical-circumstances-opposite-verdicts/

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I'm pretty sure that if I ride the Catrike out onto the road in front
of a moving truck, my estate would be liable for his broken headlight.

This is another reason you have no credibility. You comment on the legality of an act in the state you live in without bothering to look it up (as if you don't have time to do it).
Here are a few links that took me literally less than 5 minutes to find. Try commenting again without your Cloak of Ignorance
https://www.flsenate.gov/laws/statutes/2011/316.2065
https://www.flhsmv.gov/safety-center/driving-safety/share-the-road/
https://bikewalkcentralflorida.org/resources/bike-laws/#:~:text=
https://dwpersonalinjurylaw.com/bicyclists-and-right-of-way-addressing-common-misconceptions-in-florida/