Okay, how about a driver who “didn’t see” the elderly disabled woman with her buggy crossing on a red because she can’t walk fast enough on the pedestrian light to get through before it changes?

“Didn’t see” is a wide-open invitation to abuse anything on the road not encased in steel armor.

Directly related to that, a Port Orange PD patrol car trailed me for some distance and then passed and continued on his way. Perhaps they got the good news before I did.

I rarely have to ride at night, although I very much enjoy the dark morning hours. That new 3M clothing that turns a rider into a human torch is pretty amazing, but would not work in our hot humid environment and would be useless for me inside the velomobile.

After reading the comments, it seriously makes me think of checking out of the human race. I don’t want to be “guilty by association” if you know what I mean.

I have so much reflective tape on my bike I think it might be safe to say that I am more visible at night than in the daytime. If I get hit at night, somebody was aiming for me.

So, does the same get out of jail free law apply if a driver hits someone on a motorcycle, or a person crossing the street?

Sounds like TN needs laws like they have in Amsterdam or Copenhagen, which automatically assumes the driver is at fault.

I have encountered unlit, darkly-clad cyclists at night many times. It’s quite common around here. I have seen them with my headlights and managed to avoid them. I drive the speed limit and pay attention to the road. Sadly, our culture seems to think that’s too much to ask of motorists anymore. (That doesn’t absolve cyclists of the responsibility to comply with the law!)

While I personally feel more comfortable wearing high-vis clothing on high-speed roads, I agree with my friend John Schubert who has said there is an an unintended consequence in over-emphasizing high-vis clothing. Defense attorneys could seize on that as a way to get their negligent clients off the hook.

The guy in a black shirt has just as much right to be safe on the road as the one in a Pear Izumi dayglo green jacket.

The motorist was supposedly not even fined. Bikejax is following up the police report after which I plan to pursue legal counsel. The accident happened at night. The road is plenty lit after dark. I know because I was there putting up the ghost bike. It is essentially a 4 lane road with 10 foot lanes and no median. There is no way a motorist should have missed the cyclist unless the cyclist jumped in front of the motorist in a ninja move to commit suicide.

This sucks. I am wearing a black polo today. What happens if I get hit while following the law on my way home for lunch? The only job a motorist has is to follow the signs, obey the laws and NOT HIT SOMETHING IN THE PROCESS.

I have a traffic law question:
If Motorist A fails to stop behind a car (Motorist B) at a traffic light and the Motorist B’s car does not have working tail lights, whose fault is it? Motorist A, Motorist B or Both A & B? If the answer is ‘Both A & B’ shouldn’t the result be the same if a bicyclist was hit?

Would any of your tickets and subsequent judgements be of help to others as printouts to show if police attempt to cite for the same reasons?

Reading the comments of some of the people up there — I sure hope that it a small minority. It sends shivers down my back to hear people talk with that kind of animosity towards all cyclists …..