As more Americans on the road to bicycles to reduce their carbon footprint take to unclog the streets and get some extra exercise, prove the traffic rules often insufficient to protect cyclists in road accidents. Because the streets with cars in mind were originally made, drivers are usually reluctant, not forcing Street to share, and existing laws.Currently only 13 States have penalties for drivers, the cyclists to kill noticeably California which had 131 bike deaths 2008 in alone, is the California Highway Patrol absent after.
The blog old transit highlights a number of recent incidents proving that even in the bike accidents catastrophic injuries, the application of the law for cyclists can be dangerous.
Road rage
North Carolina fireman was Charles Alexander Diez recently 120 days in jail for cyclists of Alan Simons head 120 Tage.Der shooting incident sentenced. began Simons stopped his bike Diez say it to curb was unsure about his three-year old daughter in a child seat. As Simon went away, shot Diez in the helmet of the ball from the cyclist's skull piercing stopped. The North Carolina Mountain Xpress reported the Court gave Diez the light sentence due to his "military, with testimony from former colleagues about his good character."
Hit-& run
A year ago was San Francisco tracks local blogger JWZ and hit by a driver who later fled the scene.A number of witnesses were able to take photos of the driver license plate and a description of the car.Although the blogger fast, a complaint, has the accident nor by the police of San Francisco a minor hit and run leads untersucht.In California not caused serious injury to regularly a penalty of up to six months in prison and a fine of up to $ 1.000.Als JWZ about the incident asked, he received this reply: "none have been made in your case, but you can call the DMV and the person to get the plate if you want to file a civil suit."
Distracted driving
Distracted, causes drive more than 6,000 deaths and nearly 500,000 injuries annually, so it's no surprise that some of those cyclists beinhalten.Radfahrer Cindy Whitney was defeated and killed in July when driver George sippy described his pickup truck into your swerved.Wenn sippy Randall County, Texas grand jury that he left his cell phone and swerved when the it get called death at a tragic accident and no charges filed.
He said she said
The problem with holding down driver for serious injury or death responsible incurred bike accidents belongs, if not impossible is difficult to prove, that meant to hit the cyclist or that you careless waren.Als Alttransport notes cyclists have no steel exoskeleton and are lighter in accidents killed. to be negligent, a "reasonably prudent person" fail, someone else who cannot always determine, when the cyclist is killed or undergoes extensive injuries protected.
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