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It's okay for illegal aliens to shoot heterosexuals in
butt****er San Francisco though. Two bicyclists killed in separate hit-and-run crashes in San Francisco within 2˝ hours of each other left Mayor Ed Lee outraged Thursday after he leaned from police that both deaths were preventable. Lee said the city’s tireless work and the millions of dollars it’s spent to make streets safer was undermined by the “incredibly irresponsible actions” of the drivers involved in both incidents Wednesday. “We are simply outraged. These aren’t accidents. They are tragedies that can be prevented,” the mayor said at a news conference. “I say this with a lot of emotion because we have been trying very hard with all of our community groups to make our streets safer.” Heather Miller, 41, of San Francisco was killed after a man driving a stolen car sped into oncoming traffic and struck her as she rode her bicycle on JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park. In the second incident, the driver of a sport utility vehicle sped through a red light at a busy intersection in the city’s South of Market neighborhood and struck and killed bicyclist Katherine Slattery, 26, also of San Francisco. Ed Reiskin, director of the city’s Municipal Transportation Agency, echoed Lee’s remarks. He said that about 30 people are killed on city streets each year in incidents such as the two Wednesday and that they are very much preventable. “We have more violence perpetrated by cars in this city than guns,” Reiskin said. “When we get behind the wheel, we have to understand the awesome responsibility we have to operate it safely.” Miller was killed around 6 p.m. Wednesday while bicycling east on JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park. Police said a man driving a stolen white Honda in the westbound direction hit her when he veered into the opposite lane while attempting to speed around slower cars. The driver of the Honda fled the scene, officials said. The vehicle was later found abandoned at the Anglers Lodge in Golden Gate Park. Authorities said that the car had been reported stolen and that they are in communication with the registered owner. They were still searching for a suspect Thursday afternoon. Just before 8:30 p.m., Slattery was killed when a man in a black BMW SUV headed west on Howard Street sped through a red light and struck her as she was pedaling north on Seventh Street, police said. That driver continued on to a gas station at Ninth and Howard streets, where he stopped and got out of his car, which continued to roll into an unoccupied parked vehicle, officials said. A citizen spotted the driver and made him stay at the scene until police arrived and took him into custody. Officials do not believe drugs or alcohol were involved. The driver, whom police identified as 32-year-old Farrukh Mushtaq of San Francisco, , was arrested on suspicion of felony hit-and-run and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. Another traffic incident occurred on San Francisco streets Thursday morning. A Muni 30-Stockton bus struck a woman near Ninth and Market streets just after 8:30 a.m., said Paul Rose, a spokesman for the Municipal Transportation Agency. The woman, who was not identified, was taken to a local hospital with non- life-threatening injuries. Traffic incidents regularly occur on city streets despite initiatives that have sprung up in recent years to make the streets safer, including San Francisco’s Vision Zero plan, a broad effort to to cut traffic-related fatalities to zero in the city by 2024. Reiskin said the recent incidents highlight the importance of everyone in the city working toward that effort. “This is everybody’s responsibility,” Reiskin said, calling the the deaths “horrible and tragic reminders of all that needs to be done.” http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/articl...sts-killed-in- separate-SF-hit-and-run-8321105.php * |
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"Nod" wrote in message ...
It's okay for illegal aliens to shoot heterosexuals in butt****er San Francisco though. Two bicyclists killed in separate hit-and-run crashes in San Francisco within 2˝ hours of each other left Mayor Ed Lee outraged Thursday after he leaned from police that both deaths were preventable. Lee said the city’s tireless work and the millions of dollars it’s spent to make streets safer was undermined by the “incredibly irresponsible actions” of the drivers involved in both incidents Wednesday. “We are simply outraged. These aren’t accidents. They are tragedies that can be prevented,” the mayor said at a news conference. “I say this with a lot of emotion because we have been trying very hard with all of our community groups to make our streets safer.” Heather Miller, 41, of San Francisco was killed after a man driving a stolen car sped into oncoming traffic and struck her as she rode her bicycle on JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park. In the second incident, the driver of a sport utility vehicle sped through a red light at a busy intersection in the city’s South of Market neighborhood and struck and killed bicyclist Katherine Slattery, 26, also of San Francisco. Ed Reiskin, director of the city’s Municipal Transportation Agency, echoed Lee’s remarks. He said that about 30 people are killed on city streets each year in incidents such as the two Wednesday and that they are very much preventable. “We have more violence perpetrated by cars in this city than guns,” Reiskin said. “When we get behind the wheel, we have to understand the awesome responsibility we have to operate it safely.” Miller was killed around 6 p.m. Wednesday while bicycling east on JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park. Police said a man driving a stolen white Honda in the westbound direction hit her when he veered into the opposite lane while attempting to speed around slower cars. The driver of the Honda fled the scene, officials said. The vehicle was later found abandoned at the Anglers Lodge in Golden Gate Park. Authorities said that the car had been reported stolen and that they are in communication with the registered owner. They were still searching for a suspect Thursday afternoon. Just before 8:30 p.m., Slattery was killed when a man in a black BMW SUV headed west on Howard Street sped through a red light and struck her as she was pedaling north on Seventh Street, police said. That driver continued on to a gas station at Ninth and Howard streets, where he stopped and got out of his car, which continued to roll into an unoccupied parked vehicle, officials said. A citizen spotted the driver and made him stay at the scene until police arrived and took him into custody. Officials do not believe drugs or alcohol were involved. The driver, whom police identified as 32-year-old Farrukh Mushtaq of San Francisco, , was arrested on suspicion of felony hit-and-run and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. Another traffic incident occurred on San Francisco streets Thursday morning. A Muni 30-Stockton bus struck a woman near Ninth and Market streets just after 8:30 a.m., said Paul Rose, a spokesman for the Municipal Transportation Agency. The woman, who was not identified, was taken to a local hospital with non- life-threatening injuries. Traffic incidents regularly occur on city streets despite initiatives that have sprung up in recent years to make the streets safer, including San Francisco’s Vision Zero plan, a broad effort to to cut traffic-related fatalities to zero in the city by 2024. Reiskin said the recent incidents highlight the importance of everyone in the city working toward that effort. “This is everybody’s responsibility,” Reiskin said, calling the the deaths “horrible and tragic reminders of all that needs to be done.” http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/articl...sts-killed-in- separate-SF-hit-and-run-8321105.php Too bad for the cyclists, but a liberal bastion and sanctuary city like San Francisco deserves every possible calamity. I look forward to another earthquake totally destroying the city - and maybe taking half of California with it. Mountain bikes have wheels. Wheels are for roads. Trails are for walking. What’s the matter? Can’t walk? Ed Dolan the Great – Minnesota |
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On Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 7:00:36 AM UTC-7, Nod wrote:
It's okay for illegal aliens to shoot heterosexuals in butt****er San Francisco though. Two bicyclists killed in separate hit-and-run crashes in San Francisco within 2½ hours of each other left Mayor Ed Lee outraged Thursday after he leaned from police that both deaths were preventable. Lee said the city’s tireless work and the millions of dollars it’s spent to make streets safer was undermined by the “incredibly irresponsible actions” of the drivers involved in both incidents Wednesday. “We are simply outraged. These aren’t accidents. They are tragedies that can be prevented,” the mayor said at a news conference. “I say this with a lot of emotion because we have been trying very hard with all of our community groups to make our streets safer.” Heather Miller, 41, of San Francisco was killed after a man driving a stolen car sped into oncoming traffic and struck her as she rode her bicycle on JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park. In the second incident, the driver of a sport utility vehicle sped through a red light at a busy intersection in the city’s South of Market neighborhood and struck and killed bicyclist Katherine Slattery, 26, also of San Francisco. Ed Reiskin, director of the city’s Municipal Transportation Agency, echoed Lee’s remarks. He said that about 30 people are killed on city streets each year in incidents such as the two Wednesday and that they are very much preventable. “We have more violence perpetrated by cars in this city than guns,” Reiskin said. “When we get behind the wheel, we have to understand the awesome responsibility we have to operate it safely.” Miller was killed around 6 p.m. Wednesday while bicycling east on JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park. Police said a man driving a stolen white Honda in the westbound direction hit her when he veered into the opposite lane while attempting to speed around slower cars. The driver of the Honda fled the scene, officials said. The vehicle was later found abandoned at the Anglers Lodge in Golden Gate Park. Authorities said that the car had been reported stolen and that they are in communication with the registered owner. They were still searching for a suspect Thursday afternoon. Just before 8:30 p.m., Slattery was killed when a man in a black BMW SUV headed west on Howard Street sped through a red light and struck her as she was pedaling north on Seventh Street, police said. That driver continued on to a gas station at Ninth and Howard streets, where he stopped and got out of his car, which continued to roll into an unoccupied parked vehicle, officials said. A citizen spotted the driver and made him stay at the scene until police arrived and took him into custody. Officials do not believe drugs or alcohol were involved. The driver, whom police identified as 32-year-old Farrukh Mushtaq of San Francisco, , was arrested on suspicion of felony hit-and-run and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. Another traffic incident occurred on San Francisco streets Thursday morning. A Muni 30-Stockton bus struck a woman near Ninth and Market streets just after 8:30 a.m., said Paul Rose, a spokesman for the Municipal Transportation Agency. The woman, who was not identified, was taken to a local hospital with non- life-threatening injuries. Traffic incidents regularly occur on city streets despite initiatives that have sprung up in recent years to make the streets safer, including San Francisco’s Vision Zero plan, a broad effort to to cut traffic-related fatalities to zero in the city by 2024. Reiskin said the recent incidents highlight the importance of everyone in the city working toward that effort. “This is everybody’s responsibility,” Reiskin said, calling the the deaths “horrible and tragic reminders of all that needs to be done.” http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/articl...sts-killed-in- separate-SF-hit-and-run-8321105.php Â* Careful! Mountain bikers can't handle the truth. They will self-destruct. (But they will self-destruct in any case....) |
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