Woman runs over teenaged cyclist, then sues his bereaved family

[SvennoJ]

Lusche said:

SvennoJ said:

If your eye sight is that bad you shouldn't be driving at all at night. Anything could happen to end up in the road.

you can have perfect eyesight. if something pulls in front of you with no light at a badly lit road you could still hit it even at slow speed.
thats why you cant expect anything. you have to expect that the others are also keeping the law.

thats why usually if a bike pulls in front of you with no light and you hit it its usually the bikers fault. if you drive accordingly.

If you want to kill yourself on hitting a deer and blame the deer for it, good plan. You can't simply expect everything to follow the rules. Speed limits are limits, not minimum driving speeds. You should always reduce speed to match the circumstances.

Killing yourself on a deer is still better than living with the guilt of killing someones child. Accidents happen, but driving 90 in the rain at night is not responsible behaviour. I always slow down when passing cyclists, a simple gust of wind can blow them in your path.