Just saw this clip. What an unnecessary tragedy. The cyclist was an idiot and the taxi driver could have gone slower and keep a better look out.
Our roads have become more hazardous and I have gone one step further to be more defensive. This had saved a stupid little girl yesterday when she dashed out from behind a parked car. I don't see her parents around. Why did they allow her to run around that way? Better to always imagine ghosts are crossing and avoid them. This way nobody will become a real ghost afterward :-(
Meanwhile we must do better with road education and behavior.
interesting to find out if there is the right lane green light for cars like the taxi to turn. If so, then the cyclist had beat the red light which was meant for him and deserved what he got. Too often we sympathise with cyclists but some of them are just abusive on the road. Time we subject cyclists to traffic rules - I really hate those who think they own the pedestrian paths and stop shooing people standing at a bus stop stand away as if they have the right of way.
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