No charges filed against driver filmed purposely hitting a cyclist

[OakLeaf]

Maybe, just maybe, if this is publicized enough, it will bring a little awareness to non-riders of what we face every day.

DH has a great interest in traffic laws and collisions and follows them quite a bit in the news, especially where motorcycles are concerned, and because his news clipper searches for stories concerning "bikes" and "bikers," he often pulls down stories about bicyclists as well. Still, he is always amazed when I show him one of these stories. People who don't ride just. don't. get it, and if someone doesn't get it who's all about responsibility on the road, and married to a cyclist fercryinoutloud, nobody gets it. Share this story widely and just maybe it will get some traction.

[ny biker]

They don't see people. They see things, obstacles. Not human beings.

[OakLeaf]

Nope, they don't see those either. They rear-end garbage trucks and school buses and police cars with lights flashing, day after day after day. The only difference is that when they do that, if they survive, they know better than to tell the cops they "didn't see" the school bus, and if they do say that, the cops and judges and juries know better than to pretend to believe them.

Anyway, when the collision is undeniably intentional, none of that stuff makes any difference.