... avert a ... TF: It appears that hit-from-behind crashes are even rarer than we thought; notice how Mr. Matter has run out of examples of them and therefore...
... I've not run out of examples. I'm just pointing out the fallacy of KC's assertion that pretending like you are a car prevents you from being hit by a car. ...
The Bicycle Coalition of Maine is in the middle of pushing some moderately ill-advised legislation - an effort partially in response to some really silly/awful...
If you have to scout out newspaper article from the whole of North America then you are running out of "Hit from behind " accidents. I worked in a Hospital and...
... I had a very similar situation much more recently, except it was a TAXI service in that case. I tried to complain to the taxi service about the harassment...
... Well, for the MOST part, it DOES... but NO strategy, neither VC NOR your "cyclestrian" strategy, can completely ELIMINATE collisions. Personally, I think...
===================== From: howmanlaurence <dw847@...> If you have to scout out newspaper article from the whole of North America then you are running out...
bikerat@...
Jun 2, 2007 10:56 am
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and what are you going to say about this example? I suggest spending less time looking for horror stories and more time on learning techniques that will lessen...
... more home accidents than any other object. Watch out!! Never use a bed!! They are very dangerous!! .....lol ... According to Time Magazine, deaths from...
===================== From: "Tom Frost Jr." <tomfrostjr@...> Well ladies and gentlemen, I have an example that I gleaned just this morning, without...
Kimberly
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Jun 2, 2007 11:29 pm
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... Mighk Wilson is a great writer and knows his bike law. I have a shorter version of "How Far Right" for the attention spans here in Utah: ...
bob.bayn@...
Jun 3, 2007 12:45 am
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http://www.koin.com/Global/story.asp?S=6602633 According to the cager, he was trying to get a bee out of his car and veered into the bike lane, stiking and ...
... Here's the link to the story about the cyclestrian hit from behind and killed on A1A in Florida last Sunday by a cager having a diabetic seizure: ...
===================== From: "Robert J. Matter" <rjmatter@...> Here's the link to the story about the cyclestrian hit from behind and killed on A1A in...
Kimberly
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Jun 3, 2007 2:43 pm
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many years ago while biking through california i was rear ended by another bicyclists at a stop light...........the bastard idiot just plowed right into...
i say bastard because the idiot after crashing into me........picked himself up...........and took off .....never asking am i ok or why he crashed into me...
... <rjmatter@...> wrote: [snip] ... Indeed, one can never worry too much. And it's not just cagers (I prefer the term "cardines" myself) who can hit you, and...
... I got hit in the shoulder by a piece of falling ice from Sears Tower http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Tower once. It wasn't a big piece of ice...
... Whatever explains any differential casuality rate quoted between American and Dutch bicyclists, it is very very very unlikely to be the existence of paths...
... The "scientific" studies you hold so near and dear can more accurately be described as "pseudo-scientific" and are long obsolete given the simultaneous...
... Which of the common referred-to studies do you think that describes? Perhaps as a start, take a look at John Allen's website. Please sort through that and...
I was pulled over last week by a policeman while I was riding my bicycle in the roadway, outside of the shoulder/bike lane. I was given a verbal warning that...
. ... Has almost all jurisdictions consider Bicycles to be vehicles and according to the dictionary That fit very well the description of a vehicle could you...
I am of the opinion that there is no such thing as an action which has no risk. From time we are conceived until the day we die, every action taken we are at...
Even if it was just surface conditions - his suggestion would not be practicable. On top of that it is never practicably safe to approach intersections within...
The pure "cyclestrian " approach is to be on separate facilities that don't have cars on them or crossing them. On such facilities there is ZERO chance of a...
I certainy hope nobody is advocating "that all bicycling facilities be segregated from cars". I don't believe that is Mr. matter's position and it's certainly...
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