Motorists in America generally receive no punishment whatsoever for crashing into or killing cyclists, even when the accident is transparently their fault. This insane lacuna in the justice system reflects extreme systemic prejudice by drivers and legislators against cyclists.
Why is this important?
(1) We support a law which states that all drivers be held equally responsible to all people - motorists AND cyclists.
(2) We support a law that treats cyclists as weaker participants in traffic, which they are, but NOT less important than drivers.
(3) We support a law that does not minimize or trivialize collisions as mere "accidents" where drivers are not held ACCOUNTABLE for damages to or deaths of cyclists.
(4) We support education and public outreach to inform BOTH motorists and cyclists of the rules-of-the-road.
