I live in a small town and have known a few cyclists and pedestrians who have been ran over by trucks and SUV's, about half of them died. I also know of a few that modify their trucks to roll coal. Catalytic converter deletes are quite common on all vehicles, as well as those pesky LED bars that completely blind you. There are no emissions tests, so these modifications are easy to get away with.
My brother got his truck ran into by another pickup. They got a description of the truck and had witnesses that saw the driver and knew him so could easily identify him. The police did nothing and didn't seem to care.
I live in walking distance from my place of work (1.1 miles) and my wife argues I should take the car and not walk or bicycle to work. I used to ride my bicycle everywhere.
