Usually it's the other way round

[bellinghman]

Cyclists often rightly complain that other road users don't always see them. This is a problem - a number of collisions occur when vehicles pull out or cut across in front of them.

But this case is different: Cyclist doesn't see stationary van.

nil nisi bonum and all that, but <cynical>I can only think that, the van being stopped at a pedestrian crossing, the cyclist was too intent on running the red light and knocking over a pedestrian or two ...</cynical>

Comments

[damerell.livejournal.com]

I certainly wouldn't want to live with myself after killing someone driving (although that is basically trivial next to the victim's lot) - not least because it would always partly be my fault because I would have chosen to drive - and I can think of only one means to be sure of not doing so; it's one reason I don't drive.

I know about right-on-red in the USA (IME it varies from "harmless" to "watch out, peds!" by state) but Boris' proposal for left-on-red is bicycles only, which might be a _bit_ less alarming...