Mock-<quoted text> There was a recent incident less than two weeks ago when a cyclist, while participating in an unsanctioned and thus illegal bike race ran a red light at Irving Park/Damen/Lincoln and he was killed by an automobile. There is a case where an actual cyclist caused a fatal crash. If he had stopped at the light as required by the law he would be alive today. Sure, he probably would have lost the race, but he would still be alive. It is his fault and no one else's that he is dead.
Sorry I wasn't clearer, but my original point was that cyclists rarely (if ever)kill anyone but themselves. As to the incident you describe, I agree that the biker clearly broke the law. This, and (I believe) local anti-bike sentiment (so clearly expressed in this blog)explains why the SUV driver was not ticketed.
The operator of a motor vehicle, however, has a clear duty to watch for, see, and avoid even unexpected hazards. This duty springs from the fact that motor vehicles can (and often do) kill those in their path. Motor vehicle operators must be licensed precisely because of this danger that vehicles present to others.
The green light, in this case, did not grant the SUV permission to mow down anyone slow or dumb enough to be in the intersection. The driver of the SUV in this case clearly failed in his/her duty to "see and avoid." If a pedestrian had been hit, the driver would almost certainly have been ticketed for this.
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