Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident

Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by oinksoft on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @04:01PM (#6015000)

I didn't intend to highlight lack of respect so much as lack of general awareness amongst motorists of the rights of bicyclists as road vehicles. In the worst cases, this manifests itself in more aggressive responses. This here was a case of negligence, not malice.

Neither source linked from the article says that the driver went off-road, both say that Seth Vidal was traveling "on Hillandale Road," that he was "a bicyclist traveling north on Hillandale Road." It makes no sense for a bicycle advocate and experienced rider to be riding off-road, so I will have to see a source to believe that.

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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by tptacek on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @04:19PM (#6015143)

"The accident apparently occurred after dark, when a driver swerved off the road to avoid traffic and ran into Seth’s bike from behind".

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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by oinksoft on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @04:28PM (#6015214)

Neither source says that the car went off-road though. They just say that the driver braked suddenly and then swerved.

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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by tptacek on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @05:12PM (#6015532)

Since we're not actually litigating this issue I'm content to take the announcement at its word.

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