June 16, 20141 Comment on Virginia: Hitting cyclist legal if you do it on a bike bridge
Kelley Howell was just riding along a bike pedestrian bridge in Norfolk, Virginia when she was hit head on by an SUV driven by an unnamed VDOT contractor.
May 28, 20147 Comments on “Sun in my eyes” is the root password of the vehicle code
A couple of weeks ago a friend was left crossed while bicycling in Campbell, CA. The driver of a Volvo station wagon made a left turn directly into the path of the cyclist, who was traveling at 20 MPH when he hit the car. That’s fast for a bike, but well below the typical 40 MPH car speed.
The cyclist obtained the accident report to discover police assigned fault to the driver for violating CVC 21801, but did not cite the driver. CVC 21801 says the driver making a left turn “shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching from the opposite direction.”
May 16, 20145 Comments on A tale of two prosecutors: Bob Lee and George Gascon
When Navindra Kumar Jain lost control of his Tesla last November and accidentally killed cyclist Josh Alper on California Highway 1 last November, the Santa Cruz County prosecutor’s office wasted no time in investigating the crash independent of the police investigation.
May 6, 20145 Comments on Freakonomics on murder by car
May 1, 20143 Comments on Today’s outrage: Teen driver intentionally runs down boy on a bike
Unlike my recent regrettable episode of repeating hearsay as fact, I’ll just let the news story speak for itself in this case from Sacramento, California.
Witnesses told police that around 2 p.m. Sunday, the 13-year-old threw the bottle at the teen’s vehicle in Sacramento’s Arden Arcade area. That’s when the driver flipped a U-turn and gunned it for the boy.
Witnesses reported hearing the driver rev the engine and speed up before running over the boy on a neighbor’s lawn, crushing the bike and pinning the boy under the engine compartment between the front two tires.
Read the full story in the Chronicle: Upset over tossed water bottle, teen girl accused of purposely mowing down boy on bike.
And Happy Bike Month!
April 30, 20141 Comment on Santa Cruz hit-and-run cyclist fatality
The Sentinel reports a 65-year-old man lost his life after he crashed on his bicycle on Soquel Drive last Friday night and was subsequently run over by a Mazda.
The driver of the Mazda fled the scene. Authorities are searching for a “dark” Mazda sedan with a missing hubcap.
Read more in the Sentinel –> Santa Cruz man identified in fatal bike crash.
