Analysis of a news article
I was coming back from the store this morning, gone to get some milk for the coffee, when I started to think about a snippet of news in the Star. I thought about how the wording was, what people said and so I thought that I would give it a try and take a closer look at it. Its not like I have stumbled upon a conspiracy, but what it points to is disturbing from for cyclists and maybe pedestrians.
Here is the story;
A cyclist is dead after he struck an SUV in a busy Vaughan intersection this morning.
A Chevrolet Trailblazer was on Islington Ave. waiting to turn left onto Hwy. 7 around 9:20 a.m. when the cyclist crashed into the vehicle, said Const. Marina Orlovski.
The cyclist, believed to be in his 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
“There’s a hill there, so I think he picked up some speed,” Orlovski said.
She said the cyclist was not wearing a helmet.
The intersection will remain closed for several more hours as York Region’s collision reconstruction unit pieces together what happened.
“It’s an extremely busy intersection. And very kindly, a lot of people stuck around to talk to police,” Orlovski said.
Here is the analysis
A cyclist is dead after he struck an SUV in a busy Vaughan intersection this morning.
The driver had more important things to look out for instead of a cyclist
A Chevrolet Trailblazer was on Islington Ave. waiting to turn left onto Hwy. 7 around 9:20 a.m. when the cyclist crashed into the vehicle, said Const. Marina Orlovski.
The cyclist crashed into the vehicle so it is the cyclists fault. If the car was turning left it would mean that the vehicle entered the intersection as the cyclist was going through and cut him off. This is why "the cyclist crashed into the vehicle"
The cyclist, believed to be in his 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
“There’s a hill there, so I think he picked up some speed,” Orlovski said.
He was going to fast and was out of control, which was another reason that he crashed into the vehicle
She said the cyclist was not wearing a helmet.
He deserved what he got. Even though it is not against the law to wear a helmet when you are sixty, it was his fault that he wasn't wearing one, not the fault of the vehicle that entered the intersection when the way was not clear. The final analysis is that the driver will not be charged, the cyclist is dead and no one cares.
The intersection will remain closed for several more hours as York Region’s collision reconstruction unit pieces together what happened.
There will be no charges laid.
“It’s an extremely busy intersection. And very kindly, a lot of people stuck around to talk to police,” Orlovski said.
It wasn't like it was an important accident that involved cars, but people who are required by law to stay as witnesses still did the right thing, even though, you know it wasn't really an accident because there was a bike involved.
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