There’s an understanding for a driver who is unaware of his surroundings and people around him. But the cyclist who is rapping on a person’s vehicle can be charged with criminal mischief. The difference is that a cyclist knows he’s touching a car and a driver doesn’t know he’s hitting or running over a cyclist. And it’s not just the police. It’s judges who have that perspective. And that affects what charges district attorneys brings.
Sort of how we shrug off the thousands of collaterally dead civilians in the various wars we’ve initiated lately, while vilifying dissidents at home and abroad who pose no violent threat to anyone. It’s not a good look.
There’s probably a good chunk of automobile killings that are just as intentional as the cyclist harmlessly rapping on the metallic shell of an automobile, but it’s hard to sort them out because it’s so easy to carelessly kill with an automobile. That’s not a good look, either.
“Quer outro exemplo ainda mais complicado de discutir? A bicicleta, deixada como homenagem a ciclista Márcia Prado, morta atropelada por um ônibus na mesma Avenida Paulista.
A homenagem precisa ser respeitada, a morte lembrada. O encontro de ciclistas para lembrar a data, a criação da Rota Cicloturística Marcia Prado são bons exemplos disso.
A pergunta é, a bicicleta deveria ficar para sempre lá? Se deveria, não seria correto fazer uma estátua aprovada pelo município?”
Ghost bike in Salt Lake City, sad.
Ghost bike Dalston by Alan Denney on Flickr.
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Morte na avenida Paulista – por Contardo Calligaris | Vá de Bici -
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ghost bike for Andrew Runciman, Austin TX, May 2011
ghost bike for Manual Santizo
Los Angeles, CA
April 2011
ghost bike, DC
(by sam i am.)
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Eric Ng ghost bike in NYC
west side highway, nyc
Portland, details unknown
Ghost bike
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P1090660 Ghost Bike For Jack Layton by Martinho on Flickr.
On the junction by scala in Kings Cross, there is a new ghost bike. It is almost unrecognisable because of all the flowers. It’s covered most the way up the lamp post in flowers.
It breaks my heart because whoever lost their life there was obviously so, so loved.
It’s not so hard to take a second look for cyclists before you turn. To have an extra 10 seconds of consideration. I can say this now as a driver as well as a cyclist. Just look. Open your eyes.
And rest in peace, whoever you are.