Bicycle Austin forum

Hi everyone, I may be misinformed, but I am pretty sure many here are discussing the wrong point.  Tom was moving one direction, the truck was moving in the same direction, passed him, and made a right hand turn in front of him.  As I understand it, the truck didn't make a left, it made a right after it passed him.  This indicates that the motorist almost certainly saw him, just didn't give a rats ass and risked Tom's life by trying to beat him to the intersection.  Further, Tom wasn't riding alone.  Another rider was behind him a ways.  1 bike is easy to miss.  Two are still easy to miss, but harder than just one.  This happens all the time and many of us have been spared.  Unfortunately, our friend Tom wasn't.

Bottom line is that drivers must be held accountable for their actions.  Roads were not originally meant for cars because they didn't exist when roads began being built!  Roads are for everyone trying to get from one place to another, whether for fun, exercise, work, shopping, whatever, should make no difference.  Drivers must be held accountable.  That means hefty, painful, even excruciating consequences should befall anyone guilty of a traffic violation that endangers another person, regardless of what type of vehicle they may, or may not be, operating.

I will vote for anyone in a law enforcement capacity that will make the commitment to punish to the full extent of the law.  Let's start a movement and send a message!!!!  If someone solicits your vote, please reply by asking for their written or recorded commitment that they will punish those who kill.