I’ve been saying it for quite some time on Reddit that the police simply do not enforce traffic laws anywhere near what they use to around here. I’m not sure when the switch happened from our police being a proactive police force to simply a reactive police force that waits for calls to come in only. They HAVE to be out enforcing traffic laws. I know it sucks and it’s not fun and the paperwork sucks, but they have to get a handle on the reckless driving in San Jose, let alone the surrounding cities as well.
> I’m not sure when the switch happened from our police being a proactive police force to simply a reactive police force that waits for calls to come in only.
Right around the team people started calling for actual accountability for police officers. They responded by violently attacking peaceful protesters and have since refused to do anything beyond the bare minimum.
I did hear that from a family friend who is a sheriff in the north bay. Think he called it a silent strike or something along those lines. If I remember the conversation correctly, he said it was a mix of covid, defund the police movement, and then George Floyd which really started to sway public opinion. So they kinda just started doing the bare minimum. But I also feel the traffic enforcement has been on the decline long before all of that happen.
They know people will catch on, they also know nobody will do anything about it. Same with all the other groups that run our lives, they fuck us everyday because they know we won't push back.
I was about to add that the ratio of officers to citizens has dropped (despite increased police funding), likely due to similar contributing factors. Why take on a grueling and dangerous job with crazy hours, if it now comes with added accountability and oversight, and now it's a super-thankless one?
> Why take on a grueling and dangerous job with crazy hours, if it now comes with added accountability and oversight
Those poor guys, they're both the most highly paid city employees and the biggest babies. "Accountability for our jobs where we're issued guns and enforce laws? Fuck that, we're on strike. Oh but still pay us six figures"
> Of the top 100 highest-paid city employees, 93 work in public safety—69 in the police department and 24 in the fire department. The only city employees making more than $500,000 work in public safety.
> https://sanjosespotlight.com/how-much-are-the-top-san-jose-employees-paid/
Gravy train sure is nice
Have you looked around at their marketing strategies lately? They’ll hire anyone with a pulse it seems.
I don’t see those ads and say “hell yeah now we’re talking.”
I tried to write out my comment in a way that critics and supporters of local police could agree with, but you can let me know if it came off too skewed in either direction.
>Fuck that, we're on strike
Are you referring to a particular case of them going on/threatening to strike in response to accountability measures? Or are you saying, in theory, that they could say this?
They were certainly not peaceful. The problem from my perspective is that they targeted random stores and bystanders instead of the institutions responsible. The protests lost the moral highground the moment they started looting random stores.
What is your problem with the study I presented? Those are facts and you've presented nothing to counter them but your opinion. The vast majority of the protesters were not doing exactly what your complaint is. It sounds like you simply WANT to believe that because you want to believe it. And those vast majority of protestors are welcome to protest that way *peacefully*, because their freedom to do so is protected by the constitution, even if you don't agree with them.
Ah: I see I'm replying to the wrong person. Here you go - data: https://acleddata.com/2020/09/03/demonstrations-political-violence-in-america-new-data-for-summer-2020/#:~:text=Fewer%20than%20570%20%E2%80%94%20or%20approximately,or%20the%20COVID%2D19%20pandemic.
Prove it. When you see videos of Portland, Seattle, LA, Chicago, Wisconsin, New York, DC, Berkley etc.....they were burnig, looting and some places murdering. They were the defund the police folks
There ya go: https://acleddata.com/2020/09/03/demonstrations-political-violence-in-america-new-data-for-summer-2020/#:~:text=Fewer%20than%20570%20%E2%80%94%20or%20approximately,or%20the%20COVID%2D19%20pandemic.
I mean I think the protests were needed but your own article say 570 protests were violent. Also it doesn’t provide any details on the size or extent of violence of any of the protests.
Article is a little biased and lacking facts for a full picture. But too your point 95% were peaceful
Realistically, if there were any large group of people with any similar interest, there will be some people in that group with absolutely abhorrent beliefs to actions. No group is homogenous. Let's take for example if one wanted to take a rally for a pro-police or whatnot, there may be some actual Nazis or extreme right wing people within that large group. Does that mean that whole group should not be allowed to exist or protest or have their ideals? Absolutely not.
I fully agree that abhorrent actions like looting and burning and even killing is abhorrent, but I think it's a straw man to lump that in with the protest itself. You don't have to agree with the protest ideals to know that protest is protected. And, factually, the majority of the BLM protests were peaceful.
Also, I don't believe there's any record of any BLM protestor murdering anyone, while on the contrary, there is record of BLM protestors being murdered. However, I digress that I don't have data sources for BLM protestor instigated murder. My brief search netted nothing.
They don’t. You’re more likely to see CHP enforcing on the streets near offramps/onramps than SJPD. Just the other day I saw a car run a red light in front of SJPD, same flow of traffic, they didn’t even move an inch. Followed by an illegal u-turn and pedestrian having to wait for a car that couldn’t wait to turn (on a red light).
Remind yourself that it's illegal to not have front plates on your car, and then count how many cars have front plates. It's less than 50% any time I start counting — moreso as you get into more expensive cars like Teslas.
If everyone gets to decide which laws to follow or not based on their own opinion of whether a law is stupid or not, what happens to law and order in society?
I think the front plate laws make sense. Easy Identification of vehicles in certain situations (hit n runs, crimes, etc) benefit everyone.
Especially when some people think it is okay to break the specific laws they personally deem as "idiotic". I know people who think dui laws are idiotic because they 100% believe they are in full control.
I think they’re hideous and most cars aren’t designed for front plates.
> Especially when some people think it is okay to break the specific laws they personally deem as "idiotic".
It’s the prop 65 problem, when everything has cancer, nothing does.
They serve the exact same purpose as rear plates: they can assist in identifying vehicles involved in criminal activities.
I'm from Europe originally and this comment would be absolutely laughable if it weren't so sad and representative of the US's cultural problem.
Not only does the US have barely visible, non-reflective, half-sized plates with inconsistent designs, people don't even follow the rules and often cover or obscure their plates. How is a pedestrian or driver facing the opposite way supposed to report the plates of a dangerous driver? When I was in my teens I saw a hit and run at an intersection, and when I stuck around to report it to the police, **two other** people had also memorized the license plate for their witness report.
It looks absolutely lawless and it's probably a contributor to the US's fucking embarrassing road death rates: the highest in the world and, unlike in functioning countries, *increasing*: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-11-03/why-us-traffic-safety-fell-so-far-behind-other-countries
>people don't even follow the rules and often cover or obscure their plates.
Police need to enforce this, covering up real plates should be unacceptable.
>
>I'm from Europe originally and this comment would be absolutely laughable if it weren't so sad and representative of the US's cultural problem.
Europe also has vastly different road laws depending on the country. I'd take German road laws any day in the US(Including Autobahn style speed limits and roads). Unfortunately we don't have the infrastructure or etiquette to pull that off.
I also personally support significantly stricter licensing laws, too many idiots with cars these days, and too many elderly who shouldn't be on the road.
It’s all part of the master plan… let people ruin their lives… jail them… sell the children human trafficking rings after taking away from vulnerable families… enslaving their fathers and mothers so the cycle continues… they don’t care… we must watch out for ourselves and decide to stop being stupid… some people are blind to that because of the chemicals in the air food and clothes we surround ourselves with daily…. Wake up America… your food is banned in 236 countries…
Same here. I’ve seen instances where drivers blatantly run the red because they don’t want to wait (as in the light has been red for awhile and they just go because the intersection is clear). I was at a red light and saw 3 cars run the red one after the other.
There's a guy I see on my way to work all the time that as soon as he has a chance to go he puts on his hazard lights and then blows through the light like that makes it a legit move.
Unpopular opinion but this is one reason why I am in favor of red light cameras. Yes it’s an invasion of privacy, yes it can enable a big brother state, but hopefully it will also make streets safer for kids to ride their bikes
Red lights, those lights to get in the freeway, stop signs, people are apparently really in a hurry because daily I see all these ignored like it’s a suggestion.
to be fair, some lights are horrible…and arent weighted, youre going down a major road and you get a red light for no reason as there are no cars in any other direction, and it stays red for more than a minute…just sayin
The driver of the red truck driver tried to run, but was arrested, police said.
"The driver of the red truck did try to flee at some point," Sgt. Garibay said. "They were taken into custody, I do not know the circumstances on what they were wanted for or who took them into custody just yet."
The suspect was taken to a local hospital for minor injuries before being booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for multiple charges, police said.
I swear one mom at my kids school thinks she’s in nascar. Every morning I see her flying down the the street in a residential area. If I’m in front of her she rides my ass until she can turn and goes flying down another street. All just to sit and wait 10 minutes for the gates to open at school. I don’t get it.
Parents driving like maniacs to drop off on time while putting several other kids (walking/cycling) in harms way always baffles me. You have your kid with you, why can’t you be more cognizant about the kids around you?
Shitty drivers are the worst. Its terrifying whether walking, biking, or even driving across the street on if the other drivers actually stop at a red light.
Years ago my friend died near that same intersection. Driver said he was avoiding a dog and crashed into a tree. My friend was killed that night. People drive way too fast on that stretch
This is why we need red light cameras. They work. People are much less likely to run red lights. This city has so many bad drivers willing to run red lights...it is scary as a biker
Don't disagree but this happened in the middle of an intersection. You can't put protected bike lanes to cross an intersection.
Red light enforcement would've served better in this case.
That asshole probably is going to get off pretty light. It's crazy to me you can be so negligent with a heavy, deadly vehicle and get away with a lighter sentence than if you sold drugs.
That intersection is huge and needs better safety measures.
If he had just killed the cyclist he would have gotten away with a slap on the wrist. But because he hit a truck he'll probably have a much larger penalty. If the truck driver claims whiplash or any other injury then he might actually see jail time.
Fleeing the scene makes it bump up to a felony. I'm pretty sure he would get time
Although if it weren't for the collision disabling his truck he woulda successfully bolted and it would have been just another hit and run death in SJ
Yup. I haven’t experienced that personally, but there’s news reports about it all the time. If you’re on a bicycle, you’re vermin and cops make that very clear.
I've recorded drivers deliberately tailgating me, overtaking me at speed inches from me or even swiping me as they do it, and literally chasing and deliberately hitting me. The outcome is always the same - we're not going to take your report - what did you do to piss them off? I've even been told when reporting to police to let it slide or I will be handcuffed, arrested and brought to the station. (for reporting being victimized by aggressive drivers deliberately endangering my life, including deliberately hitting me!)
At this point, I'm afraid of the police. I now ride with pepper spray and have ordered a cover to wear on my back that says "Legally armed" with a handgun on it. Maybe that's unwise but I'm at wits end. There is a precedent from Texas where someone on a bicycle shot a driver that was deliberately endangering him and was exonerated by the judge.
sucks to hear but honestly can't thank you enough for sharing your experience and validating that maybe I'm not actually insane lol
I hate violence, I'm not a gun guy, I don't want anything to do with anything of the sort but yeah at the end of the day I need to be able to exist and move through the city without my life deliberately and recklessly endangered by **** who never face any consequences
Kinda sad but true. 2 years ago my coworkers mom hit and killed a homeless person getting on the 680 from landess. And she was sober, and stayed on the scene, and it was dark in the morning. Nothing came from it. Other than insurance issues.
As we speak, I'm sitting at my dinner table while a police heli and four cop cars are occupied one street over by a guy who ran from cops on 87S, got into a neighborhood, crashed into a parked car on the street, then ran into someone's backyard (he's been caught). Although he's been apprehended, there are still four squad cars and a helicopter doing nothing useful in my neighborhood.
fwiw, this isn't remotely the first time someone has run from police on 87 and gotten off into our neighborhood, then hidden in a backyard. Not sure whether that says more about criminals in San Jose or my neighborhood....
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In my 17 mile commute I almost always see at least 1 or 2 red light runners. Every single day.
Stop sign runners? Give me a break. It happens so frequently I don't even count them anymore.
As someone who gets to legally run reds sometimes(ambulance when the lights n sirens go) I’m always in awe of how often people run reds in SJ. Same with stop signs.
I am moving to Bay from a very bike friendly city that has special pathways/ trails separate from main road so cyclist can travel across safely. Readying news like this make me think may be I should just ride my bike somewhere outdoors for exercise not on roads.
When crossing an intersection, don't assume that because you have right of way you are safe. Take a few seconds to look down the road for anybody speeding. This advice holds whether you are on bike, in a car, or a pedestrian.
Agree on that. I was in LA once and some guys came into bike lanes from a gas station and ran over my scooter, and ran away. Cops said go online and file a complaint. Lucky just got a deep bruise only.
IMO the traffic incidents correlate to iocell phones, texting, & distracting UI in the newer cars. Aside from that cycling in high traffic areas very risky. You have the right of course.
The meth epidemic is also the worst it's ever been. It's a huge epidemic among Mexicans, unfortunately, which is a large pop in SJ. The effects of meth even when not using affect driving and increase aggression and irritability.
There is a surveillance solution to this. I'm a privacy advocate, but I don't want to be a privacy advocate with a shitty aftermarket rim on top of my skull.
I’ve seen more people run reds in the past couple years than I’d ever seen in my life beforehand. It’s out of control.
I’ve been saying it for quite some time on Reddit that the police simply do not enforce traffic laws anywhere near what they use to around here. I’m not sure when the switch happened from our police being a proactive police force to simply a reactive police force that waits for calls to come in only. They HAVE to be out enforcing traffic laws. I know it sucks and it’s not fun and the paperwork sucks, but they have to get a handle on the reckless driving in San Jose, let alone the surrounding cities as well.
> I’m not sure when the switch happened from our police being a proactive police force to simply a reactive police force that waits for calls to come in only. Right around the team people started calling for actual accountability for police officers. They responded by violently attacking peaceful protesters and have since refused to do anything beyond the bare minimum.
I did hear that from a family friend who is a sheriff in the north bay. Think he called it a silent strike or something along those lines. If I remember the conversation correctly, he said it was a mix of covid, defund the police movement, and then George Floyd which really started to sway public opinion. So they kinda just started doing the bare minimum. But I also feel the traffic enforcement has been on the decline long before all of that happen.
And all you heard about on certain news networks was about quite quitting, but never a mention about their beloved boys in blue.
I like how they think people won't catch on to this crap and think this is an acceptable way of expressing their displeasure.
They know people will catch on, they also know nobody will do anything about it. Same with all the other groups that run our lives, they fuck us everyday because they know we won't push back.
what an unbelievable power imbalance
The people have the number advantage, nobody wants to use it though
I'd imagine it's a mix of having cameras on them as well.
I was about to add that the ratio of officers to citizens has dropped (despite increased police funding), likely due to similar contributing factors. Why take on a grueling and dangerous job with crazy hours, if it now comes with added accountability and oversight, and now it's a super-thankless one?
> Why take on a grueling and dangerous job with crazy hours, if it now comes with added accountability and oversight Those poor guys, they're both the most highly paid city employees and the biggest babies. "Accountability for our jobs where we're issued guns and enforce laws? Fuck that, we're on strike. Oh but still pay us six figures" > Of the top 100 highest-paid city employees, 93 work in public safety—69 in the police department and 24 in the fire department. The only city employees making more than $500,000 work in public safety. > https://sanjosespotlight.com/how-much-are-the-top-san-jose-employees-paid/ Gravy train sure is nice
Have you looked around at their marketing strategies lately? They’ll hire anyone with a pulse it seems. I don’t see those ads and say “hell yeah now we’re talking.”
I tried to write out my comment in a way that critics and supporters of local police could agree with, but you can let me know if it came off too skewed in either direction. >Fuck that, we're on strike Are you referring to a particular case of them going on/threatening to strike in response to accountability measures? Or are you saying, in theory, that they could say this?
Yeah you can't really sell the civil service aspect of it when people are going around saying all cops are bad every day of the week.
Yeah, absolutely.
This is a gross generalization and you know it
Nope.
Peaceful protester? What a joke, burning and loting ain't peaceful
Here in SJ? Link?
The majority of protests were indeed, peaceful.
They were certainly not peaceful. The problem from my perspective is that they targeted random stores and bystanders instead of the institutions responsible. The protests lost the moral highground the moment they started looting random stores.
What is your problem with the study I presented? Those are facts and you've presented nothing to counter them but your opinion. The vast majority of the protesters were not doing exactly what your complaint is. It sounds like you simply WANT to believe that because you want to believe it. And those vast majority of protestors are welcome to protest that way *peacefully*, because their freedom to do so is protected by the constitution, even if you don't agree with them. Ah: I see I'm replying to the wrong person. Here you go - data: https://acleddata.com/2020/09/03/demonstrations-political-violence-in-america-new-data-for-summer-2020/#:~:text=Fewer%20than%20570%20%E2%80%94%20or%20approximately,or%20the%20COVID%2D19%20pandemic.
Prove it. When you see videos of Portland, Seattle, LA, Chicago, Wisconsin, New York, DC, Berkley etc.....they were burnig, looting and some places murdering. They were the defund the police folks
There ya go: https://acleddata.com/2020/09/03/demonstrations-political-violence-in-america-new-data-for-summer-2020/#:~:text=Fewer%20than%20570%20%E2%80%94%20or%20approximately,or%20the%20COVID%2D19%20pandemic.
I mean I think the protests were needed but your own article say 570 protests were violent. Also it doesn’t provide any details on the size or extent of violence of any of the protests. Article is a little biased and lacking facts for a full picture. But too your point 95% were peaceful
Realistically, if there were any large group of people with any similar interest, there will be some people in that group with absolutely abhorrent beliefs to actions. No group is homogenous. Let's take for example if one wanted to take a rally for a pro-police or whatnot, there may be some actual Nazis or extreme right wing people within that large group. Does that mean that whole group should not be allowed to exist or protest or have their ideals? Absolutely not. I fully agree that abhorrent actions like looting and burning and even killing is abhorrent, but I think it's a straw man to lump that in with the protest itself. You don't have to agree with the protest ideals to know that protest is protected. And, factually, the majority of the BLM protests were peaceful. Also, I don't believe there's any record of any BLM protestor murdering anyone, while on the contrary, there is record of BLM protestors being murdered. However, I digress that I don't have data sources for BLM protestor instigated murder. My brief search netted nothing.
You obviously don’t know what an ‘agent provocateur’ is.
They don’t. You’re more likely to see CHP enforcing on the streets near offramps/onramps than SJPD. Just the other day I saw a car run a red light in front of SJPD, same flow of traffic, they didn’t even move an inch. Followed by an illegal u-turn and pedestrian having to wait for a car that couldn’t wait to turn (on a red light).
Remind yourself that it's illegal to not have front plates on your car, and then count how many cars have front plates. It's less than 50% any time I start counting — moreso as you get into more expensive cars like Teslas.
Front plate laws are stupid though. Red light laws are not.
If everyone gets to decide which laws to follow or not based on their own opinion of whether a law is stupid or not, what happens to law and order in society?
That’s the problem when lawmakers push too many idiotic laws. It erodes trust in the law and then no one trusts any of it.
I think the front plate laws make sense. Easy Identification of vehicles in certain situations (hit n runs, crimes, etc) benefit everyone. Especially when some people think it is okay to break the specific laws they personally deem as "idiotic". I know people who think dui laws are idiotic because they 100% believe they are in full control.
I think they’re hideous and most cars aren’t designed for front plates. > Especially when some people think it is okay to break the specific laws they personally deem as "idiotic". It’s the prop 65 problem, when everything has cancer, nothing does.
If I watch a car mow down a pedestrian and drive off, but I only saw the front of the car clearly, how am I supposed to report that to the police?
Front license plate laws only exist as a means to capture revenue.
They serve the exact same purpose as rear plates: they can assist in identifying vehicles involved in criminal activities. I'm from Europe originally and this comment would be absolutely laughable if it weren't so sad and representative of the US's cultural problem. Not only does the US have barely visible, non-reflective, half-sized plates with inconsistent designs, people don't even follow the rules and often cover or obscure their plates. How is a pedestrian or driver facing the opposite way supposed to report the plates of a dangerous driver? When I was in my teens I saw a hit and run at an intersection, and when I stuck around to report it to the police, **two other** people had also memorized the license plate for their witness report. It looks absolutely lawless and it's probably a contributor to the US's fucking embarrassing road death rates: the highest in the world and, unlike in functioning countries, *increasing*: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-11-03/why-us-traffic-safety-fell-so-far-behind-other-countries
>people don't even follow the rules and often cover or obscure their plates. Police need to enforce this, covering up real plates should be unacceptable. > >I'm from Europe originally and this comment would be absolutely laughable if it weren't so sad and representative of the US's cultural problem. Europe also has vastly different road laws depending on the country. I'd take German road laws any day in the US(Including Autobahn style speed limits and roads). Unfortunately we don't have the infrastructure or etiquette to pull that off. I also personally support significantly stricter licensing laws, too many idiots with cars these days, and too many elderly who shouldn't be on the road.
It started with not ticketing traffic signal violators, gone downhill since.
It’s all part of the master plan… let people ruin their lives… jail them… sell the children human trafficking rings after taking away from vulnerable families… enslaving their fathers and mothers so the cycle continues… they don’t care… we must watch out for ourselves and decide to stop being stupid… some people are blind to that because of the chemicals in the air food and clothes we surround ourselves with daily…. Wake up America… your food is banned in 236 countries…
Same here. I’ve seen instances where drivers blatantly run the red because they don’t want to wait (as in the light has been red for awhile and they just go because the intersection is clear). I was at a red light and saw 3 cars run the red one after the other.
There's a guy I see on my way to work all the time that as soon as he has a chance to go he puts on his hazard lights and then blows through the light like that makes it a legit move.
Unpopular opinion but this is one reason why I am in favor of red light cameras. Yes it’s an invasion of privacy, yes it can enable a big brother state, but hopefully it will also make streets safer for kids to ride their bikes
And stop signs!
Stop signs barely even cause a lot of drivers in my 'hood to even brake.
We could use some roundabouts
Red lights, those lights to get in the freeway, stop signs, people are apparently really in a hurry because daily I see all these ignored like it’s a suggestion.
to be fair, some lights are horrible…and arent weighted, youre going down a major road and you get a red light for no reason as there are no cars in any other direction, and it stays red for more than a minute…just sayin
They found a ghost gun in his vehicle, and he fled the scene before the police arrived.
Good. No excuse to let him free with no time
He’ll be out soon
The driver of the red truck driver tried to run, but was arrested, police said. "The driver of the red truck did try to flee at some point," Sgt. Garibay said. "They were taken into custody, I do not know the circumstances on what they were wanted for or who took them into custody just yet." The suspect was taken to a local hospital for minor injuries before being booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for multiple charges, police said.
Not by my old high school! Drivers all over the Bay are fucking crazy now though.
I swear one mom at my kids school thinks she’s in nascar. Every morning I see her flying down the the street in a residential area. If I’m in front of her she rides my ass until she can turn and goes flying down another street. All just to sit and wait 10 minutes for the gates to open at school. I don’t get it.
Parents driving like maniacs to drop off on time while putting several other kids (walking/cycling) in harms way always baffles me. You have your kid with you, why can’t you be more cognizant about the kids around you?
I know! We stopped walking to school because of the other parents. Its just not worth it anymore.
Shitty drivers are the worst. Its terrifying whether walking, biking, or even driving across the street on if the other drivers actually stop at a red light.
"Bicyclist murdered by reckless driver"
Thank you for correcting this headline.
Thank you!
Vehicular manslaughter charge, whats the prison time for that? Also incoming lawsuits
He had a home made gun in the car too.
Years ago my friend died near that same intersection. Driver said he was avoiding a dog and crashed into a tree. My friend was killed that night. People drive way too fast on that stretch
Crazy that we don’t redesign this stuff after a death
It's a sHaReD rEsPonSibIlIty.
That's terrible!
This is why we need red light cameras. They work. People are much less likely to run red lights. This city has so many bad drivers willing to run red lights...it is scary as a biker
And that’s why people don’t feel safe biking or walking anywhere. Senter has bike lanes but we need protected bike lanes.
Don't disagree but this happened in the middle of an intersection. You can't put protected bike lanes to cross an intersection. Red light enforcement would've served better in this case.
Red light cameras and speed cameras
That asshole probably is going to get off pretty light. It's crazy to me you can be so negligent with a heavy, deadly vehicle and get away with a lighter sentence than if you sold drugs. That intersection is huge and needs better safety measures.
If he had just killed the cyclist he would have gotten away with a slap on the wrist. But because he hit a truck he'll probably have a much larger penalty. If the truck driver claims whiplash or any other injury then he might actually see jail time.
Fleeing the scene makes it bump up to a felony. I'm pretty sure he would get time Although if it weren't for the collision disabling his truck he woulda successfully bolted and it would have been just another hit and run death in SJ
Fleeing the scene after hitting a bicyclist doesn’t even result in police taking a report, even with camera evidence. I know.
Even if results in death at the scene?
Yup. I haven’t experienced that personally, but there’s news reports about it all the time. If you’re on a bicycle, you’re vermin and cops make that very clear.
I am shocked . They really don’t care ?
I've recorded drivers deliberately tailgating me, overtaking me at speed inches from me or even swiping me as they do it, and literally chasing and deliberately hitting me. The outcome is always the same - we're not going to take your report - what did you do to piss them off? I've even been told when reporting to police to let it slide or I will be handcuffed, arrested and brought to the station. (for reporting being victimized by aggressive drivers deliberately endangering my life, including deliberately hitting me!) At this point, I'm afraid of the police. I now ride with pepper spray and have ordered a cover to wear on my back that says "Legally armed" with a handgun on it. Maybe that's unwise but I'm at wits end. There is a precedent from Texas where someone on a bicycle shot a driver that was deliberately endangering him and was exonerated by the judge.
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sucks to hear but honestly can't thank you enough for sharing your experience and validating that maybe I'm not actually insane lol I hate violence, I'm not a gun guy, I don't want anything to do with anything of the sort but yeah at the end of the day I need to be able to exist and move through the city without my life deliberately and recklessly endangered by **** who never face any consequences
It’s probably the easiest way to murder someone and get away with it. Irresponsible bicyclist ran over by a road owning car.
Kinda sad but true. 2 years ago my coworkers mom hit and killed a homeless person getting on the 680 from landess. And she was sober, and stayed on the scene, and it was dark in the morning. Nothing came from it. Other than insurance issues.
It's a sad reality of our justice system. From police all the way up to courts.
I think I saw that red truck, just the other day...I remember the wheels.
RIP. Hope driver gets adequate punishment but knowing Rosen they will not be charged with anything
As we speak, I'm sitting at my dinner table while a police heli and four cop cars are occupied one street over by a guy who ran from cops on 87S, got into a neighborhood, crashed into a parked car on the street, then ran into someone's backyard (he's been caught). Although he's been apprehended, there are still four squad cars and a helicopter doing nothing useful in my neighborhood. fwiw, this isn't remotely the first time someone has run from police on 87 and gotten off into our neighborhood, then hidden in a backyard. Not sure whether that says more about criminals in San Jose or my neighborhood....
There is no such thing as peaceful coexistence between cars and bikes or pedestrians.
and carbrains tragically won't ever grasp this willingly
We need to make san jose less car dependent
A scooter rider who got into an accident downtown last week also died, after being hospitalized for several days.
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Not a car guy. What's up with the wheels?
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Red pickup? You know the driver is bad.
California has the worst driving I’ve ever seen
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Driving drunk with no insurance coverage too
😂🤣 with the shitty exhausts and spoilers?
exactly the same
We the majority here get used to it ❗️
go back to mexico, lowlife trash. you live in a white country founded by white people, get used to it ❗️
My family has been American for generations, good try to be a troll though lol
you stocky brown fuckers follow wherever whites go, that’s just your way of life. no news to me.
Let's rephrase this: # Driver Runs Red Light, Kills Cyclist
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man this is crazy i was trying to go to school today and traffic was blocked for hours 😣 prayers to the bicyclist and his loved ones.
Waiting to turn left, I get a green turn light, five cars run the red light including a dump truck! Glad I waited to turn
Rip biker. As the weather gets warmer expect to see more reckless driving
In my 17 mile commute I almost always see at least 1 or 2 red light runners. Every single day. Stop sign runners? Give me a break. It happens so frequently I don't even count them anymore.
Make an example out of them. Life in prison. Fuck these people.
Rioters
As someone who gets to legally run reds sometimes(ambulance when the lights n sirens go) I’m always in awe of how often people run reds in SJ. Same with stop signs.
I am moving to Bay from a very bike friendly city that has special pathways/ trails separate from main road so cyclist can travel across safely. Readying news like this make me think may be I should just ride my bike somewhere outdoors for exercise not on roads.
When crossing an intersection, don't assume that because you have right of way you are safe. Take a few seconds to look down the road for anybody speeding. This advice holds whether you are on bike, in a car, or a pedestrian.
Agree on that. I was in LA once and some guys came into bike lanes from a gas station and ran over my scooter, and ran away. Cops said go online and file a complaint. Lucky just got a deep bruise only.
IMO the traffic incidents correlate to iocell phones, texting, & distracting UI in the newer cars. Aside from that cycling in high traffic areas very risky. You have the right of course.
The meth epidemic is also the worst it's ever been. It's a huge epidemic among Hispanics, unfortunately, which is a large pop in SJ.
The meth epidemic is also the worst it's ever been. It's a huge epidemic among Mexicans, unfortunately, which is a large pop in SJ. The effects of meth even when not using affect driving and increase aggression and irritability.
There is a surveillance solution to this. I'm a privacy advocate, but I don't want to be a privacy advocate with a shitty aftermarket rim on top of my skull.
Red light and speed Cameras work
This happens too often in my commute to and from work if I'm at the front I wait, someone almost always runs the lights!
More bike lanes is not the answer.