The tension between riders and drivers continues to be a topic of conversation.
Earlier this week a video was posted about a driver who mowed down a bunch of Brazilian bicyclists on a “critical mass” ride in the south of the country. At least 30 riders were injured, none fatally.
Now comes word that they’ve found and arrested the driver, found him after he had checked himself into a psychiatric hospital. The local police chief said that the driver claimed that while he waited for the bicyclists to pass they scratched his car.
About the same time the video was posted, Santa Barbara TV station’s typically brief and uninformative piece about the tension between drivers and bike riders in the city. No new ground was covered, but when local TV does a story it tells you that they think it resonates with its views. (Incidentally, if you view the TV report notice that most of the riders are not wearing helmets.)
