SF Cyclist pleads not guilty in fatal pedestrian crash

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Permalink Reply by Jason W on June 27, 2012 at 6:12pm

James is correct, it is all speculation. Nothing in there says the pedestrian was in the right. Just because people are in a crosswalk, does not mean they should be. Anyone who has commuted through the loop at rush hour knows this, especially near the train stations at 5pm. I have seen groups of 20-40 people plow into an intersection against the signals. Often in front of me, and even cars when they feel they can get away with it.

Newspapers often are horribly incorrect in their stories too, so let's not make it seem like those articles are the result of an exacting criminal investigation. Let it play out in the courts, and don't throw one of our own (a cyclist) under the bus. Give him the benefit of the doubt, not the other way around. We all know much of the population is anti-cyclist. Don't feed the bears...

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Permalink Reply by Jason W on June 27, 2012 at 6:14pm

Oh, give me a break Howard...

h' said:

Why stop there? I think it entirely possible that the 71-year-old victim was feeling suicidal, and waited for a cyclist to dart out in front of.  And poor Chris . . . talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Jason said:

3 pages and no one has mentioned what the pedestrian was doing? Was he darting through the intersection against the traffic light? Not looking where he was going? I find accidents happen when 2 idiots collide, not one.

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Permalink Reply by Sue Clark on June 27, 2012 at 11:11pm

Unless they've changed things in the last couple years (which I doubt), it's not a pedestrian scramble intersection. 

James BlackHeron said:

Does this intersection have a ped scramble period in the program?  It could be that the peds had a walk light and all the vehicular traffic had reds which the cyclist ignored.  

It's all speculation though.   I suppose we will find out more as the trial progresses.  I doubt it will be a very long trial once t starts.  Has it been scheduled yet?

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