Cyclist Shot

[shootingstar]

Some of comments to the news article reflect still that..it was ok to shoot ???

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Some of comments to the news article reflect still that..it was ok to shoot ???

Welcome to MI.

[PamNY]

Tragic and frightening.

[lovelygamer]

The incident is sickening and even more so, the comments.

[Catrin]

That is why I NEVER read the comments - else I wouldn't ever ride the road again!

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That is why I NEVER read the comments - else I wouldn't ever ride the road again!

There's definitely some regional stuff at play when it comes to comments on mass media sites re: articles about cycling-related accidents. In some news comments things are more balanced and objective...I notice this is particularly true in areas where cycling is very popular, like much of the west coast. The same sorts of scenarios yield very different responses in other areas. I see the atmosphere in the media towards cyclists on the western side of MI improving (in large part due to efforts made by bicycling advocates in the greater Grand Rapids area), so hopefully that will carry across the state in the future.

[Biciclista]

i hope the murderer spends the rest of his life behind bars. (and I know he won't)

[shootingstar]

There's definitely some regional stuff at play when it comes to comments on mass media sites re: articles about cycling-related accidents. In some news comments things are more balanced and objective...I notice this is particularly true in areas where cycling is very popular, like much of the west coast. The same sorts of scenarios yield very different responses in other areas. I see the atmosphere in the media towards cyclists on the western side of MI improving (in large part due to efforts made by bicycling advocates in the greater Grand Rapids area), so hopefully that will carry across the state in the future.

Positive change takes a long time, several years at minimum. But then there are some folks who simply will be angry no matter where they are, and still unable to understand boundaries to expressing one's anger.

There are was a terrible cyclist fatality a few years ago...in downtown Toronto, a place where there are enough cyclists daily, where the cyclist did slap I think, a nearby car that got too close to him while in slower/waiting traffic lane. The driver was a former politician who drove off intentionally, not caring about the cyclist very close, after an exchange of yelling with cyclist and I believe the cyclist fell, etc. Anyway, died. Another example of road rage with sad consequences.

But if there was a gun involving a cyclist being a shot at, that would be considered..just wierd/outrageous in Canada. But no better than a driver knocking down a cyclist intentionally with a car.