Archive for April, 2011

Fifteen tickets later, 22 year-old driver finally kills a bicyclist

Posted by Erik on April 8th, 2011 filed in Preapocalyptic technological dystopia, fatality, getting off easy again

Amine Britel, above, was killed while cycling in Newport Beach, CA on February 21.
What should it take to lose your driver’s license? From the Orange County Weekly:

Danae Marie Miller, 22, of Newport Beach, is accused of killing bicyclist Amine Britel on San Joaquin Hills Road with her car. Miller was allegedly drunk; since [...]

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Don’t forget the GABA Bike Swap

Posted by Erik on April 6th, 2011 filed in Cool bikes, upcoming bike related events

The GABA Bike Swap is my third-favorite bike event every year after the BICAS Art Auction and Cyclovia. Tucson Bike-Realtor Greg Yares puts a lot of work into organizing the bike swap and it shows — it’s a wonderful event that you really kind of need to attend if you haven’t been before. [...]

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Tucson pedestrian killed in marked crosswalk; driver faces citation

This was on the AZ Daily Star Website today:
Pedestrian struck in crosswalk dies
A 79-year-old man who was struck by a vehicle on the west side last week died Sunday.
The vehicle hit Jose Jesus Garcia in a marked crosswalk near the intersection of West St. Mary’s Road and North Cherokee Avenue around 4 p.m. Wednesday, said [...]

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Montana legislator speaks out to support drunk driving as “a way of life”

Posted by Erik on April 3rd, 2011 filed in safety

You gotta give a guy like that some credit.
–EBR

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