Same as anyone on a plane with or without a box cutter. Intent is what matters. A car is a deadly weapon just like a gun. This post depicts someone pulling that trigger.
Even when a person unintentionally discharges a firearm that causes harm, they are still accountable. Culturally this must be how driving is held to account. In court, this is absolutely the case, but ignorant cultural norms lag very far behind.
I was physically disabled by an incompetent driver that broke my neck and back while commuting to work by bicycle. I was a top level amateur racer. I am not dishing out hypothetical nonsense or prejudice. Auto insurance doesn’t even scratch the surface of the liability one will face in court for injuring a pedestrian or pedestrian-cyclist on the road. Any remotely skilled attorney will start the case in the 7-8 figure range regardless of your present net worth. If this driver is caught, the cyclist will own them, like driving their car, living in their house, and inheriting their parent’s fortune. I would absolutely force an auction at my expense to sell the shirt off my assailant’s back after something like this to watch them walk into homelessness naked. Pull that trigger and I am coming with no mercy and taking everything.
It’s always been horrific to me how some people feel a sense of moral entitlement to hurt others either via carelessness or stupidity, like when hearing comments drivers have made about cyclists while I’m a passenger. As if the cyclist is intent on causing problems, so they “get what they deserve.” Truly sickening shit. My uncle was in a coma for 2 months after being hit while biking. Brain hemorrhaging, he was wearing a helmet but wasn’t enough. He’s lucky to be alive. Cultural norms indeed are ages behind.
It is a slight reassurance to hear what you’re saying about the legal system. I really hope that your description of what cyclists can get awarded is similar to your lived experience, I empathize with you.
Same as anyone on a plane with or without a box cutter. Intent is what matters. A car is a deadly weapon just like a gun. This post depicts someone pulling that trigger.
Even when a person unintentionally discharges a firearm that causes harm, they are still accountable. Culturally this must be how driving is held to account. In court, this is absolutely the case, but ignorant cultural norms lag very far behind.
I was physically disabled by an incompetent driver that broke my neck and back while commuting to work by bicycle. I was a top level amateur racer. I am not dishing out hypothetical nonsense or prejudice. Auto insurance doesn’t even scratch the surface of the liability one will face in court for injuring a pedestrian or pedestrian-cyclist on the road. Any remotely skilled attorney will start the case in the 7-8 figure range regardless of your present net worth. If this driver is caught, the cyclist will own them, like driving their car, living in their house, and inheriting their parent’s fortune. I would absolutely force an auction at my expense to sell the shirt off my assailant’s back after something like this to watch them walk into homelessness naked. Pull that trigger and I am coming with no mercy and taking everything.
It’s always been horrific to me how some people feel a sense of moral entitlement to hurt others either via carelessness or stupidity, like when hearing comments drivers have made about cyclists while I’m a passenger. As if the cyclist is intent on causing problems, so they “get what they deserve.” Truly sickening shit. My uncle was in a coma for 2 months after being hit while biking. Brain hemorrhaging, he was wearing a helmet but wasn’t enough. He’s lucky to be alive. Cultural norms indeed are ages behind.
It is a slight reassurance to hear what you’re saying about the legal system. I really hope that your description of what cyclists can get awarded is similar to your lived experience, I empathize with you.