Drivers must be more aware of bikers, pedestrians

Drivers should always look in all directions. If your car is stopped and you accelerate and hit something directly in front of you, then you are absolutely at fault.

Daniel Johnstun didn't drop out of the sky or speed out from behind a bush ("Middle school student on the mend after being hit by car," May 10 Thousand Oaks Acorn). He behaved like a pedestrian. He stopped. His bike and direction of travel were irrelevant.

As a pedestrian at a crosswalk, I have had to knock on hoods of cars whose drivers attempt a right-on-red without ever looking right (and often without stopping). If you don't have time to look both ways before pulling into a gap in traffic, then the gap is too small.

Wait for a larger one and look both ways. It is your responsibility, no two ways about it. Chris Habecker Thousand Oaks