We've played nice for decades and motorists have kept causing thousands of preventable deaths and show no signs of stopping. At some point we have to stop pretending these negligent homicides are "accidents".

People are self-centered assholes and this is reflected in their driving. An “accident” is an innocent, honest mistake. Incidents involving vehicles and pedestrians are cyclists are closer to negligence than an innocent mistake.

Nowadays, you can get yourself sentenced for murder for a traffic accident: https://m.dw.com/en/berlin-car-race-death-top-german-court-p...

Good. Punishments for bad driving ought to be much more severe.

The only thing more severe than a life sentence is execution... so... execute bad drivers?

I meant more generally. Drivers get off very easily for very poor behavior that is often negligent and sometimes maliciously so, especially in their treatment of pedestrians and cyclists.

"More severe" includes "any at all."

If you intentionally race through a city.

If I get hurt or killed because you're either careless or not experienced enough to drive a heavy vehicle what's the alternative solution you have in mind?