Previous post covered what is going on in my life at the moment, except the bicycle part. I’m springing Francis/es from hock tomorrow and buying groceries so the post will be sometime in the late evening or early morning of the night…
The Big Story today seems to be the cyclist killed crossing Canada to raise money for the WWF. Toronto man cycling across Canada for WWF killed in Manitoba crash also Toronto cyclist dead after being hit by SUV near Brandon, Man. and this Cyclist killed on Manitoba road was raising money for charity last link Toronto cyclist killed near Brandon was on charity ride Hit-from-behind wreck with a cyclist whose bicycle was covered in reflectors in the pictures that accompanied the links when I saw them, and on a narrow road with poor choices for escape routes that make the protocols moot to do anything about this wreck, leaving only getting the infrastructure “up to Dutch” to prevent. If I read the comments correctly there was very good bicycle infrastructure (not “up to Dutch” but pretty good) that bypassed the city and the road the cyclist was killed is the only way into the city from the west. So definitely infrastructure was a part of this wreck.
Relatively close to that wreck comes two links to the final disposition of another wreck. Driver Cleared in January Cyclist Death and No charges against driver of car that hit, killed bicyclist in Anchorage As I read the report the cyclist was suckered into crossing the street because at least one other driver slowed or stopped for him to cross the street from the parking lot he entered the street from, which then blocked the view of the driver that hit him.
Another link to that blind AL driver that hit 3 cyclists, killing one, sending a second to hospital, and causing the third to need clean shorts. Bicycle rider killed in crash AFAIK the cyclists were riding single-file when they were hit from behind by the vision-impaired driver. All the parties in this wreck were headed north, making the angle of the sun a moot question as it would have been off to the side or behind the driver no matter what the time of day. So hit-from-behind protocols to avoid or reduce damages, and get the infrastructure “up to Dutch” to prevent.
A MO cyclist was killed training for the MS 150. Cyclist killed Sunday morning while training for MS 150 Nothing on the mode yet, so Infrastructure! to prevent, probably. The cyclist sounds like a nice person, whom I probably would have liked being with.
And this one is just so… Bike rider on ‘bucket list’ trip from Maryland to Miami fatally stabbed The cyclist died because the killer had untreated mental illnesses. The uselessness of it all is just overwhelming.
Our Daily Ted. All hands on deck: Ride and vigil tonight for justice in Milt Olin case; is the DA’s office involved in a cover-up?
And a separate article about the ride mentioned above. Memorial ride to honor cyclist killed by sheriff’s deputy
And another Big Story is a bit of legal Infrastructure! from CA. New state bike law require 3-foot buffer between cyclists, vehicles And New law requires 3-foot buffer zone for cyclists That it took three tries to get a 3-foot law past Jerry Brown is an outrage…
And that seems to be all the links for today. No fits, but no giggles either.
Billed @€0.02, Opus the unkillable badass Poet
Witch on a Bicycle 
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Previous post covered what is going on in my life at the moment, except the bicycle part. I’m springing Francis/es from hock tomorrow and buying groceries so the post will be sometime in the late evening or early morning of the night…
The Big Story today seems to be the cyclist killed crossing Canada to raise money for the WWF. Toronto man cycling across Canada for WWF killed in Manitoba crash also Toronto cyclist dead after being hit by SUV near Brandon, Man. and this Cyclist killed on Manitoba road was raising money for charity last link Toronto cyclist killed near Brandon was on charity ride Hit-from-behind wreck with a cyclist whose bicycle was covered in reflectors in the pictures that accompanied the links when I saw them, and on a narrow road with poor choices for escape routes that make the protocols moot to do anything about this wreck, leaving only getting the infrastructure “up to Dutch” to prevent. If I read the comments correctly there was very good bicycle infrastructure (not “up to Dutch” but pretty good) that bypassed the city and the road the cyclist was killed is the only way into the city from the west. So definitely infrastructure was a part of this wreck.
Relatively close to that wreck comes two links to the final disposition of another wreck. Driver Cleared in January Cyclist Death and No charges against driver of car that hit, killed bicyclist in Anchorage As I read the report the cyclist was suckered into crossing the street because at least one other driver slowed or stopped for him to cross the street from the parking lot he entered the street from, which then blocked the view of the driver that hit him.
Another link to that blind AL driver that hit 3 cyclists, killing one, sending a second to hospital, and causing the third to need clean shorts. Bicycle rider killed in crash AFAIK the cyclists were riding single-file when they were hit from behind by the vision-impaired driver. All the parties in this wreck were headed north, making the angle of the sun a moot question as it would have been off to the side or behind the driver no matter what the time of day. So hit-from-behind protocols to avoid or reduce damages, and get the infrastructure “up to Dutch” to prevent.
A MO cyclist was killed training for the MS 150. Cyclist killed Sunday morning while training for MS 150 Nothing on the mode yet, so Infrastructure! to prevent, probably. The cyclist sounds like a nice person, whom I probably would have liked being with.
And this one is just so… Bike rider on ‘bucket list’ trip from Maryland to Miami fatally stabbed The cyclist died because the killer had untreated mental illnesses. The uselessness of it all is just overwhelming.
Our Daily Ted. All hands on deck: Ride and vigil tonight for justice in Milt Olin case; is the DA’s office involved in a cover-up?
And a separate article about the ride mentioned above. Memorial ride to honor cyclist killed by sheriff’s deputy
And another Big Story is a bit of legal Infrastructure! from CA. New state bike law require 3-foot buffer between cyclists, vehicles And New law requires 3-foot buffer zone for cyclists That it took three tries to get a 3-foot law past Jerry Brown is an outrage…
And that seems to be all the links for today. No fits, but no giggles either.
Billed @€0.02, Opus the unkillable badass Poet
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