Apparently, the Tour officials agree with folks here with a "different perspective."
The Tour thinks everyone is over-reacting. They've decided to not pursue charges against the woman after she turned herself in on Wednesday.
See: Tour de France organizers dropping suit against spectator who caused crash
The organizers for the Tour de France announced on Thursday that they would not seek charges against the spectator who was responsible for a multicyclist crash Saturday.
"We are withdrawing our complaint. This story has been blown out of proportion but we wish to remind everyone of the safety rules on the race," Tour director Christian Prudhomme said, according to Eurosport.
Just because they didn’t press charges against her doesn’t mean that she wasn’t at fault or even that they didn’t think that she was at fault. Whether she was at fault, and whether she gets formally charged, are two different things.
‘Blown out of proportion’.
Agreed.
The riders bear responsibility for avoiding the hazards of the road.
So with 21 total injured in 2 crashes, the second crash would have been 12 injuries.
It is a known hazard of the race.
When driving, it is the last one to make a mistake that is ticketed and fined.
If someone makes a mistake and opens a door into traffic… not fined.
Driver who drives into the door -ticketed and fined.
Drivers have to be aware of the road conditions.
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“ The Tour medical report lists nine riders injured in the first crash, with Jasha Sütterlin (DSM) incurring a large hematoma on his wrist and his teammate Casper Pedersen being taken to the hospital for x-rays and stitches.”
I look forward to future Tour de Pileups races.