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@DavidC,

I get it, I know you feel that cyclists are never at fault and they can never cause any damage to property or person, or ever possibly be the cause of any accident. The Washcycles (and GGW's) archives have plenty of material to prove you wrong. I fully support drivers being responsible for the accidents/damage they cause. It is unfortunate that you think cyclists are somehow an elite group undeserving of the same responsibility.

Ms D,

Yes, your homeowner insurance policy would "typically" cover you if you were on a bike and caused an accident. Renters insurnace does not.

Fallschurch,

I've been involved in 3 accidents with cyclists in DC over the past decade, and try as you might, there is no way you can blame me for a cyclist going the wrong way on a one way street, or my driving through an intersection, fully green for atleast ~20 seconds and a cyclist not even bothering to slow and instead deciding to weave through a 4 way intersection with 6 lanes. I know its hard to fathom, impossible to believe but "gasp" cyclists do dumb irresponsible things too.

"There have been over 2 million bikeshare trips (and bikeshare users are typically novice urban cyclists, so more crash prone) and only about 20 crashes"

20 crashes that resulted in serious personal injury,death or the destruction of the bike. Do you really think that there haven't been any dings, scratches to property, or non-deadly accidents with bikeshare riders? What you are telling us is that bikeshare riders only have serious accidents? The folks here have talked in perpetuity of all the unreported accidents between cyclists and pedestrians so I am not following your logic or argument.

by dcdriver2 on Jun 8, 2012 8:50 am • link • report

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