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Crispin_Glover

I'm aware that it was a bit of an impact post and I'm very much pro the idea that peds being the most vulnerable road users need to be protected, HOWEVER it sticks in the craw that the widow's sentiment seems to be that the rider risked the life of a pedestrian by using a bike that was inadequate for the roads, but doesn't counter that with the fact that the pedestrian risked her own life by jaywalking. Both made fateful decisions that day but it's only the brake that's being demonised.

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Tenners in reply to @Crispin_Glover

I can understand why. She may have been negligent in not looking/using a crossing (potentially, I don't know for sure). But Alliston's choice to ride brakeless was more than negligent imo.

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Crispin_Glover in reply to @Tenners

I agree. I think the brake is a contributing factor rather than a defining one, but the reporting on the story is really going for it on the brake, so we end up with another trial by media that has no nuance.