srv1, here's the problem. We have no idea what the kid actually did.
Estimated speed = 100mph. What if he was doing 85mph on a 70mph road? No knowledge of road conditions, time of day, type of road, etc.
From the description it gives, I could guesstimate the scenerio. Major city (riding bike to work), dawn to daylight (going to work and a detailed description of the other car was given), on what was probably not a highway (not too many of those a non-psycho would use in a city). That would lead me to believe the speed limit was probably between 30-40mph.
In that case, not only should the 300ZX driver have seen the biker, but he shouldn't have been doing street racing.
On the other hand, if it was a road like Co Rd 121 near my house where there is a 55mph speed limit on a little used road with a 6" paved/3ft gravel shoulder, and this happened at night, I can't fault the racer. He might not have known the biker was there until he was right on top of him. The same would go for anybody doing the speed limit as well.
I'm reluctant to dish out punishment before I have a good idea what truely happened. Especially when I have street raced on empty major freeways to 100mph.
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