Blue flashing lights....

Car-bike accident on my street today. Lots of blue flashing lights.
Cyclist carried away in an ambulance, condition unknown. I got out
and looked to see what might have happened.

Street is two-lane suburban residential street; busy at six thirty.
It's dark. Car's windshield broken, no scratches on paint or lower
bodywork to indicate anything having been run over. Bicycle in a heap
on far side of the road.

Most likely scenario:

Car is waiting for a break in traffic to turn left and join busy
street.

Cyclist is riding right-way, but on sidewalk, and without lights, down
a very gentle grade.

Car spots an opening in all the headlights, and begins maneuvre...

.....just as cyclist on sidewalk enters intersection. Collision:
cyclist thrown over hood and onto windscreen, and then possibly dumped
onto road.

Bicycle did not appear to have any lights on it.

Please Please PLEASE be careful at night, people--buy reliable lights
and use them, and ride in the roadway where crossing traffic will
expect to look for you. This was an avoidable accident.

-Luigi

"Blue flashing lights on a Saturday night brought the neighbours out
into the street...."
-Travis

Please Please PLEASE be careful at night, people--buy reliable lights
and use them, and ride in the roadway where crossing traffic will
expect to look for you. This was an avoidable accident.


People just don't use their brains. I see so many cyclists without lights. this
idiot on a gas powered bicycle passed me last night and I was doing 20 he must
have been doing 30. very dark and no lights.
me I have a xenon flasher in back and front a non blinky led in back and a 10w
headlight.

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On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:00:23 GMT, Steve Knight
wrote:


Please Please PLEASE be careful at night, people--buy reliable lights
and use them, and ride in the roadway where crossing traffic will
expect to look for you. This was an avoidable accident.


People just don't use their brains. I see so many cyclists without lights. this
idiot on a gas powered bicycle passed me last night and I was doing 20 he must
have been doing 30. very dark and no lights.
me I have a xenon flasher in back and front a non blinky led in back and a 10w
headlight.

people don't even realise what a benefit one light makes. It doesn't
have to be much, absolutely speaking....

*sigh*

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:06:25 -0400, Luigi de Guzman wrote:

..

people don't even realise what a benefit one light makes. It doesn't
have to be much, absolutely speaking....

yep even one works pretty well. I saw far more today then usual. still saw a few
idiots without. some dumb bimbo crossed a busy street against the light. no
helmet or light. hell I passed her by the time she got to the road so she did
not even save time.

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"Steve Knight" wrote in message
...

Please Please PLEASE be careful at night, people--buy reliable lights
and use them, and ride in the roadway where crossing traffic will
expect to look for you. This was an avoidable accident.


People just don't use their brains. I see so many cyclists without lights.
this
idiot on a gas powered bicycle passed me last night and I was doing 20 he
must
have been doing 30. very dark and no lights.
me I have a xenon flasher in back and front a non blinky led in back and a
10w
headlight.

Today, while driving, I saw a guy with dual xenon flashers on the front,
but an almost non-visible LED blinker on the rear. At least he was very
visible from the front.

"Steven M. Scharf" wrote:

Today, while driving, I saw a guy with dual xenon flashers on the front,
but an almost non-visible LED blinker on the rear. At least he was very
visible from the front.

I think a lot of people get caught in the sudden change of season. I have a
great, very bright front light on my bike and a less great red rear-light, but
I've only been riding regularly since the summer and am not used to darkness
going to and coming from my workplace. It's remembering to turn the lights _on_
before I leave!

EFR

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"Steven M. Scharf" wrote:

Today, while driving, I saw a guy with dual xenon flashers on the front,
but an almost non-visible LED blinker on the rear. At least he was very
visible from the front.

I think a lot of people get caught in the sudden change of season. I have
a
great, very bright front light on my bike and a less great red rear-light,
but
I've only been riding regularly since the summer and am not used to
darkness
going to and coming from my workplace. It's remembering to turn the lights
_on_
before I leave!

I just thought that it was rather ironic that this guy clearly had decided
to make
himself visible from the front, spending $40-50 on two xenon strobes, and
then
not gotten one for the rear as well.

O
Today, while driving, I saw a guy with dual xenon flashers on the front,
but an almost non-visible LED blinker on the rear. At least he was very
visible from the front.


(G) the back is more important. but makes you wonder why he did not do the
back?

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says...
O
Today, while driving, I saw a guy with dual xenon flashers on the front,
but an almost non-visible LED blinker on the rear. At least he was very
visible from the front.


(G) the back is more important. but makes you wonder why he did not do the
back?

Maybe he usually rides on the wrong side of the road, in which
visibility from the front would be much more important.

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I just thought that it was rather ironic that this guy clearly had decided
to make
himself visible from the front, spending $40-50 on two xenon strobes, and
then
not gotten one for the rear as well.

Maybe he though he was buying dual Xeons ;-)

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