Reply #66: "How the bloody hell is Novak not in jail? "

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Because we do not throw drivers in jail even when they kill pedestrians or cyclists. Certainly not cyclists. So a mere "brush" will certainly not do it.

A few years ago I had a post about a cyclist being killed while in a very wide bike lane because the driver supposedly was leaning toward his glove compartment.

This was a very long and hot thread, where many bashed cyclists - often deserve - while others kept saying that a flesh and blood has no chance with a mass of steel.

In the local paper a few weeks ago, someone complained about getting a ticket for a "rolling stop" - as he called it, that when turning right on red, he just glanced to see whether a car was coming. And someone replied that often those turns - right on red or left on green - often just look at cars, not at cyclists and pedestrians.

Until we throw drivers in jail, first, and bail later - for hitting pedestrians at crosswalks or cyclists on bike lane - nothing will change. Novak or not.