For genuine crimes, yes, of course. But I am yet to be convinced that the cyclist was entirely to blame for this unlucky young woman's death. If he had acted differently: yes, if we understand the facts right (which we probably don't): if he had swerved or slammed his brakes; if he had been going less fast at the time (though 17mph is hardly reckless for an experienced cyclist!), she might have survived. Yet people stumble and fall, strike their heads on the ground and die in consequence, without any external cause.
Be that as it may. I recall, once on my commute (always my commute! That's when things happen isn't it!): I was going past a rather rowdy pub in town (a chav-piss-up-place, definitely one I've never set foot in). The usual crowd of drunken youths outside, spilling off the pavement: I try to pass wide but am hemmed in by traffic, also it's uphill so I'm going slowly. One of the chavs youths decides to race me: a silly prancing sort of jog (think: Monty Python silly walk) which he keeps up for a few yards. In the course of which he brushes perilously close to my handlebar. He thinks it's a riot, so do his mates, whilst I'm frantically trying to keep clear of him. In another timeline, another universe, I really ought to have reached around and socked him a good solid right hook in the solar plexus. But of course I wouldn't: I don't 'do' violence, I'm not that sort of guy. What if I'd been going faster on the level or downhill, then? With traffic to prevent me steering wide?
