Re:Pedal Me bans staff riders from wearing helmets for safet...
by 988747 on Sunday May 22, 2022 @12:19PM
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Which sounds terrible, and goes against "innocent until proven guilty" rule. Also, in some situations it gives the driver perverse incentive to finish the cyclist off (and therefore get rid of the only witness), instead of, say, calling an ambulance.
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Re:Pedal Me bans staff riders from wearing helmets for safet...
by supertrope on Sunday May 22, 2022 @01:02PM
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There a lot of cultural bias against bicyclists already. While leaving the scene of an injury accident is a crime, murder is an extreme escalation.
Re:Pedal Me bans staff riders from wearing helmets for safet...
by jules on Sunday May 22, 2022 @03:22PM
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No. The maximum prison sentence in such a case would be 8, 6, or 2 months in the Netherlands, depending on how reckless the driver was (and up to 4 years if drunk). If you then kill the cyclist you're looking at a maximum of 25 years.