Welcome back to my blog! I’m starting to feel a little better, not as dyspeptic as I was yesterday. I’m starting to eat a little more solid food, still not up to full meals of regular food which both leaves me hungry and a little out of sorts.
On with the reports from the Feed! We have crazy, we have stuff that makes you say “About time!” and we got some “WTF?” stuff.
Going with the good news first, a driver hits a cyclist in Boise and gets a ticket. Driver cited after hitting 18-year-old cyclist in Boise Note that the cyclist wasn’t killed or even seriously injured, just hit by a car that was at fault. “About time!” This was a case where driver inattention or aggression may have played a factor, and the cyclist had the right of way over a turning vehicle.
Continuing with the good news theme, the Corpus cyclist severely injured in a hit-and-run was taken off a ventilator and is communicating with caregivers. Injured cyclist makes progress daily Police still have no leads on the black pickup truck that hit her.
Charges against a drunk driver may be upgraded, and a judge averts a lynch mob. Driver accused of killing bicyclist may face additional charges The judge came off the bench to speak to a crowd of about 50 cyclists that came to the hearing to protest. For those trying to place this wreck, this was the one that the drunk driver claimed the cyclist came out of an intersection and pulled in front of him when the collision was in the middle of the block on a different road.
A teenager in NJ won’t make it to prom, or anywhere else for that matter. Bike rider, 13, struck and killed Not enough information from the article to say what happened. All we know is that there was a trail, whether that was a dirt mountain bike trail, a crushed gravel bike trail, or a paved bike path we don’t know, neither do we know of any signage or any other warning foe the driver that bicycles may be present on the road, nor do we know about sightlines. All we know is there was a kid on a bicycle and an SUV and the laws of physics took their course.
A strange report out of MI on a minivan and a dead cyclist. Saline bicyclist struck by minivan, killed A person on the comments section reports that the van was not trying to pass the cyclist unless he was passing on the right, that the van basically centerpunched the cyclist who then went through the windshield of the van. In other words a classic hit-from-behind scenario. From the description this was not an avoidable wreck for the cyclist, maybe if the driver had slowed down before he got to the cyclist then it could have been avoided but the closure rate combined with the van driver moving to the right on the cyclist removed all escape for the cyclist.
In Canuckistan LEO are warning drivers to stay away from downtown Vancouver this Friday because of Critical Mass. ‘Critical Mass’ bike ride expected to snarl downtown traffic on Friday I love it when LEO allow people to assemble and petition their government for grievances…
And the only “lifestyle” article today was a marriage themed “alleycat” race to celebrate upcoming nuptials of a cycling couple. Bicycles built for love Tell ‘em Opus sent you. 
And best wishes to the Happy Couple.
And that’s all I got today. I’m going to take a shower (some of the comments in some articles made me feel “slimed”) and have a little lay down.
Billed @$.02, Opus
