Dumpster in cyclist’s death illegally blocking bike lane (www.thestar.com)

submitted 1 month ago by hypercracker@hexbear.net to c/urbanism@hexbear.net

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Made the same choice as this woman many, many times. All you can do is hope the drivers of whatever vehicles are behind you decide not to murder someone that day.

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[-] OgdenTO@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago

This article sucks shit. Like, it's super wish washy and reads as if they are actually blaming the cyclist. Shouldn't the dump truck driver be charged?

[-] hypercracker@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago

It's infuriating but also it must be admitted that carceral approaches to traffic safety will not work. However, I do very much like the idea of going after the company who put the bin there that blocked the safer bike infrastructure that existed.

[-] someone@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

Is there a way to make those big steel bins unusable, quickly, without big power tools? Given their nature I can't imagine that just throwing corrosives in will do any permanent damage. But if there's a way to make a bin permanently unusable without getting caught, with just what one can casually carry, then maybe some property destruction will incentivize the bin owner to stop pulling that crap.

[-] OperationOgre@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The cyclist “left the bike lane,” according to Duty Insp. Jason Bartlett

the cyclist swerved into oncoming traffic

Just look at this fucking language, they make it sound like the cyclist made the choice to fucking die

Anti-cyclist language is as common as copaganda in the media once you know how to look for it. I've been commuting by bike for 10+ years and it's unbelievable how biased the North American media and public are against cyclists