Bicyclist struck and killed by tractor trailer in Dorchester

And I'm going to believe what I see over what some partisan tries to sell me as "science" every single day of the week.

Pull over and don't try to drink, drive, and type at the same time

I have my opinions and u have mine just cause u disagree do u really have 2 go tell the teacher? Honestly ? I won't upset u again YA BABY

And some people have a second one on their helmets for good measure, but the bright blinking white LEDs are very distracting to pedestrian and motorist alike. And I say motorist because there has been more than one time I've seen one of these knuckleheads going the wrong way.

That said, I'd rather have them wearing blinking lights than no lights, no reflectors, and dark clothing. And they're on their phone, naturally.

If you're talking about headlights, there are canonically two kinds:

1. Lights to see with, and
2. Lights to be seen with

Car headlights are bright enough to function as both; with bikes you generally want one of each, and the "be seen with" ones blink to add extra noticeability.

If people were better at noticing bicyclists, I would not feel the need for the blinky ones, but as it is I've had a 700 lumen headlight (about the same as a car's low beams) plus a rapid blinker and still had drivers "fail to see me".

I don't like blinkers any more than you do, but they're necessary as long as there are inattentive drivers.

When I see the solid light I can gauge where the bike is as we approach each other. With blinking white lights I harder time gauging where the other biker is as we near each other.

Blinking red on the back are easier for me to see. Don't know why the difference.

The airplane is clearly more dangerous than the bicycle. It can't be the cyclist's fault if he gets blown away by the jetwash or run over on the taxiway.

Let's ride on the highways. Let's ride on the train tracks. Let's do everything we can to maximize physical danger to ourselves and blame the other guy because your God-given right to ride your bicycle to travel short distances trumps everyone else's right to use motor vehicles to travel long distances.

I'm not picking on you personally because I don't know you and I've never seen you cycle, but when I hear you make the argument about dangerous vehicles, that's what pops to my mind. Each time every time. And always will.

A fellow was biking on the sidewalk along Amory Street. Next to the buildings where lighting is dimmer. He could have ridden on the bike path on the other side of the street or even in the street. He had no lights. His clothing was dark. Maybe he didn't care about running into anyone. Maybe he wanted to play chicken with pedestrians. Maybe he needs to crash into a pole or something to learn to not be stupid when biking. Whatever lesson he needs hopefully the fellow won't die as a result.

Question I ask when anyone dies in a bike accident is what can be learned? How could it have been prevented? Were the conditions that caused the death (last year I think) of a young doctor on Mass Ave. corrected? What were the circumstances that led to Antawani's death. What can be learned?