Letter: Drivers, be on the lookout for riders

Friday, Feb. 23, 2007 | 7:05 a.m.

I would like to ask Berkely Lent - regarding his Feb. 22 letter, "Let nature take care of helmetless bikers" - what part of being run over is natural selection? The overwhelming majority of motorcycle fatalities, helmeted or not, are the fault of a motorist not yielding the right of way to the motorcyclist.

Until motorists are prosecuted the same for killing a rider as another motorist, the problem will not change. I'm just as tired of people who don't ride thinking they know something on the subject as I am of hearing, "I didn't see him." Shut up and look!

John Devine, Las Vegas

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