There were not a lot of reports in the Feed this morning, and many of them were for the same wreck. There was also an updated report on a wreck reported here earlier, and some people doing subversive things on their bikes, like having fun.
Getting to the update first, there is more information on that head-on hit-and-run with a drunk driver I linked to yesterday. 1 dead, 2 hurt in crash With what we know now there were at least 5 cyclists in the group, single file, and the drunk drove across 2 lanes of traffic and on to the shoulder to hit them, killing one, injuring 2 badly enough to require transport to a medical facility and only slightly injuring the other 2, plus hitting a sixth vehicle, a Hyundai, while trying to flee the scene. For some reason bail has only been set at $1 Million for assaulting 6 people with a deadly weapon.
A 14 YO who may have been taking a last chance at a potential love affair was killed riding a bicycle to the assignation. 14-Year-Old Bicyclist Hit, Killed by Car and Teen Killed On Bicycle In Winston-Salem and Update: Bicyclist identified in fatal wreck As of these reports there was some confusion about where the cyclist was on the road, if he was even on the road and not on the shoulder of the road or if he was crossing the road pushing the bike. Too many questions, not enough information.
Another SWCC wreck in MI. Cyclist Hit and Killed There were questions in the comments section about reflectors and why the cyclist was out at 3 AM. well reflectors on the side of a bike pretty much only serve to let the driver know what he was about to hit, and why was the driver out at 3 AM?
Another possible DUI hit-and-run in AZ. Phoenix bicyclist killed in hit and run and Bicyclist killed on his way to work Another drunk in another SUV, kills a cyclist and then leaves the scene. Gotta do something about the drunks or the SUVs because the combination is just too deadly for cyclists.
A cyclist gets hit in a “pinball” wreck. Two injured in Bound Brook crash Drunk driving by braille is not a good situation for cyclists in the area. This was not an avoidable wreck, the driver had already bounced off the first vehicle, a tree, a lamp post, a traffic light standard, and then came back into the lane with the bicycle and hit the cyclist. How would anyone be able to predict the path of such a crash? And even if you know where the vehicle was going to be could you still avoid it?
Two men and a little girl are riding across the US east-to-west. Ride aims to help injured vets The girl is riding a trike, the 2 men are riding DF bikes and their mechanic is taking a mini-van. I wish them luck.
I will have more later, no matter how much I wish I didn’t.
Billed @$.02, Opus
