Failed To Yield Right of Way?

• Author: black twingle (---.gac.com)
• jconstantinos
• Date Posted: 07-02-08 15:31

“Failed to yield right of way,” eh? Okay, well, thanks for filling in all the gaps, only surviving witness to the accident.

When we look at bicycle accident statistics, one of the heart warming things we find is that the “cyclist at fault” rate skyrockets for accidents with fatalities (e.g. when the cyclist dies).

So, if a car turns in front of you or blows a stop sign to knock you off your bike, it’s their fault. If that same car turns in front of you or blows a stop sign to kill you, it ends up being your fault.

My conclusion is that people are lying, rotten stink-bastards.

Friends and Family of Jay

I am sorry that you lost someone close to you, and I’m a bit sorry that you have to read my next piece of advice.

Please, please, please request further investigation into this accident. The man who killed Jay might come off as just a remorseful, blameless nice guy, but sole survivors of car vs. bike accidents appear to lie most of the time.

I don’t have any details about this accident, I only have cyclist advocacy data and generalizations.

That data, and those generalizations make me angry, and make me think about how an 18 year old kid on a moped has a much much clearer view of the road than the tired driver of a Ford sedan.