Interesting case we are watching up here in Toronto. There is a lot of tension between motorists and cyclists in the downtown core (Toronto is not terribly bike-friendly although it's not as bad as other cities.)
So here's the most solid story circulating: a driver and a cyclist at a busy intersection. The driver honked and shouted at the cyclist to get moving, the cyclist apparently refused and maybe shouted back. The driver then 'nudged' the bike with his car, at which point the cyclist got off his bike and reached into the car. The driver took off with the cyclist holding onto the car, and witnesses say he bumped into a mailbox and tree in an apparent attempt to get the cyclist off his car. When he did fall off he was run over by the car's rear wheels. The cyclist died later in the hospital. The driver, the former attorney-general of Ontario (you might remember him as the one who spearheaded the pitbull ban) has been charged. He drove away from the scene.
Here's the story: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/sto...-death481.html
There are a number of unclear aspects to the story, like why the cyclist hung on to the side of the car (for safety, or to threaten harm to the driver?) and how threatened the driver really was (apparently the cyclist had been drinking, but it isn't clear if he was really posing a danger to the driver.)
Thoughts, opinions, reactions? it has caused quite a discussion up here.



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