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Originally Posted by agentbad
Had there been a light there would he have died?
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You seriously making that argument? Had somene thrown a box of crayons at him as he left, it would have delayed him enough that he wouldn't have hit that car and he wouldn't have died.
Also: people die all the time at traffic lights; especially at intersections.
The problem was his riding and the cager's driving. They very sadly experienced the consequences of their poor decisions. Like @
corksil said. They're both operating very dangerous machinery akin to a fire arm. They didn't perform the minimum necessary steps to ensure safe operation of that machinery. I wouldn't have been hit at that junction even if I passed it every day at rush hour. I make sure I'm going slow enough passing junctions like that, so I have time to stop if someone pulls out. I bring up my speed as soon as I've passed the junction.
If the control freaks put traffic lights up, all that will happen is poor drivers will kill/hurt themselves and others when they blow a red because they thought they'd make it or they didn't even notice it was red. The additional effect is that I will get higher fuel bills, stopping and starting, I'll get more frustration in my otherwise enjoyable riding and more of my time each day will be wasted.