Woman runs over teenaged cyclist, then sues his bereaved family

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DD_Bwest said:

SvennoJ said:

DD_Bwest said:

 

there was a thurough investigation.  their is a 26 page report on its findings somewhere but im still looking for it. the province and post mention it

A collision reconstruction team from the South Simcoe Police Service investigated the crash; their 26-page report found that the “lack of visibility” of the cyclists “was the largest contributing factor,” and that on a dark overcast night, “the driver of the Kia did not see the cyclists on the roadway and was unable to make an evasive reaction.”

Ah, I got the impression from the thread that corners were cut, like an alcohol test.

Anyway as long as "lack of visibility" as the largest contributing factor is regarded as an excuse for responsibility, we'll never get the death rate down. Car accident fatalities have been going down over time, mainly due to cracking down on drunk driving, yet it's still about 2000 a year in Canada. Maybe instead of stating to slow down at night on unlit roads, there should be dual speed limits on the signs to make it clear. 80 from 1 hour after dawn to 1 hour before dusk, 60 otherwise and in rain/icy/fog conditions. Apparently common sense is not enough.

Cracking down on cyclists that don't carry night at light should also be a priority. Ofcourse the best solution is to have separate bicycle paths, yet in the town I live in they can't even afford to provide proper side walks.

from the sound of things they did a road side test that blew zero.   and i would assume they would check her phone records to see if it was used around that time.   they also investigated the kids as their was a house party nearby but they werent there according to one article.

i think all bikes should have one of those little light generators to power a small front and rear light.  make it mandatory on all bikes sold.  the little tiny as reflector things most come with a garbage.

You make a whole awfull lot of assumptions in the lady benefit and against the kids... have you hitted someone and think he was at fault and even so you had to pay?