Years ago now, my friend's dad, a very careful and responsible experienced driver accidently killed a drunk teenager who suddenly ran into the street in front of him. There was no way for him to stop, there were witnesses who saw it happen and the driver was in no way at fault.
MorningBlues I have no idea what point you're making here.
But I think you're saying two things.
1) That any road accident resulting in a person injured or killed is a tragedy. If so yes I agree. It is always a tragedy. No matter where the blame lies. I always remember the line from the drama with Sean Bean where he is an alcoholic teacher who kills a kid and his own father says to him "I love you but I don't love what you did." Which to me just sums up how may people are affected. After all, this isn't a relative of the victim but of the perpetrator.
2) So you saying that noone should care about cyclists not stopping at red light as they are only danger to themselves is shameful.
Your friends situation didn't have a cyclist in it, as far as I can tell! If I wanted to summarise it I could write
"A car driver who was not a cyclist, hit a pedestrian who was not a cyclist, and the non-cycling pedestrian was killed. The non-cycling driver was eventually absolved on any blame although the personal cost of the incident was huge."
THERE ARE NO CYCLISTS IN YOUR POST!
Now if the father had been a cyclist perhaps no-one would have died? And, if so, then everyone would be happier. This is my point.
DRIVERS WHEN THEY GET IT WRONG OFTEN KILL PEOPLE BUT CYCLISTS ALMOST NEVER DO.
But yeah, cyclists.