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On Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 1:37:27 PM UTC-6, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/27/2018 1:09 AM, John B. wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 22:27:31 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/26/2018 7:24 PM, John B. wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:01:23 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/26/2018 8:24 AM, AMuzi wrote: http://www.massbike.org/anitakurmannvideo Yes, horrific. And yet we have people here saying a cyclist should always stay far right, that controlling a lane is dangerous. If she had been in front of the trucker, he'd have seen her and slowed. But if a cyclist can't bring himself/herself to do that, at least NEVER put yourself to the right of a vehicle that might turn right. Especially a large vehicle like a truck or bus. Right hooks are deadly. (Left hooks in drive-on-left countries.) A few years ago there was a huge outrage about cyclist deaths in London (even though, as usual, far more pedestrians died). It came out that most of those deaths were left hooks, usually women, who pulled up along big lorries. Some said the women were too "polite" to avoid the curb and get in the traffic lane. I am a bit puzzled with these right/left hooked accidents. Don't people turn their heads to look and see what is creeping up beside them? I certainly do - every driveway turning onto "my street"; every corner, every junction, I look to see what is coming. Shoot, I even look back over my shoulder to see what is coming up behind me. Don't other people? See if you can get a chance to sit in a big truck's cab. The blind spots are huge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9E1_1M-qhU http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/...-about-trucks/ I'm not a truck driver but I did maintain them up to about 35 ton dump trucks so I'm fairly aware of the view from the cab. But the fact that a vehicle has blind spots should, to a knowledgeable cyclist, cause the cyclist to treat them with even more caution than a more conventional vehicle. In fact one might even say that a cyclist who isn't aware of the limited vision from the cab of many large motor vehicles, I include buses and most trucks, is probably lacking the necessary skills to ride on the public highways. Well, I'm all in favor of education. But education doesn't get much attention from "bicycling advocates" in the U.S. These days they're all about "protected cycle tracks." In other words, if you were in a "protected cycle track" just before you rode into that intersection, the right turning truck would not have run you over. -- - Frank Krygowski When I ride or drive I do so with the assumption that drivers are trying to hit me. Andy |
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On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 14:37:26 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote: On 1/27/2018 1:09 AM, John B. wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 22:27:31 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/26/2018 7:24 PM, John B. wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:01:23 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/26/2018 8:24 AM, AMuzi wrote: http://www.massbike.org/anitakurmannvideo Yes, horrific. And yet we have people here saying a cyclist should always stay far right, that controlling a lane is dangerous. If she had been in front of the trucker, he'd have seen her and slowed. But if a cyclist can't bring himself/herself to do that, at least NEVER put yourself to the right of a vehicle that might turn right. Especially a large vehicle like a truck or bus. Right hooks are deadly. (Left hooks in drive-on-left countries.) A few years ago there was a huge outrage about cyclist deaths in London (even though, as usual, far more pedestrians died). It came out that most of those deaths were left hooks, usually women, who pulled up along big lorries. Some said the women were too "polite" to avoid the curb and get in the traffic lane. I am a bit puzzled with these right/left hooked accidents. Don't people turn their heads to look and see what is creeping up beside them? I certainly do - every driveway turning onto "my street"; every corner, every junction, I look to see what is coming. Shoot, I even look back over my shoulder to see what is coming up behind me. Don't other people? See if you can get a chance to sit in a big truck's cab. The blind spots are huge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9E1_1M-qhU http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/...-about-trucks/ I'm not a truck driver but I did maintain them up to about 35 ton dump trucks so I'm fairly aware of the view from the cab. But the fact that a vehicle has blind spots should, to a knowledgeable cyclist, cause the cyclist to treat them with even more caution than a more conventional vehicle. In fact one might even say that a cyclist who isn't aware of the limited vision from the cab of many large motor vehicles, I include buses and most trucks, is probably lacking the necessary skills to ride on the public highways. Well, I'm all in favor of education. But education doesn't get much attention from "bicycling advocates" in the U.S. These days they're all about "protected cycle tracks." In other words, if you were in a "protected cycle track" just before you rode into that intersection, the right turning truck would not have run you over. Perhaps the solution is some form of limited access bikeway. No walkers, no dogs, just bicycles all traveling in the same direction at the same speed. I could even envision one where tunnels existed under all intersections where larger vehicles crossed the bikeway Which, humans being human, probably wouldn't totally prevent bicycle accidents it would limit them. On the other hand http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/pe...facts/bicycles states that in the U.S. each year about 2 percent of motor vehicle crash deaths are bicyclists while 25% of those who die in a road accident in the Netherlands are cyclists. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archive...aths-an-issue/ Given that Holland has a bicycle pathway of about 35,000 Km. equal to about a quarter of the country's entire 140,000 km road network perhaps bikeways aren't the solution. As an aside, as there are some 4.09 million miles of roads ( about 6,580,810 Km.) in the U.S. To equal Holland's bike ways some 1 million miles of new bike ways would need to be built in the U.S. Holland has a law, I believe, that in the event of an auto - bicycle collision the auto's insurance pays, which likely means that every time you hit a bicycle your insurance premium goes up. Perhaps that is the answer. -- Cheers, John B. |
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John B. wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 19:07:44 -0600, AMuzi wrote: On 1/26/2018 6:24 PM, John B. wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:01:23 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/26/2018 8:24 AM, AMuzi wrote: http://www.massbike.org/anitakurmannvideo Yes, horrific. The ignoramus police, too. And yet we have people here saying a cyclist should always stay far right, that controlling a lane is dangerous. If she had been in front of the trucker, he'd have seen her and slowed. But if a cyclist can't bring himself/herself to do that, at least NEVER put yourself to the right of a vehicle that might turn right. Especially a large vehicle like a truck or bus. Right hooks are deadly. (Left hooks in drive-on-left countries.) A few years ago there was a huge outrage about cyclist deaths in London (even though, as usual, far more pedestrians died). It came out that most of those deaths were left hooks, usually women, who pulled up along big lorries. Some said the women were too "polite" to avoid the curb and get in the traffic lane. I am a bit puzzled with these right/left hooked accidents. Don't people turn their heads to look and see what is creeping up beside them? I certainly do - every driveway turning onto "my street"; every corner, every junction, I look to see what is coming. Shoot, I even look back over my shoulder to see what is coming up behind me. A few close calls during adolescence can help the reasonably intelligent remember that cycling, even when physically mastered, remains a task first, and that the recreational time slices are to be earned. Don't other people? Yes, we (and many of our dearly departed) do (did). It's still amazing how many do not. And that most of them get by without becoming maimed. Review the video. She actually stopped her bike as he started the turn but short of martial-arts level acrobatics she was trapped. Before whatever deceleration, she was coasting undecidedly, with the left pedal up indicating she was not even considering an eventual necessity to execute an emergency right bail, possibly into the curb. When in reality, in view of the truck's geometry and tractrix curves also known in Switzerland, https://vif.lu.ch/down_load/fachordner/fachordner_strassen/schleppkurven time was running out to take initial, decisive action on her front disk brake. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/08/09/21/2B3B643400000578-0-image-a-26_1439150994376.jpg I watched the video several times and to be honest I don't see any evidence of an attempt to stop. What I do see is a truck that appears to be traveling slower then a bicycle making a right turn and being run into by the bicycle. The sequence from 1:08 - 1:24 quite clearly shows the bicycle in the act of overtaking the truck on the curb side and when the truck turns the bicycle appears to run directly into the truck. After the homicide, the municipality had to do SOMETHING of course, again. So they sent the painters to embellish the segregationist infrastructure, who cares if it also gets more slippery!? http://www.viszerale.insel.ch/typo3temp/pics/b6f7d30d7b.jpg Now it's GREEN. And it's PROTECTED. And a ghostbike stops accidents. Yippie! |
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On Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 4:54:33 PM UTC-8, John B. wrote:
On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 14:37:26 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/27/2018 1:09 AM, John B. wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 22:27:31 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/26/2018 7:24 PM, John B. wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:01:23 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/26/2018 8:24 AM, AMuzi wrote: http://www.massbike.org/anitakurmannvideo Yes, horrific. And yet we have people here saying a cyclist should always stay far right, that controlling a lane is dangerous. If she had been in front of the trucker, he'd have seen her and slowed. But if a cyclist can't bring himself/herself to do that, at least NEVER put yourself to the right of a vehicle that might turn right. Especially a large vehicle like a truck or bus. Right hooks are deadly. (Left hooks in drive-on-left countries.) A few years ago there was a huge outrage about cyclist deaths in London (even though, as usual, far more pedestrians died). It came out that most of those deaths were left hooks, usually women, who pulled up along big lorries. Some said the women were too "polite" to avoid the curb and get in the traffic lane. I am a bit puzzled with these right/left hooked accidents. Don't people turn their heads to look and see what is creeping up beside them? I certainly do - every driveway turning onto "my street"; every corner, every junction, I look to see what is coming. Shoot, I even look back over my shoulder to see what is coming up behind me. Don't other people? See if you can get a chance to sit in a big truck's cab. The blind spots are huge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9E1_1M-qhU http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/...-about-trucks/ I'm not a truck driver but I did maintain them up to about 35 ton dump trucks so I'm fairly aware of the view from the cab. But the fact that a vehicle has blind spots should, to a knowledgeable cyclist, cause the cyclist to treat them with even more caution than a more conventional vehicle. In fact one might even say that a cyclist who isn't aware of the limited vision from the cab of many large motor vehicles, I include buses and most trucks, is probably lacking the necessary skills to ride on the public highways. Well, I'm all in favor of education. But education doesn't get much attention from "bicycling advocates" in the U.S. These days they're all about "protected cycle tracks." In other words, if you were in a "protected cycle track" just before you rode into that intersection, the right turning truck would not have run you over. Perhaps the solution is some form of limited access bikeway. No walkers, no dogs, just bicycles all traveling in the same direction at the same speed. I could even envision one where tunnels existed under all intersections where larger vehicles crossed the bikeway The "same speed" part is vexing -- speaking as someone who rides in a city with a high bike mode share and dopey facilities. I hate conga lines. I preferred it when I was just dodging cars, and it was me and maybe five other guys on bikes. https://bikeportland.org/2016/05/04/...o-essay-182506 -- Jay Beattie. |
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On 1/27/2018 8:26 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 4:54:33 PM UTC-8, John B. wrote: On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 14:37:26 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/27/2018 1:09 AM, John B. wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 22:27:31 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/26/2018 7:24 PM, John B. wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:01:23 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/26/2018 8:24 AM, AMuzi wrote: http://www.massbike.org/anitakurmannvideo Yes, horrific. And yet we have people here saying a cyclist should always stay far right, that controlling a lane is dangerous. If she had been in front of the trucker, he'd have seen her and slowed. But if a cyclist can't bring himself/herself to do that, at least NEVER put yourself to the right of a vehicle that might turn right. Especially a large vehicle like a truck or bus. Right hooks are deadly. (Left hooks in drive-on-left countries.) A few years ago there was a huge outrage about cyclist deaths in London (even though, as usual, far more pedestrians died). It came out that most of those deaths were left hooks, usually women, who pulled up along big lorries. Some said the women were too "polite" to avoid the curb and get in the traffic lane. I am a bit puzzled with these right/left hooked accidents. Don't people turn their heads to look and see what is creeping up beside them? I certainly do - every driveway turning onto "my street"; every corner, every junction, I look to see what is coming. Shoot, I even look back over my shoulder to see what is coming up behind me. Don't other people? See if you can get a chance to sit in a big truck's cab. The blind spots are huge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9E1_1M-qhU http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/...-about-trucks/ I'm not a truck driver but I did maintain them up to about 35 ton dump trucks so I'm fairly aware of the view from the cab. But the fact that a vehicle has blind spots should, to a knowledgeable cyclist, cause the cyclist to treat them with even more caution than a more conventional vehicle. In fact one might even say that a cyclist who isn't aware of the limited vision from the cab of many large motor vehicles, I include buses and most trucks, is probably lacking the necessary skills to ride on the public highways. Well, I'm all in favor of education. But education doesn't get much attention from "bicycling advocates" in the U.S. These days they're all about "protected cycle tracks." In other words, if you were in a "protected cycle track" just before you rode into that intersection, the right turning truck would not have run you over. Perhaps the solution is some form of limited access bikeway. No walkers, no dogs, just bicycles all traveling in the same direction at the same speed. I could even envision one where tunnels existed under all intersections where larger vehicles crossed the bikeway The "same speed" part is vexing -- speaking as someone who rides in a city with a high bike mode share and dopey facilities. I hate conga lines. Well, you would have hated the historic example of John's scheme: a bicycle monorail system. They actually built it in New Jersey in the 1890s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotchk...cycle_Railroad Supposedly a big reason for the failure was the unpleasantness of being stuck behind the slowest rider. Given the psychology of modern motorists, I suppose that frustration was present even if one's top speed was just 1 mph more than the guy in front. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 15:58:37 -0800 (PST), Andy
wrote: On Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 1:37:27 PM UTC-6, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/27/2018 1:09 AM, John B. wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 22:27:31 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/26/2018 7:24 PM, John B. wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:01:23 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/26/2018 8:24 AM, AMuzi wrote: http://www.massbike.org/anitakurmannvideo Yes, horrific. And yet we have people here saying a cyclist should always stay far right, that controlling a lane is dangerous. If she had been in front of the trucker, he'd have seen her and slowed. But if a cyclist can't bring himself/herself to do that, at least NEVER put yourself to the right of a vehicle that might turn right. Especially a large vehicle like a truck or bus. Right hooks are deadly. (Left hooks in drive-on-left countries.) A few years ago there was a huge outrage about cyclist deaths in London (even though, as usual, far more pedestrians died). It came out that most of those deaths were left hooks, usually women, who pulled up along big lorries. Some said the women were too "polite" to avoid the curb and get in the traffic lane. I am a bit puzzled with these right/left hooked accidents. Don't people turn their heads to look and see what is creeping up beside them? I certainly do - every driveway turning onto "my street"; every corner, every junction, I look to see what is coming. Shoot, I even look back over my shoulder to see what is coming up behind me. Don't other people? See if you can get a chance to sit in a big truck's cab. The blind spots are huge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9E1_1M-qhU http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/...-about-trucks/ I'm not a truck driver but I did maintain them up to about 35 ton dump trucks so I'm fairly aware of the view from the cab. But the fact that a vehicle has blind spots should, to a knowledgeable cyclist, cause the cyclist to treat them with even more caution than a more conventional vehicle. In fact one might even say that a cyclist who isn't aware of the limited vision from the cab of many large motor vehicles, I include buses and most trucks, is probably lacking the necessary skills to ride on the public highways. Well, I'm all in favor of education. But education doesn't get much attention from "bicycling advocates" in the U.S. These days they're all about "protected cycle tracks." In other words, if you were in a "protected cycle track" just before you rode into that intersection, the right turning truck would not have run you over. -- - Frank Krygowski When I ride or drive I do so with the assumption that drivers are trying to hit me. Andy Do you suppose that the auto's have the same attitude :-) Gee, that damned fool bicycle might hit me? -- Cheers, John B. |
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On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 17:26:26 -0800 (PST), jbeattie
wrote: On Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 4:54:33 PM UTC-8, John B. wrote: On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 14:37:26 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/27/2018 1:09 AM, John B. wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 22:27:31 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/26/2018 7:24 PM, John B. wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:01:23 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/26/2018 8:24 AM, AMuzi wrote: http://www.massbike.org/anitakurmannvideo Yes, horrific. And yet we have people here saying a cyclist should always stay far right, that controlling a lane is dangerous. If she had been in front of the trucker, he'd have seen her and slowed. But if a cyclist can't bring himself/herself to do that, at least NEVER put yourself to the right of a vehicle that might turn right. Especially a large vehicle like a truck or bus. Right hooks are deadly. (Left hooks in drive-on-left countries.) A few years ago there was a huge outrage about cyclist deaths in London (even though, as usual, far more pedestrians died). It came out that most of those deaths were left hooks, usually women, who pulled up along big lorries. Some said the women were too "polite" to avoid the curb and get in the traffic lane. I am a bit puzzled with these right/left hooked accidents. Don't people turn their heads to look and see what is creeping up beside them? I certainly do - every driveway turning onto "my street"; every corner, every junction, I look to see what is coming. Shoot, I even look back over my shoulder to see what is coming up behind me. Don't other people? See if you can get a chance to sit in a big truck's cab. The blind spots are huge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9E1_1M-qhU http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/...-about-trucks/ I'm not a truck driver but I did maintain them up to about 35 ton dump trucks so I'm fairly aware of the view from the cab. But the fact that a vehicle has blind spots should, to a knowledgeable cyclist, cause the cyclist to treat them with even more caution than a more conventional vehicle. In fact one might even say that a cyclist who isn't aware of the limited vision from the cab of many large motor vehicles, I include buses and most trucks, is probably lacking the necessary skills to ride on the public highways. Well, I'm all in favor of education. But education doesn't get much attention from "bicycling advocates" in the U.S. These days they're all about "protected cycle tracks." In other words, if you were in a "protected cycle track" just before you rode into that intersection, the right turning truck would not have run you over. Perhaps the solution is some form of limited access bikeway. No walkers, no dogs, just bicycles all traveling in the same direction at the same speed. I could even envision one where tunnels existed under all intersections where larger vehicles crossed the bikeway The "same speed" part is vexing -- speaking as someone who rides in a city with a high bike mode share and dopey facilities. I hate conga lines. I preferred it when I was just dodging cars, and it was me and maybe five other guys on bikes. https://bikeportland.org/2016/05/04/...o-essay-182506 -- Jay Beattie. I threw that in as I've, so often, read cyclists complaining about multi speed people and things invading "their" MUP. Personally I ride in groups of one as it eliminates the necessity of paying attention to all the problems of riding in a peloton and just roll along smelling the roses and watching the birds :-) -- Cheers, John B. |
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On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 02:04:27 +0100, Sepp Ruf
wrote: John B. wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 19:07:44 -0600, AMuzi wrote: On 1/26/2018 6:24 PM, John B. wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:01:23 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/26/2018 8:24 AM, AMuzi wrote: http://www.massbike.org/anitakurmannvideo Yes, horrific. The ignoramus police, too. Certainly Sir. The logical answer is simply to eliminate the police force. Think of the tax savings, why the New York police force costs the tax payer in the neighborhood of $130,769 annually https://www.huffingtonpost.com/david...b_7659496.html Think of how happy "Mr. Average Man" will be without the ignoramus police and the horrendous tax bill. And yet we have people here saying a cyclist should always stay far right, that controlling a lane is dangerous. If she had been in front of the trucker, he'd have seen her and slowed. But if a cyclist can't bring himself/herself to do that, at least NEVER put yourself to the right of a vehicle that might turn right. Especially a large vehicle like a truck or bus. Right hooks are deadly. (Left hooks in drive-on-left countries.) A few years ago there was a huge outrage about cyclist deaths in London (even though, as usual, far more pedestrians died). It came out that most of those deaths were left hooks, usually women, who pulled up along big lorries. Some said the women were too "polite" to avoid the curb and get in the traffic lane. I am a bit puzzled with these right/left hooked accidents. Don't people turn their heads to look and see what is creeping up beside them? I certainly do - every driveway turning onto "my street"; every corner, every junction, I look to see what is coming. Shoot, I even look back over my shoulder to see what is coming up behind me. A few close calls during adolescence can help the reasonably intelligent remember that cycling, even when physically mastered, remains a task first, and that the recreational time slices are to be earned. Don't other people? Yes, we (and many of our dearly departed) do (did). It's still amazing how many do not. And that most of them get by without becoming maimed. Review the video. She actually stopped her bike as he started the turn but short of martial-arts level acrobatics she was trapped. Before whatever deceleration, she was coasting undecidedly, with the left pedal up indicating she was not even considering an eventual necessity to execute an emergency right bail, possibly into the curb. When in reality, in view of the truck's geometry and tractrix curves also known in Switzerland, https://vif.lu.ch/down_load/fachordner/fachordner_strassen/schleppkurven time was running out to take initial, decisive action on her front disk brake. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/08/09/21/2B3B643400000578-0-image-a-26_1439150994376.jpg I watched the video several times and to be honest I don't see any evidence of an attempt to stop. What I do see is a truck that appears to be traveling slower then a bicycle making a right turn and being run into by the bicycle. The sequence from 1:08 - 1:24 quite clearly shows the bicycle in the act of overtaking the truck on the curb side and when the truck turns the bicycle appears to run directly into the truck. After the homicide, the municipality had to do SOMETHING of course, again. So they sent the painters to embellish the segregationist infrastructure, who cares if it also gets more slippery!? http://www.viszerale.insel.ch/typo3temp/pics/b6f7d30d7b.jpg Now it's GREEN. And it's PROTECTED. And a ghostbike stops accidents. Yippie! -- Cheers, John B. |
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AMuzi writes:
On 1/26/2018 6:24 PM, John B. wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:01:23 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/26/2018 8:24 AM, AMuzi wrote: http://www.massbike.org/anitakurmannvideo Yes, horrific. And yet we have people here saying a cyclist should always stay far right, that controlling a lane is dangerous. If she had been in front of the trucker, he'd have seen her and slowed. But if a cyclist can't bring himself/herself to do that, at least NEVER put yourself to the right of a vehicle that might turn right. Especially a large vehicle like a truck or bus. Right hooks are deadly. (Left hooks in drive-on-left countries.) A few years ago there was a huge outrage about cyclist deaths in London (even though, as usual, far more pedestrians died). It came out that most of those deaths were left hooks, usually women, who pulled up along big lorries. Some said the women were too "polite" to avoid the curb and get in the traffic lane. I am a bit puzzled with these right/left hooked accidents. Don't people turn their heads to look and see what is creeping up beside them? I certainly do - every driveway turning onto "my street"; every corner, every junction, I look to see what is coming. Shoot, I even look back over my shoulder to see what is coming up behind me. Don't other people? Yes, we (and many of our dearly departed) do (did). Review the video. She actually stopped her bike as he started the turn but short of martial-arts level acrobatics she was trapped. Lots of commentary and still frames at http://www.massbike.org/anita_kurmann_video_narrative . Look at the picture labeled 7:03:08 AM, which shows the truck driver swinging into the lane to his left to make a right turn, with the cyclist almost beside his passenger window. In the next frame she has realized what's happening, and avoids the front wheels, but cannot avoid the rear. I don't know whether the massbike claim of vehicular homicide should be supportable or not, but it amazes me that Matthew Levari, the truck driver, was not prosecuted for leaving the scene. -- |
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On 1/27/2018 11:23 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 02:04:27 +0100, Sepp Ruf wrote: John B. wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 19:07:44 -0600, AMuzi wrote: On 1/26/2018 6:24 PM, John B. wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:01:23 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 1/26/2018 8:24 AM, AMuzi wrote: http://www.massbike.org/anitakurmannvideo Yes, horrific. The ignoramus police, too. Certainly Sir. The logical answer is simply to eliminate the police force. Think of the tax savings, why the New York police force costs the tax payer in the neighborhood of $130,769 annually https://www.huffingtonpost.com/david...b_7659496.html Think of how happy "Mr. Average Man" will be without the ignoramus police and the horrendous tax bill. I strongly support police when they're correct and competent. I can't support a system that provides no serious punishment when a motorist takes another's life. At a bare minimum, the trucker should never again operate a motor vehicle on a public road. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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