The Daily Free Press reports police say a BU student was taken to St. Elizabeth with neck, back and knee injuries yesterday after she tried but failed to beat an SUV through a left turn on Comm. Ave. near Kenmore Square.
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I must've moved into some alternate universe
By thetrainmon
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 2:15pm
where the average pedestrian crosses only at crosswalks and waits for the Walk signal. Spare me the bleeding-heart bull-$hit. Dumba$$ pedestrians are part of the reason there are Stop signs along the E-Line and B-Line for the trolleys--because it takes extra special talent to get hit by something slow-moving and confined to a track, and yet it happens every year by some over-zealous pedestrian.
In my workday bike commute along Mass. Ave. I actually use jaywalking pedestrians as my sign that it's all right to proceed through an intersection.
Fix the freakin' lights
By anon
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 2:45pm
I have a very short walk to work, and on the way I traverse about three intersections in which there's a "Don't walk" displayed at the wrong times. For example, if you have a one-way street entering an intersection, and the traffic on that street has a red light and there's a "no turn on red" sign, then there is absolutely no reason to display a "Don't walk", and yet I see that pattern all over the place. No wonder pedestrians get in the habit of ignoring the "don't walk" signs.
Same reason why cyclists treat red lights like stop signs
By thetrainmon
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 3:34pm
My commute would literally be 15 minutes longer if I dutifully waited at every red light. As antiquated as the traffic engineering is in the state, it's even worse for cyclists.
Pedestrians always grumble at cyclists who blow through the crosswalk on Mass. Ave. near the Ace Hardware--yeah, you sit at the light on an uphill when it's 40 degrees out and a 15 mph wind!
Red light doesn't mean
By Kathode
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 4:02pm
Stop, then proceed. It means stop. Whether you drive a bike or a car. I could get to work 15 minutes faster too but I stop for red lights.
Yesterday, witnessed a
By resident
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 4:26pm
Yesterday, witnessed a Masshole on a bike blow through the red light, while simultaneously almost getting hit by a car taking a legal right turn on green and nearly wiping out a pedestrian well into the crosswalk. Smarten up!
Is this a real post or sarcasm?
By Nancy
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 4:26pm
If it's sarcasm, it's kinda funny but it it's real then I don't know what to do but shake my head.
If you stopped at every red light your commute would be longer? You don't say.
Not buying that reasoning
By anon
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 9:27am
I stop at lights and continually catch the light runners because they eventually land at an intersection that they can't sneak through.
It really doesn't save any time.
Ok . . .
By thetrainmon
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 9:56am
I've been cycling since I was 4. I've been cycling on Boston streets since I was 7. You must confuse me with the hipsters on their '80s fixies. I guarantee you won't catch me during rush hour on Huntington Ave or Mass. Ave--and that's stopping at every red light. Heck, Beacon Street, Commonwealth Avenue, Brookline Ave, Centre Street, Columbus Ave . . .
Exactly the point
By anon
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 10:01am
Running lights doesn't make you faster.
Being faster makes you faster.
And just why shouldn't
By roadman
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 7:34pm
YOU sit at that light (as the law requires) instead of blowing through it. Because it's inconvenient for you to do so?
Well, nobody forced you to ride a bike on City streets, did they? And if you can't ride your bike in a manner that you can obey traffic laws, then perhaps you shouldn't be on the road in the first place instead of making excuses for your behavior.
These "justifications" the cycling lobby keep citing for breaking the law (I'm cold, I'm tired, I'm scared) are one of the key reasons the anomosity towards cyclists from many others is growing.
And, in my own experiences (30+ years of driving and walking - used to cycle, but gave that up over 20 years ago), I would say that for every one cyclist I've seen wait for a red light to change, I've seen three or four blow through that same light. So don't try to convince me that drivers are far worse (and yes, I've seen my share of drivers blowing red lights as well - but not nearly at a 3:1 ratio).
You people make me laugh
By thetrainmon
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 10:03am
You admit you gave up cycling over 20 years ago! My condolences if it was for medical reasons, but let's be real:
*There was far less traffic on the road 20 years ago.
*The average automobile was smaller 20 years ago.
*Cell phones barely existed 20 years ago; texting was virtually nonexistent.
Talk to me when you do my 7-mile bike commute including pothole-ridden, broken-glass strewn Mass. Ave.
In fact talk to me when you get back on your bike period. And no, a ride around the neighborhood doesn't count.
Tell me something.
By roadman
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 7:53pm
Just how does the fact that I chose to stop cycling over twenty years ago (due to several circumstances, it just wasn't practical for me to do so anymore) bears any relationship to my comments about how many cyclists these days find flimsy excuses (more traffic, more distractions, it's too inconvenient for me to wait at a light) to justify disregarding traffic laws.
And the fact I chose to stop cycling has nothing to do with the alleged poor condition of the Mass. Ave bike lanes or my observations that, on average, only one out of four cyclists I see at the Downtown Boston intersections I frequent on a daily basis actually wait for a red light to change.
Tell me something.
By roadman
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 7:53pm
Just how does the fact that I chose to stop cycling over twenty years ago (due to several circumstances, it just wasn't practical for me to do so anymore) bears any relationship to my comments about how many cyclists these days find flimsy excuses (more traffic, more distractions, it's too inconvenient for me to wait at a light) to justify disregarding traffic laws.
And the fact I chose to stop cycling has nothing to do with the alleged poor condition of the Mass. Ave bike lanes or my observations that, on average, only one out of four cyclists I see at the Downtown Boston intersections I frequent on a daily basis actually wait for a red light to change.
WTF?
By Markk02474
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 8:18pm
"There was far less traffic on the road 20 years ago."
I think what you will find is that vehicle traffic counts today might be similar. Its just that driving lane removals, right on red removals, road narrowing, corner tightening, and other congestion producers are responsible for reduced mobility and longer travel times.
Automobiles are larger due to government regulations for impact protection and having big crumple zones. Honda Civics today are huge and obese compared to 20 or 40 years ago, and weighed less than a Smart having only 2 seats, does today.
holier than thou Masshole cyclists need to tone it down a notch
By pedestrian
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 9:56am
My skinny ass walks, thank you very much. Now if you would please get your bike off the sidewalk and into that bike lane, all of us walkers would be most appreciative. Pro tip: city sidewalks are narrow and crowded and not appropriate for cyclists who selfishly think it amusing to speedily zigzag amongst those on foot and those in wheelchairs. To all the courteous cyclists I see on a daily basis, thank you for restoring my faith in urban cycling!
Agreed
By anon
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 10:16am
Bikers whine non-stop for bike lanes, but then use the sidewalk anyways. I have been nearly hit more times than I can count on the Mass Ave bridge at all times of the day by cyclists.
that's because the mass ave bike lane sucks
By anon
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 11:55am
Go look at the mass ave bridge bike lane some time.
1)At the Southbound entrance, the bike lane is barely 2-3 feet wide. The lane opens up to ~3-4 feet.
2)Traffic is passing you at 30-40MPH within a foot or two, which is terrifying to all but the most experienced cyclists. Try it some time, Mr. Hero.
3)The lanes are never swept, and so they're full of months worth of broken glass and metal which can slice your tire open (and if that happens to your front wheel, you can lose control...reminder: the bike lane is barely 3-4 feet wide), or sand which is slippery.
4)The lanes, particularly at the ends of the bridge, have waves/humps/ridges in the pavement smack in the middle of the bike lane that are several inches high. Especially at night, if you hit one of them wrong, they can cause you to crash. If those ridges were in the road people would scream blue-bloody murder to have them repaired, but because they're in the bike lane, they've been there for years and the state/Cambridge/Boston don't give a shit.
SAD DAY
By anon
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 12:31pm
Complain to whoever is supposed to be in charge of the bridge. The sidewalk is for PEDESTRIANS and I'm sick of dealing with it! If bike riders are going to be assholes, then I am too! Walk your damn bike across the bridge if you're too scared to ride. And I don't ride a bike, and am not claiming that I do, so take your "mr hero" comment and put it where the sun don't shine.
Bicycles are allowed on the
By anon
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 4:30pm
Bicycles are allowed on the Mass Ave bridge sidewalks, though bikes do have to yield to pedestrians and pass them safely.
so now you've got a bike lane
By Kathode
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 12:33pm
but have complaints about it how it's not clean enough. I have lots of complaints about the roads too, but I still use them and I don't drive my car on the sidewalk. That is so lame.
Except, Genius,
By thetrainmon
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 2:00pm
that a car tire can roll over a pile of shattered glass or handle a pothole a lot better than a bike tire can.
I ride a mountain bike for
By Ralv
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 2:24pm
I ride a mountain bike for this reason. People ask me why I ride a mountain bike on the road and I tell them I can ride through all seasons and glass isn't tough enough to shred my tires. I also think you get a better work out due to the added weight.
But I do understand your frustration, but I've been in Boston my whole life and I promise those roads are never going to get better. They'll pave it and a couple months later it will be a crater again. Riding on the sidewalk is not a solution. If it is that bad don't ride on that road at night or walk your bike across the bridge.
Kevlar to the rescue
By Markk02474
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 8:26pm
Either don't ride or use equipment suitable for conditions! Use mountain bike durable tires and wheels rather than complain about conditions you can't control. Might as well complain about rain, snow, wind, hot, and cold weather also.
Trash Is Not Weather
By BlackKat
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 6:10am
Don't be daft. Car crash debris, and potholes are caused by motor vehicles - they're man-made conditions, and thus controllable by man. It is also someone's job to periodically clean and patch roads so requesting they do their job in a more thorough and efficient manner is quite reasonable. Besides the safety issues, all that trash in the road is hardly aesthetic either.
You would complain to no end if your suburban street was not plowed so you could drive in the winter. So your snow example is particularly inane.
Mountain bikes and tires and wheels are not suitable for urban use because they are inefficient and far too heavy. An only moderate quality bike for road use should still weigh less than a small cat. You wouldn't use spiked, knobby rally tires on tarmac with your car - why should a bike? The roads are designed to be smooth and clean and should be maintained that way. Nor are mountain bike tires impervious to punctures and slashes from debris. Even car tires can only take so much abuse - a piece of debris as short as a centimeter can puncture car tires if lodged in the rubber in the right angle.
That's because
By roadman
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 7:38pm
in their infinite wisdom, when the Legislature passed the law mandating bike lanes and other "necessary" amenities, the capitulated to MassRides and others by not making it a legal requirement for cyclists to actually stay within said bike lanes where they're provided.
Oh just grow up already
By anon
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 9:42am
If you can't deal with it, get off the road yourself.
Cars are a late addition around here. Put on your big boy pants and learn to drive with due attention and it won't be an issue.
And when changes and improvements
By roadman
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 8:11pm
for motor vehicles are proposed (like adding a lane on an Interstate or even installing traffic signals at an intersection), guess what - they have to be reviewed on a case by case basis to verify that the improvements are justified and supported by actual facts. Usually that's done on the basis of parameters such as traffic volumes and average delays.
Common sense states that the cycling lobby should be held to similar standards. Instead, the cycling lobby forced a law through the Legislature that requires these facilities be provided, even if there's no legitimate justification for them.
And when the cyclists get their special "me only" facilites, they aren't even legally required to use them. To me. these attitutes meet the textbook defintion of entitlement.
Perhaps I'm not the one here that needs to put on "big boy" pants in regards to this issue.
Sidewalk cycling and business districts
By issacg
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 10:22am
This raises an interesting point - my view of the world is that excepting the purely residential sections of Boston, nearly all of the city is a business district, in which cycling on the sidewalks is prohibited. Has the city demarcated the business district boundaries where cycling on a sidewalk is prohibited? Does state law provide additional guidance?
I'm pretty sure riding on the
By South Boston Yu...
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 10:41am
I'm pretty sure riding on the sidewalk is prohibited city wide.
Wrong, wrong, wrong assumptions
By Kathode
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 12:36pm
1. Not a bike hater. Hater of illegally and carelessly driven bikes. Not happy with bikers who won't obey the laws, as well as cars and pedestrians who don't obey laws.
2. Live in the city of Boston.
3. Drive across town every day to my job between Roslindale and Cambridge.
Headphones, entitlement, and obliviousness
By fairlee76
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 8:56am
Unaware college kids on bikes are bad. This is coming from someone who has biked in the city for 10+ years. Thank goodness she survived and, hopefully, learned a painful lesson.
So....,uh....anyone get
By Brian Riccio
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 9:22am
shot last night? Anywhere? No?
If Not
By anon
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 10:36am
That would "Really" be news!
I hope she'll be all right
By Sock_Puppet
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 9:25am
It sounds like she made a bad mistake. I hope she'll recover to get back on a bike --- and be more careful.
There is no left turn at that intersection for good reason. On a bike, even more so (the tracks). It would have been much wiser to stop at the corner, push the pedestrian button, and cross to Silber in the crosswalk. That's what I always do.
Personal account from this morning..
By baepp
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 9:49am
I was biking on Essex Street near Chinatown. I was in the right lane. I was going with the speed of traffic, though there wasn't very much of. I had only just turned on from Boylston, and we were nowhere near the 90/93 split. A white Cadillac SUV came speeding up on the left lane and immediately tried to merge into my lane. I had to quickly squeeze my way between the SUV and a chain-link fence where there was construction being done and pull over in a crosswalk.
I was terrified. My heart was beating so fast it felt like it was going to burst out of my chest. I gathered myself and managed to catch up to him at the next light. Still shaking, I knocked on his window and said, "Good morning! You almost hit me. Please be observant when you are driving."
His response? "I'm so, so sorry! Honestly, I didn't even look. I just saw a car. I'm sorry."
I'm not an intense cyclist. This is my first time biking all the way to work (from Allston to Fort Point). I am cautious. I only sneak through red lights when there is no possibly turning traffic (ie. just a crosswalk). I wear my helmet. And I yield to vehicles. But it doesn't matter. It's not even that drivers are "assholes." They just don't KNOW. They are trained to look for other 4-wheeled vehicles and pedestrians; not bicycles.
Sneaking through the occasional red light?
By Brian Riccio
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 9:56am
What a POS!
It's funny.
By baepp
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 10:19am
The only red light I'm not terrified to go through is at that same intersection as the accident -- Commonwealth @ Silber. When traveling inbound, the road to the right (Blandford Mall) is blocked off to vehicles, which means there is no traffic crossing Commonwealth and the bike lane. And I don't just through the red. I stop. I wait. I look. I realize there are no vehicles (because there can't be) and no pedestrians, and inch through.
That makes me a piece of shit?
No, it doesn't make you a POS
By spin o rama
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 11:30am
It just puts you in the category of cyclists that don't believe the rules of the road apply to them.
I bike commute to work everyday through this intersection and everyday day I see clowns blow that red light and many others along my route. You can paint it any way you like but ignoring the red and even treating it like a stop sign is a violation of the law and creates unsafe driving conditions for cars/bikes/pedestrians alike. We do not have Idaho Stop laws here in Massachusetts, so stop acting like it.
I like fixies
By Coo Fixie Allst...
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 2:28pm
I scream through the BU Bridge intersection's red lights every morning with my scallicap because I am cool and want a thrill. Traffic can stop for me for I am fearless.
Hipsters don't wear scalli
By Miss Modular
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 9:10pm
Hipsters don't wear scalli caps anymore, bub. Keep up with the times if you want your sarcasm to be effective.
Also
By baepp
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 10:20am
Good job learning how to +1 your own post. But who is the other asshole who agrees with you?
That's not true!
By Brian Riccio
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 10:29am
I call about 40-50 of my friends and have them +1 my comments!
Glad to see that people who don't share your opinions are assholes! You'd be a big hit on the Fox News Channel!
Your opinion
By baepp
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 10:51am
Your opinion doesn't make you an asshole; it makes you an idiot. Calling me a piece of shit (the acronym doesn't make it any nicer) DOES make you an asshole.
Turnabout, my dear
By Brian Riccio
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 11:14am
is truly fair play...
Also, I'm an admitted asshole. I posted that many times in the past. I like being one. Other people have their lots in life, mine is being an asshole. Not a piece of shit.
Call? Try IRC or MySpace!
By Markk02474
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 8:46pm
Get with the times! The Spandex Set has lots of Twitter feeds to up their counts while SUV drivin' bike haters have better things to do.
Glass houses dude
By spin o rama
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 10:26am
Didn't you just tell us the other day about idling in your vehicle, parked next to a fire hydrant at the Four Seasons?
Live parked at the hydrant
By Brian Riccio
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 10:40am
as directed by the doorman at the hotel. In fact there's a sign in sheet at the front door that specifically directs you to park in front of the hotel at that space it's available as long as you do not leave the vehicle. When the guest comes out, you are then allowed into the small driveway to pick up.
And at 4 bucks a gallon, I never idle.....dude.
Hotel Policy < Massachusetts General Law
By spin o rama
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 11:08am
So the hotel doorman is able to grant special privilege to park illegally? That kind of runs against the language set out by Chapter 90: Section 20A.5 of the Mass General Law. But thats cool, don't take personal responsibility for violating the law by parking with 10 feet of a fire hydrant, blame someone else or just convince yourself that its not illegal when you do it.
And 4 bucks a gallon is tough, no doubt about that. Just thank your lucky stars you aren't paying the true cost that Canadian and EU drivers see. It averages around $8-10/gallon.
Ha! Lived here long?
By Brian Riccio
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 12:23pm
Hotel doormen are pretty much free to do what they want in this city as long as BTD personnel still get to eat in hotel cafeterias for free or maybe you've never noticed the mess at the Ritz on Avery or the messes at the Intercontinental or the Harbor Hotel.
You keep quoting those MGL's though, I'll keep living in the real world.
dvdoff played the Townie Card.
By spin o rama
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 2:04pm
Its super effective!
/thread
Yes, hotel doormen frequently
By anon
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 1:12pm
Yes, hotel doormen frequently direct where people should put their cars. Could be service people, could be valet parking people, could be snowflakes....
Check it out sometime, visit the Taj...
According to
By anon
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 4:48pm
According to montrealgasprices.com, the average gas price is about CDN$1.40 per liter, which is about US$5.43 per gallon.
Might need to rewrite the headline on this one
By issacg
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 10:17am
At first, I was confused about what happened here and why no one seemed to be upset that the driver hadn't yielded to a bike in front of him/her who going to take a left. After all, the article made clear that the driver saw the bicyclist, but couldn't stop in time.
I was wondering that until I looked at street view and saw that there are at least three signs that clearly say that you may not take a left from eastbound Comm. Ave. onto Silber Way. If you don't play by the rules, you should expect bad things to happen.
I'd like to humbly suggest that our omnipotent UHub master adjust the headline to read "Bicyclist tries to take an ILLEGAL left, cuts in front of SUV, and pays the price for her foolishness" or some such.
Yet another example of why when I ride my bike, I do so as if I was driving a car (i.e., I follow all applicable traffic laws). It's the best way to increase my chances of survival.
I have a hard time following the scenario
By Kaz
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 10:25am
Exactly, what I figure is that she was in the bike lane and wanted to make the left over to Blandford's new walking mall or the bike racks in front of the science building or something. It's an illegal left, so she should have walked it across the crosswalk.
However, if she was making that left, she didn't overtake a car in the left lane that had a green signal on a bike...so she had to come from in front of him and start to come over into his lane. My guess is he wasn't paying attention to what she was doing because he was "just going to pass her" and in the process ended up running her over as she tried to cut across without looking over her shoulder for someone like him to be cruising up along side her all of a sudden. He even mentions that he didn't notice her look over her shoulder. So, he knew damn well she was there, but didn't drive defensively at all with her there.
So, I think they both have some blame here. He wasn't driving defensively (and probably too fast for Comm Ave through there, since pedestrians will just step off into the crosswalks ALL THE TIME and he couldn't stop for a bike turning in front of him). She was attempting to make an illegal left and doesn't seem to have looked first to see if someone was cruising in the left lane.
HEY!
By John-W
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 5:09pm
Where's your anecdote? Where's the invective! Where's the stereotyping insults??
You call this a post? Don't you know where you are??
THIS
IS
UHUB!!
>and then we kick you off into a chasm of O-FISH-L and Swrly posts<
Wrong for Not EXPECTING Massholes?
By Markk02474
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 9:02pm
There is no law against being stupid, so we can't also hold people accountable for not anticipating stupid actions of others (in pursuit of a Darwin Award).
Oh yes, I see, you get to enforce traffic laws
By anon
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 11:19am
First off, we're relying solely on the account of the driver. Who couldn't POSSIBLY have any motive for portraying things such that he was a perfect little angel, minding his own business when that EVIL DUMB GIRL just cut right in front of him!
"If you don't play by the rules, you should expect bad things to happen."
The no-left signs are there to keep you from getting hit by the trolley.
The signs do not say "OK TO FOLLOW AT AN UNSAFE DISTANCE."
The signs do not say "OK TO UNSAFELY PASS CYCLIST."
It does not excuse the driver who slammed into her from passing her from C90S14: http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/Part...
"In approaching or passing a person on a bicycle the operator of a motor vehicle shall slow down and pass at a safe distance and at a reasonable and proper speed."
Who is trying to enforce traffic laws?
By issacg
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 1:15pm
I'm not too sure why you think I was trying to enforce traffic laws, but I'm also not too sure why you took a long walk off of a short logical pier by insisting that the at least 3 no left turn signs are to "keep you from getting hit by the trolley".
The no left turn signs mean that vehicles, including bicycles, traveling on the way may not take a left at that location. The reason why the city has determined that vehicles may not go left there is of absolutely no moment. The signs are duly posted, and all operators are legally bound to comply with them.
Accordingly, if it can be shown that the person on the bicycle was trying to take a left across that intersection (which appears to be the case) she was negligent per se. That does not necessarily mean that the motorist was not negligent in some regard, but I can tell you from experience that the motorist will prevail if this were to go to court on these facts (which did not include any mention of the driver speeding, etc.).
The only lawful way to cross from Comm. Ave. eastbound to the westbound side at that location or to go from the eastbound side to Silber Way is to walk across the crosswalk.
By the way, I am a cyclist and part-time bike commuter, so check the bias argument at the door. Thanks.
I hope both she and the driver are OK
By anon
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 11:48am
I was a bike messenger for years in NYC.
I grew up in BY and Boston riding my bike everywhere, including commuting to work.
That said, EVERY DAY I'm out and about I see bike riders doing sh*t they shouldn't be doing, not all, but many. One thing that really gets under my skin is riding the wrong way on a street, something I never did and still don't do. Another classic faux pas is running lights.
I also of course see and experience drivers acting INSANE and DISCONNECTED with their surroundings.
Bike riders:
PLEASE remember, all the good intentioned laws in the world can be passed, but a bike is still NO MATCH for an automobile, not even 2 door sub-compact. BE CAREFUL AND ALWAYS ON GUARD. EXPECT THE WORSE BEHAVIOR. BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WHEN IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
Dumb move not limited to bicyclist
By downtown anon
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 12:28pm
I am amazed how often I will being going along and have someone make a right turn from the left lane. I've wondered more then once if this is just something that teach in school. Turn when you are ready - f*** if the road is clear. While I see dumb moves by bicyclist all the time, the turn from
the wrong lane move is a classic I see in motor vehicle drivers that must be partially developed in response to crazy roads.
<3
By Evan
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 8:53pm
this is delightful. What was the original post about again? PS - yeah, we all jerx (carz n' bikez). Whateva.
A Cambridge driver who got away with murder
By Markk02474
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 12:08am
Killed a 16 year old cyclist, found not guilty despite driving record of 28 citations in 27 years of driving. This is one that I wish had become a cyclist years ago.
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article...
He was actually a pedestrian
By merlinmurph
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 8:12am
But do as you always do and keep making stuff up.
This does suck, though. Guy walking on the road, gets hit, and the defense claims that "enough inconsistencies existed in eyewitness accounts to suggest reasonable doubt of Salloux's guilt". Yeah, OK.
He was walking with his girlfriend
By Markk02474
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 1:32pm
The cyclist was walking his bike because his girlfriend was walking with (behind) him. It would be rude for him to ride away and leave her. She wasn't hit and testified. Even an out of state cop was driving behind and witnessed the accident. I guess it helps to use a lawyer that also defends mobsters.
He wasn't a cyclist at the time - he was a pedestrian
By merlinmurph
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 3:13pm
Yes, I read the article. Saying "Killed a 16 year old cyclist" (your words) implies that someone riding their bike was killed. That's not the case and calling him a cyclist in the context of the accident is misleading. The fact that he was walking his bike is irrelevant.
But really, just keep making stuff up.
This one didn't have a bike
By Markk02474
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 5:05pm
http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2012092...
Hope the cyclist will be OK I
By anonism
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 9:13am
Hope the cyclist will be OK
I hope we never see a speeding mountain bike smack into a Smart car or a Fiat.
Oops, another asshat motorist not held accountable!
By whyaduck
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 10:52am
http://www.adventure-journal.com/2012/09/horn-craz...
Save the conspiracy theories for another day, folks.
This video has gone viral
By merlinmurph
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 11:29am
I've seen this video posted all over the place.
The latest news is that the driver has been charged with a few violations. Most importantly, he's on their radar and the guy now knows he can be caught being a dick.
So today, I said to myself,...OK!
By Brian Riccio
Fri, 09/21/2012 - 10:19pm
Let's see! Most days I really don't pay attention to bike riders, as they rarely annoy me personally and when they do I tend to let it slide, because I truly feel you have to be nuts to ride a bike in this town.
So today I decided that since I was around Boston and Cambridge all day today for work on a super busy day, I'd start paying attention to the bike riders.
There was the guy in the bike with the milk crate tied to the back who waited for the first car to drive from Bromfield onto Tremont before he just darted across the street in front of the second car, forcing the driver of the car to slam on his brakes to avoid hitting him.
Then traveling down Kneeland Street in a little bit of traffic, there was the kid who nailed a woman crossing the street legally. He was doing the usual "I have this bike, so I'll weave in and out of traffic because I can" thing. At least he stopped and apologized.
My favorite was the one I observed around 5PM when I was sitting in front of 220 Mass Ave in Cambridge. A woman who appeared to be in her early thirties was riding her bike in the designated bike lane. No safety gear whatsoever.
What made her unique? She was texting with one hand, steering with the other and dangling a clove cigarette out of her mouth. Fascinating.
Now I must say that I was at the Mass Ave location for about an hour and the overwhelming majority of the riders in the bike lane were in their safety gear and operating in a safe and courteous manner. However, based on the few morons I saw today, I would be less than candid if I didn't admit to thinking that the next poor soul who loses their life on a bike wasn't one of them
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