Brooklyn DA’s Office Reviewing Mathieu Lefevre Hit-and-Run
He says those pictures will be examined along with video of the collision, which according to NYPD records shows that the truck driver dragged Lefevre and his bike for several yards as he made an unsignaled right-hand turn.
If there is one thing I would ask NYC motorists to do just out of the goodness of their hearts, it is to use their turn signals.
Every other day I have to guess if a slowing car is going to turn right or go straight, because its operator is unwilling to lift a finger and activate the device installed expressly for that purpose. Every other week I guess wrong, and I’m caught in a bad spot.
Sometimes, the motorist will honk to indicate their displeasure with me for continuing straight through the path of their unsignaled turn. Yet I am the one in extreme danger while they are only briefly inconvenienced as a direct result of their own poor driving. The situation is completely avoidable.
Most cyclists are perfectly willing and able to pass right-turning vehicles on the left—we just need to know that is what they are going to do.
