In 2007, history teacher John Myslin was killed by a passing truck on Mission Street, Santa Cruz. An accident reconstruction video created for the wrongful death lawsuit dramatically illustrates what happened.
Bikey Face comments on the things we see as cyclists. We’re out in the open and have opportunity to sense and enjoy so much more than the person trapped inside of his climate controlled cage. We see the built environment, we see other cyclists as the people that they are,the rainbows and clouds. Some of us might even notice the pedestrian as a person instead of as a road obstacle.
I see many comments like “They should ban conversations with car passengers too!” in response to news about the US NTSB recommendation to ban all phone conversations for drivers.
As Rush Limbaugh once liked to say, I can respond to this with half my brain tied behind my back. That link describes a study published three years ago showing drivers are far more distracted talking on a cellular phone than by conversing with a passenger in an automobile.
A sensationalist hit piece disguised as investigative journalism from ABC7 News in San Francisco highlights the “dangers” of cycling.