Editor:
It has happened again. The news this week says a commercial truck struck a cyclist and caused her death. The truck? It was not the truck that caused the death, it was the driver of the truck.
If Mayor Johnstone wants a topic to rally the troops around, let this be it. Trucks and cars don’t kill people. People kill people. Reporting that a truck killed a cyclist is wrong.
Given the recent events on East Columbia Street, now is the time to correct this oversight that serves to minimize the doers' influence on the outcome.
How can we approach equity-based traffic fines if it’s the car that is speeding and not the driver? Blame the car or the truck, but every time it’s the cyclist or pedestrian people that are killed.
Going forward, the report needs to read that a driver of a truck struck a rider of a bicycle. Vary the nouns as needed, but let’s have clarity on the street carnage.
Gordon Hobbis
