Re: Obvious solution to reduce 200 San Diego road deaths.
>> The chap was riding at 20kmph, with only one brake and no bell. IIRC it wasn't the first person he hit either.
Where did you get that? There is no mention of this anywhere in the articles I have found about Darren Hall. Maybe your are confusing him with Charlie Alliston? Who as it happens was actually riding on the road when a woman on her phone stepped out in front of him.
FWIW a bell is not a legal requirment on a bicycle in England. The Highway Code merely suggests that cyclists ‘should be considerate of other road users, particularly blind and partially sighted pedestrians. Let them know you are there when necessary, for example by ringing your bell.’ Any other ‘audible warning’ – horn, rattle, duck call or the human voice – would do.