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Yeah pretty much: The Economist on the source of cycling dangers in the U.S.
This article from The Economist, just sent to me by A.C., pretty much just nails it about the dangers of cycling in America.
Calm down
With a very few exceptions, America is no place for cyclists
Sep 3rd 2011 | SEATTLE | from the print edition
DYING while cycling is three to five times more likely in [...]
Turns out it’s completely legal to right-hook a bicyclist in Flagstaff
Flagstaff cyclists ought to work on fixing this. Turns out in Flagstaff, bicyclists must yield right-of-way to right-turning motorists, even when in a bike lane/route.
Here’s the code:
“Section 9-05-001-0015 Right of Way At Intersection: Upon approaching an intersection, any person riding or operating bicycles in a bicycle lane shall yield the right of way [...]
Albuquerque road-rager deliberately runs over cyclist, gets charged with leaving the scene of an accident
As per usual. Story here.
I sure hope the local authorities determine that something worse than just leaving the scene of an accident occurred here.
–EBR
A little closer to utopia every single day
As I nearly got creamed trying to navigate the Broadway-Toole-Fourth Avenue Underpass merge today I got to thinking about the new $6.7 million four-storey parking garage that is about to be constructed at that intersection.
Now I am sure my readers all agree how wonderful it will be to get another parking garage downtown.
I’ve [...]
Deputy Arizpuru shows up for trial . . . with a very different story
I wrote below about my frustration with Pima County Sheriff’s Deputy Alvaro Arizpuru, who ticketed a spate of cyclists on Mt. Lemmon earlier this year because he seemed to believe that it was unlawful to ride a bicycle to the left of the fog line.
I am told that he got schooled a little bit in [...]
No comment
–EBR
Read More..>>Tucson Police: Cyclists who get doored aren’t paying enough attention
I spoke today with a man who was doored while riding on University Boulevard. He was badly injured.
I reviewed his police report, and found that the officer noted that the cyclist’s inattention was the cause of the collision. The driver, by contrast, was recorded as having “taken no inappropriate action.”
Carry on.
–Erik Ryberg
Time for a change in AZ insurance law
If you want to legally drive a car in Arizona, you have to have liability coverage that protects anybody you might accidentally hit.
The problem is, if you want to, you can carry just $15,000 worth of such coverage — an amount that has remained unchanged since it was first set by the Arizona Financial Responsibility [...]
Kolb Access Road closure — is it a “Bicycle” problem or an “Unsafe Driver” problem?
Update: Above is a photo of the signs Matt Zoll, Pima County Bike/Pedestrian Program Manager, says are the appropriate solution to construction sites.
I’ve been getting a lot of emails about the decision to close the Kolb Access road to bicycles during construction, even though the speed limit there is now 15 mph, a speed almost [...]
“Can I not just apologize?” asks motorist arrested for repeated attacks on cyclist
Suspended sentence for driver who tried to run cyclist off road…9 times
By Simon_MacMichael – Posted on 03 February 2010
A teenage driver who repeatedly tried to run a cyclist off the road has been told by a judge sentencing him to nine months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, that he had made a “bit of an [...]