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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by kps on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @05:30PM (#6015661)
> In NYC, drivers are seldom cited at all even when a cyclist or pedestrian has been killed.

Your link does not say that drivers are ‘seldom cited’; it says that drivers are cited slightly over half the time. A priori, an even split in responsibility across all cases seems perfectly reasonable.

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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by alxndr on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @05:41PM (#6015745)
"The NYC group Right of Way says: 'After NYC cycling fatalities increased twofold in 1999, police rushed to cover their, er, reputation by claiming (without analysis or supporting data) that cyclists are to blame in 75% of cycling deaths. ... The truth is just the reverse, as listed in our report, The Only Good Cyclist (PDF).' According to Right of Way, over 90% of pedestrian deaths in NYC are the fault of drivers. And research from Toronto shows the same thing for car-bike crashes. Most at-fault motorists who kill cyclists and pedestrians get off the hook. A study by the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition shows that three out of four at fault drivers were never even cited for hitting and killing pedestrians. 22% of fatal pedestrian crashes involved hit and run drivers, yet, none of the runaway motorists were found or charged. In New York, 70-92% of drivers were at-fault in killing pedestrians and cyclists, but 74% didn't even get a ticket. (RightOfWay.org, 1999) The story in Austin is similar."

http://bicycleuniverse.info/transpo/almanac-safety.html

Some recent headlines about how NYPD handles car-and-bike collisions:

"Another Cyclist Killed at East Harlem Intersection, NYPD Again Blames Victim"

"Motorist Havoc: Two Dead, Five Hurt, Kids in Critical Condition, No Charges"

"Cleared in Traffic Court, Hit-and-Run Killer Still Employed at NYC DOT"

"Leroy Comrie Bill Would Force NYPD to Report to Council on Hit-and-Runs"

"Hynes: No Charges for Curb-Jumper Who Blew Red and Killed Pedestrian"

"NYPD: Pedestrian Killed Himself by Running Into Stopped Police Cruiser"

"Cyclist’s Brother Says NYPD Closed Investigation Into Unsolved Death"

"Immune From Prosecution, Curb-Jumping NYC Motorists Claim More Victims"

"Irvin Gitlitz, 83, Was First of Two Pedestrian Fatalities Wednesday" (which notes, "The truck involved in the crash that killed Irvin Gitlitz did not have required crossover mirrors. The driver was not summonsed," and for the second fatality, "No summonses were issued")

...and those headlines are just going back to April of this year. http://www.streetsblog.org/category/issues-campaigns/nypd-cr...

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