May 24th, 2008
Saturday’s headlines
By Monika Warzecha // 3 Comments
CITY HALL
• City campaign hopes to end defacement of public property [ Toronto Star ]
• City immigration policy proposed [ Toronto Star ]
CYCLING
• Bike month [ Globe and Mail ]
• Drivers warned after car door kills cyclist [ Toronto Star ]
• Cyclist hits car door, is killed by passing truck [ Globe and Mail ]
• Call to charge driver over bicycle death [ National Post ]
• Cyclist dies from injuries [ CBC.ca ]
ENVIRONMENT
• Bird cull not in the cards for Leslie Spit [ Globe and Mail ]
• Putting the breaks on wildlife deaths [ Toronto Star ]
• Peel to test recycling box covers [ Toronto Star ]
• T.O's anti-idling force is exhausted [ Globe and Mail ]
TTC
• Subway station washrooms take your breath away [ Toronto Star ]
• Safety shields eyed after TTC scares [ National Post ]
DEVELOPMENT
• Opposition to retail development 'pure snobbery,' says developer [ CBC.ca ]
• Heritage status to raise station costs, police say [ Globe and Mail ]
• Bleakness at the heart of car-borough [ Toronto Star ]
• From an amateur, a bold vision for a forgotten corner of east Toronto [ National Post ]
MISCELLANEOUS
• Alarms ring in tale of three cities [ Toronto Star ]
• Wanted: Organic farmers to fill Toronto's markets [ Globe and Mail ]
• From zero to $22.5-million in 2 years [ Globe and Mail ]
• From dusk to dawn: One night in Toronto [ National Post ]
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On Wed., a cabbie at Bloor/Spadina getting coffee missed me by a fraction of a second and a little bit, and he seemed so uncaring I called the cops. Well, no one hurt, no blood, "we can't file a report on that" click. Sure the cops are busy, sometimes, but they also are "carist" and their motto could well be "to swerve and project" as Lind/Weltschmerz put it.
"Its outrageous that the cops won’t charge the guy who doored the cyclist. What the heck do we have the police for? I was taught in basic driver ed that if you open your door on someone you are liable."
Certainly, if a motorist sideswipes another car by making a lane change without checking for oncoming traffic, they would be charged.
I don't see the fundamental difference; this motorist didn't check for oncoming traffic and threw their door into it.
The difference is that they killed someone.
Its outrageous that the cops won't charge the guy who doored the cyclist. What the heck do we have the police for? I was taught in basic driver ed that if you open your door on someone you are liable.
Comment by James
May 24, 2008 | 10:55 am