http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/gwinnett/0105/04cyclist.html Cyclist charged in road death Police allege misdemeanor violations by victim Serrano's...
Riding with no rear reflector and presumably no rear light in the dark is negligent. In August of 2004 sunrise was around 7am in Atlanta, so it was dark. ...
In spite of what Serge has said, the article uses some troubling wording, especially that a cyclist was charged with riding in a particular position on the...
... That's not what the controversey is about. The controversey is about "riding too far into a through lane". I have other issues with the article, like the...
It sounds to me that Mock was clearly negligent for riding without a rear reflector or light, but it doesn't say anything about whether the cyclist killed,...
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Jan 5, 2005 1:05 am
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It was TWO HOURS before sunrise! How can you hold a motorist responsible for seeing a cyclist without lights or reflectors in the road IN THE DARK? What...
... rear ... cyclist ... I don't think it matters. Since he was riding outside of the path of the motorist (prior to his need to swerve), he probably would...
... No, if he was lit up like an Xmas tree, the idiot driver wouldn't have swerved to the right and hit him. In terms of charging the surviving cyclist, under...
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Jan 5, 2005 8:03 am
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There is a lot that stinks about charges being levied only against the surviving cyclist, Mock. First of all, Georgia, like many states, allows for two...
I suspect that Mock can get the charge of riding too far left dropped if he agrees to plead guilty to cycling in darkness without a rear reflector. This would...
Let's not pick on the driver. We do not know enough of the situation to critique his swerve to the right. If the driver had not swerved at all, but continued...
After riding in chatem county ga for the last six months this incident sounds so typical of this state the powers to be seem to make up the rules as they go...
... TF: Overrunning his headlights. That's a more _primary_ cause of the accident than a lack (whether presumed or actual) of rear conspicuity equipment on the...
Was: Re: Cyclist charged in road death ... What is typical headlight range? What is typical reaction time plus braking time? How slow would a typical motorist...
... Not to change the subject, but is are traffic infractions really a crime in Georgia? A misdemeanor is a lesser crime than a felony, but a crime ...
... Mute point when drivers are looking down at the numbers on their cell phones, watching the in-dash TV, tuning their radio dial, looking for a CD that slid...
Bob Matter does one of his rare agreeings with me: (snip) ... TF: Me either. However, we must excuse Serge, who is otherwise a good VC, for being a member of...
Tom, If motorists are required to drive within their own headlight range (such that they can recognize within that range, react and stop before colliding with...
... From: Serge <ljserge@...> Date: Thursday, January 6, 2005 2:36 pm Subject: Re: [CG] driving within headlight range ... I would have to think that...
I was also surprised to find myself in rare agreement with Mr Matter. Thanks to Tom Frosty for the excellent "Wannbe railroad" discussion. Way back some...
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In British Columbia, I think this concept is described as driving faster than visibility allows. Careless driving prohibited 144 (1) A person must not drive a...
... before ... reflectors ... TF: To compensate for the "error" - to use the word that John Forester felicitously used for it in one of his writings that I...
dear robert. yes it was 2 hours before sunrise its dark then and thats normally when you overdrive your headlights.--- On Thu 01/06, Robert J. Matter <...
... (b) There shall be a lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam so aimed and of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of...
... Problem with noisy tires is noisy=friction and friction=rolling resistance. Anyone who knows my cycling style knows how hard I strive to minimize rolling...
Serge implies that I pipe dream of universal 15 mph nighttime speed limits. To reach that straw-man conclusion, he takes my mention of the requirement...
This Wednesday, there was a fatal bicycle accident here in Portland Maine. It seems as though the cyclist was riding against traffic, through what is probably...
Forester takes a stab at potential in "Bicycle Transportation" Chapter 5 page 69. I suspect his potential from education/improved behavior looks a little high...
Sloppy language will get you anything. If 'appropriate manner' is to avoid potentially fatal collisions with vehicles then bike paths are it! Careful for...
