Damn good find, ito. Is this legitimate enough for everyone? The evening news may not be the most perfect source of information, but I think we can all agree that the report displays neither a hidden pro-bike nor a pro-driver bias, right? And that one group of first-hand eyewitnesses (who, yes, are cyclists but who also seem to be forthright) saw the minivan knock down a rider, roll over his bike, and try to drive off. And in the interview with the driver, she said that she was trying to "weave through the bikes" in a panic because "There are CHILDREN in this car! *SOB* CHILDREN in this car!"
Inadvertently or not, this was an admission of guilt in my eyes. I don't care if you've got the dying Prince of Siam in an iron lung lying in your back seat, if cyclists surround your car and are riding past you, you've got the right to feel confused, or even frightened, but you DON'T have the right to panic, assault people with a one-ton motorized steel box, and then try to get away clean.
And, granted, nobody had the right to smash out her rear window, but if I was there I would've swarmed her car along with everyone else to prevent her from escaping accountability. And I would think that anyone here would do the same thing.
Inadvertently or not, this was an admission of guilt in my eyes. I don't care if you've got the dying Prince of Siam in an iron lung lying in your back seat, if cyclists surround your car and are riding past you, you've got the right to feel confused, or even frightened, but you DON'T have the right to panic, assault people with a one-ton motorized steel box, and then try to get away clean.
And, granted, nobody had the right to smash out her rear window, but if I was there I would've swarmed her car along with everyone else to prevent her from escaping accountability. And I would think that anyone here would do the same thing.