Don't let lawbreakers gain or those abiding by rules suffer

THE VIDEO OF A FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT that happened in Tongzhou district, Beijing, on Oct 17, has gone viral. It shows a car illegally changed lane at a crossroad in an attempt to run a red light, and a heavy truck loaded with rubble swerved to avoid colliding with it. In doing so, the truck turned over on its side crushing a taxi that was waiting for a green light. The taxi driver died. Southern Metropolis Daily comments:

The car that changed lane broke the law. The truck broke the law, as well, because it too was driving fast and had no intention of stopping for the red light. A longer version of the video shows that another car ran a red light seconds before them.

Yet all three law-breaking drivers survived, and the taxi driver, the only person in the video who obeyed the law, died. Worse, the police have failed to track down the driver of the car who changed lane in violation of the traffic rules and fled the scene.