Cyclist dies after police car hits him – then reverses over him, say witnesses

It does seem disproportionate that Canadian Police can dish out summary justice ……… just because a cyclist rode the wrong way along a one way street.

So they are helping put up the toll now? Suspect it will be whitewashed like so many before?

There is no such thing as the wrong way for a rider. *yawns*

Don't forget this is road.cc land and there are only 2 rules;

1. The cyclist is always right.
2. When the cyclist is wrong, rule 1 applies.

Guesswork again and murder! Seriously?
Perhaps it wasn't a head to head. It says it was at a junction.
Maybe he was hit from the side. Makes more sense for him going under.
Very sad whatever way.

A tragic incident but...
One way street the wrong way - asking for trouble - bike versus car - extreme sanction.

The purpose is, like for all other fatality stories, to continue to spread awareness. It may seem a bit repetitive, but to us cyclists, who are continually given abuse on the roads for simply cycling on what some drivers consider to be 'their territory', it allows us to encourage drivers to accept us cycling on the road, and to make it clear that the prejudice drivers have against us is not going to be accepted.

I understand however, that this person was cycling up a one way street and shouldn't have been there in the first place, but needless to say, did he really deserved to be murdered so brutally for such a small misdemeanour?

Surely enough, if a person has died after being hit by a car, the least they deserve is for their story to be heard?

That's what i was thinking as well!

It's like 'Virtual Rubber Necking'. It's very poor taste to fill space by trawling the web for a death story. I am positive that a heck of a lot more cyclist all over the world, but this one was the most graphic/tragic.

Come on Road CC stop the 'Rubber Necking'

Not wishing to sound heartless, but why do road.cc publish a story about a cycling fatality practically every day? Do they scour the Internet looking for a sufficiently depressing story to bring to us? I can't see what purpose this latest one serves.