According to a recent study the Houston Chronicle, over 23 bicycle riders were killed in Houston bicycle accidents in the past five years. Only four of those deaths resulted in criminal charges. Situations such as this, where less than a quarter of bicycle deaths, bring about some sort of punitive justice at the hands of our criminal justice system signify to both Houston bicycle riders and motorists alike that the value of a cyclist’s life is held in small regard on the hot and humid streets of Houston.