Monty Hill
I was just re thinking last night what BS this whole sun in my eyes is. I was decending the hill behind my house last night at about 25 mph, the sun was in my eyes and a little brown squirrel stopped right in front of me, nearly the same color as the road. Somehow I was able to see it and avoid it. And I like people a whole lot better than squirrels.
Most of my close calls have been with cars cutting their left hand turn way too tight and ending up in my lane. Something they would probably not do if I were driving a semi truck.
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>>> "Curt Dewees" 9/28/2006 3:03 pm >>>
This is very sad. I read the story and worked out the geometry in my head.
The *Seattle Times *doesn't point out the fact that the cyclist obviously
had the legal right of way, and that the driver made a left-hand turn
directly into the path of the cyclist, and she was unable to avoid the
collision.
The driver was southbound and turning east (making a left-hand turn) and
cyclist was northbound (going straight ahead). Therefore, the cyclist had
the right of way and the car driver should have waited.
The newspaper article also doesn't mention what the speed limit was in that
section of the road, although it seems to imply that the bicyclist may have
been going "too fast."
I've seen this happen over and over again, especially as a pedestrian. Just
because you have the legal "right of way" doesn't mean that the car driver
won't cut you off or turn directly into your path anyway. Oftentimes, it
seems that car drivers are willing to break the law and endanger your life
and safety, even when they KNOW you have the right of way, just because they
believe they can get away with it.
"What are you going to do?" they seem to say as they nearly run you down
while you're in the crosswalk with the green "walk" signal on. "I'm
invincible and untouchable inside of my car, and you're not! So I'm taking
the right of way, sucka!"
I hope this car driver gets punished to the full extent of the law.
--CD
On 9/28/06, Joe Cipale wrote:
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> Sadly, I am too familiar with this area of Seattle.
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> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003279672_webcyclist28.html
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