We all should be familiar with Natasha Pettigrew the Green Party candidate for US Senate killed by a driver of a Cadillac Escalade, which is not exactly known for being environmentally friendly. But Natasha isn’t the only high profile person killed while riding a bicycle by an SUV in PG County with questionable ruling not to charge the motorist. Yoram Kaufman, a leading scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center whose research has led to greater understanding of global warming was also killed while riding his bike by an SUV. In Yoram’s case the driver was doing 55mph in a 25mph but Yoram might have done a "Suicide Swerve" (yes we have a name for this to point out the ridiculousness of the charge.) Despite the fact that if the driver was doing the speed limit Yoram would probably be alive today even if he did a "Suicide Swerve" the driver was not charged.
How many good people have to die before we take drivers to task that people are not just road kill?
Take action here: https://www.baltimorespokes.org/article.php?story=20100927212802234
and here: https://environment.change.org/petitions/view/no_more_senseless_bicycle_deaths_2
About Yoram Kaufman: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/08/AR2006060801807.html
Details about Yoram’s crash: https://www.baltimorespokes.org/comment.php?mode=view&cid=540oldId.2010100120254654
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