Cyclist Kills Pedestrian over Right-of-Way

http://www.themunicheye.com/news/Cyc...ght-of-Way-985

On 03/09/2015 22:19, David Lang wrote:

http://www.themunicheye.com/news/Cyc...ght-of-Way-985

It's very worthwhile quoting the whole of that newspaper story.

The police in the UK could do with taking a few leaves out of the book
of the Munich Police.

QUOTE:
Munich, Sendling - The never ending battle for our city's streets -
between cars, pedestrians and bike riders - took a deadly turn when a
75-year-old male was pushed to the ground by a biker after an argument
and died.

On Tuesday, retiree Fritz Ebel and his wife, Sylvia, 79, were leaving a
local restaurant and because of construction, were walking on the
sidewalk area that both pedestrians and bikers had to share. Signs are
posted in the construction zone, that bikers must not ride through and
have to dismount. A 53-year-old male on his bike did not want to do so,
and Mr. Ebel had words with the biker.

The biker did get off his bike, but argued with Mr. Ebel and then pushed
him. Mr. Ebel hit his head on a parked truck and landed on the hard
asphalt, where his wife held him as he bled out and fell into a coma.
On Friday, Mr. Ebel passed away.

The biker did call the ambulance and administered first aid, but was
immediately arrested. He is currently free but faces indictment and a
possible lengthy jail sentence.

Meanwhile, the debate in Munich will continue as to who has right of way
and who is wrong or right when following the rules. Local police have
seen a 9.9% rise in accidents between cars, bikers and walkers. They
have stopped over 12,500 bikers, of which over 7,500 were ticketed for
breaking rules. Eight people have died this year so far, as opposed to
10 by this time last year.
ENDQUOTE

"[Cyclist] arrested"

"faces indictment"

"possible lengthy jail sentence"

"7,700 [cyclists] ticketed for breaking rules".

Well done. Munich Police.