As an side, can we really say our fatality rate hasn't decreased? There's probably multiple times more cyclists today than there were even 5-10 years ago, so arguably the rate has decreased.

Still, this incident is a sad example that even in relatively "safe" areas, vulnerable road users are... vulnerable, especially if the driver doesn't see you.

The speed limit is 35mph but cars have been clocked at 60mph.

No charges so far, I doubt there will be.

As always, remember that bicyclists have to follow the law if they want respect.  (Applies only to bicyclists.)

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/round- … ng-student

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/round-r … ipal-says/

I checked and his case about the robbery was dismissed.

He was sentenced in 2018 to 7 years for the bicyclist assault, but in 2019 he was charged with a traffic collision (which was also dismissed), so I don't know how much, if any, prison time he actually served.  I tried to find when he entered and released prison but couldn't find a database that gives either.

Of note is that after public outcry about a traffic calming measure that reduced the number of lanes on a roadway, officials restored the traffic lanes.  One of the vociferous opponents of the reduced lanes went on to accidentally kill a pedestrian on that roadway after the removed lanes were restored.

Also of note is a group that (illegally) paints in new crosswalks where they think they should exist.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business … ero-roads/

As in the previous case, the driver is black.  It was forty years ago when I was on the debate team in high school that I learned that black people were more likely to be arrested, charged, and convicted for the same crime.  Seems like not much has changed.

What a world.

https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/austin- … t-and-run/

It's not that the driver killed someone (if it were truly accidental, that wouldn't call the driver's character into question), it's that he fled the scene.  Once a traffic death involves any of recklessness, DWI, or hit-and-run, then it becomes morally questionable…and that would make it hard for me to describe the driver in saintly terms.

https://www.denverpost.com/2013/02/04/c … s-in-city/

Discuss.

As I've said here and here, waiting for white DWI drivers to get charged and convicted.

(And to be perfectly clear, I want DWI drivers of *all* colors to be charged.)

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/jose-to … lice-chase

Glad I don't bike any more.

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/crime … b05c32936b

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/ … t-and-run/

Still keeping an eye out for a white driver to be arrested for killing a bicyclist/pedestrian of color, rather than the other way around.  Also interested to see if the driver in this case will face any meaningful penalties.

The extenuating circumstances were that police were trying to stop the driver because they identified the vehicle was stolen, the driver fled, driving up to 100 miles an hour and running at least one red light, and, probably, because the driver was Hispanic.  It'll be interesting when and if a white driver gets a similar sentence.

Still, since killing drivers of all stripes typically get off with slaps on the wrist, if that, it's surprising to see such a lengthy sentence.

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/william … 022-crash/