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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Insurance should then be required. Too many people have been injured or died from being hit by cyclists.

https://gothamist.com/news/pedestrian-dies-after-being-struck-by-cyclist-in-midtown

Liability insurance to cover medical expenses should be a minimum.
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The cyclist received a ticket for running a red light. What more do you want? [/quote]
DP. They should obviously be prosecuted for vehicular manslaughter.

Not to mention this hit and run murdering cyclists from last month.
https://thevillagesun.com/chelsea-man-44-dies-after-being-struck-by-hit-and-run-cyclist-police

Notably, after this cyclist ran a red light killed a woman crossing the crosswalk in DC the DC cycling community did not express any outrage, have a memorial or leave a ghost bike (should it be ghost shoes?). The cyclists also was not prosecuted in the end. Where was Vision Zero?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/woman-65-dies-after-being-hit-by-bicycle-in-downtown-dc/2017/03/10/326d83b2-05ff-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html

The truth is that cyclists don’t care about pedestrians. They frankly don’t seem to care much about anyone but themselves. That would be fine except that we all need to share common right of ways and public goods.[/quote]

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