Archive for the 'getting off easy again' Category
Motorist in El Tour accident pleads guilty to “leaving the scene of an accident”
Story here.
This is the driver who hit and seriously injured Gary Stuebe. (He hit several others as well). After the accident, the driver inspected the damage to his car and then drove away. Once home he tried to remove the evidence of the accident.
Stuebe remained in a coma for months [...]
Chandler area motorist on his way to buy a Hummer kills five people, gets one year in jail
Ed over at AZ Bike Law linked to this awful story earlier today and I just read it.
It was just before 10 a.m. on July 19, 2007, a Thursday. According to court records, Myers, then 24, was in his 2007 Chevy Avalanche, headed west on McDowell Road in Scottsdale, on his way to meet his [...]
Update on injured El Tour rider, Gary Stuebe
This depressing news from Eric Post, another attorney in town who handles bicycling cases:
Would you please consider forwarding this to the bicycle community?
I spoke recently with Steve Leshner, the attorney for the Stuebe family and the family is not happy with how things are being handled. [...]
County waits for blood test results to determine if motorist is guilty in Allen Johnson fatality
It appears that even drifting into the bike lane route and hitting a cyclist from behind, even if the cyclist is a Tucson police officer, will still not get you a citation for violating the three-foot safe passing rule. It seems the local authorities believe you can only be guilty of that violation if you [...]
Read More..>>Mmmm Hmmmmm . . .
Arizona gets the bronze.
–Erik Ryberg
Gary Stuebe, injured El Tour Rider, is out of coma and recovering!
This is all I know about Gary right now, but what great news!
KOLD Report.
–Erik Ryberg
Allen Johnson ghost bike installed
I was sent this photo today of a ghost bike that has appeared at the site where Allen Johnson was killed. I am told there still has been no citation issued to the driver, although she struck Johnson well within the bike lane.
–Erik Ryberg
Faith Quick sentenced today in Charles Nystrom Fatality
As most of my readers know, Charles Nystrom was killed while riding his bicycle on Tanque Verde Road last year. He was a retired Air Force pilot, a bicyclist, father of two daughters, and was working as a school teacher at the time of his death.
I never met him, but he sounds [...]
Canadian motorists take note: if you see two cyclists riding side by side, you can kill them
From the article:
Police: Everybody at fault, no charges after car struck cyclists
Police investigating a weekend incident in North Saanich where about 15 bicyclists were knocked over by a passing car hit by another vehicle say all parties were in the wrong and no charges will be laid.
The cyclists violated the Motor Vehicle Act by riding [...]
A little more on Allen Johnson
There isn’t much to go on yet, but KVOA has a little. I will be interested to read the report prepared by Pima County Sheriff’s Department. They still have issued no citations.
–Erik Ryberg