Comments on: 26 Year-old Tucson police officer struck from behind and killed while bicycling http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/tucson-police-officer-struck-from-behind-and-killed-while-bicycling/ Because Every Bicyclist Needs a Good Lawyer. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:57:54 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Nat http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/tucson-police-officer-struck-from-behind-and-killed-while-bicycling/comment-page-1/#comment-3784 Nat Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:38:05 +0000 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=686#comment-3784 We were riding Old Spanish Trail just 10 minutes behind Allen, and had 2 different cars come by really closely. One honked at us... just no love out there. Our thoughts go out to the Johnsons We were riding Old Spanish Trail just 10 minutes behind Allen, and had 2 different cars come by really closely. One honked at us… just no love out there.

Our thoughts go out to the Johnsons

]]> By: Streetsblog » Is Equal Justice for Bicyclists on the Horizon? http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/tucson-police-officer-struck-from-behind-and-killed-while-bicycling/comment-page-1/#comment-3782 Streetsblog » Is Equal Justice for Bicyclists on the Horizon? Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:04:58 +0000 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=686#comment-3782 [...] one about a drunk driver who was acquitted after killing a teenager on his bike, and one about a police officer who was struck from behind and killed by a car. (Maybe charges will be filed in that [...] [...] one about a drunk driver who was acquitted after killing a teenager on his bike, and one about a police officer who was struck from behind and killed by a car. (Maybe charges will be filed in that [...]

]]> By: Streetsblog » Is Equal Justice for Bicyclists on the Horizon? http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/tucson-police-officer-struck-from-behind-and-killed-while-bicycling/comment-page-1/#comment-3781 Streetsblog » Is Equal Justice for Bicyclists on the Horizon? Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:27:32 +0000 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=686#comment-3781 [...] one about a drunk driver who was acquitted after killing a teenager on his bike, and one about a police officer who was struck from behind and killed by a car. (Maybe charges will be filed in that case.) [...] [...] one about a drunk driver who was acquitted after killing a teenager on his bike, and one about a police officer who was struck from behind and killed by a car. (Maybe charges will be filed in that case.) [...]

]]> By: Aaron Naparstek http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/tucson-police-officer-struck-from-behind-and-killed-while-bicycling/comment-page-1/#comment-3779 Aaron Naparstek Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:31:28 +0000 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=686#comment-3779 Sorry to hear about this. Perhaps, take a look at the City of London's bike lane design standard chart: http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/13/londons-cycling-design-standards-a-model-for-nyc/ Any street with vehicles moving as fast as Old Spanish Trail would need to have a physically-separated bike lane to protect cyclists. At 50 mph, virtually any crash is going to be a fatality. Sorry to hear about this. Perhaps, take a look at the City of London’s bike lane design standard chart:

http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/13/londons-cycling-design-standards-a-model-for-nyc/

Any street with vehicles moving as fast as Old Spanish Trail would need to have a physically-separated bike lane to protect cyclists. At 50 mph, virtually any crash is going to be a fatality.

]]> By: J. Louise Renekar http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/tucson-police-officer-struck-from-behind-and-killed-while-bicycling/comment-page-1/#comment-3775 J. Louise Renekar Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:37:00 +0000 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=686#comment-3775 That's my 'hood. The speed limit is 50 mph for those big red trucks, which really means 80. While it seems like a friendly bike route, it's not. I don't know what I want to happen next, I do know that a human life is not a fair trade for the 4 seconds it would have taken that big red truck to slow down and move over. 4 seconds. That’s my ‘hood. The speed limit is 50 mph for those big red trucks, which really means 80. While it seems like a friendly bike route, it’s not. I don’t know what I want to happen next, I do know that a human life is not a fair trade for the 4 seconds it would have taken that big red truck to slow down and move over. 4 seconds.

]]> By: P.S. http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/tucson-police-officer-struck-from-behind-and-killed-while-bicycling/comment-page-1/#comment-3769 P.S. Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:55:39 +0000 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=686#comment-3769 And where's the pro forma, idiotic "was/was not wearing a helmet" wording? It's included in every bike-fatality story but this one, apparently. Nice to know the truck was red, though, Alexis. Way to dig. And where’s the pro forma, idiotic “was/was not wearing a helmet” wording? It’s included in every bike-fatality story but this one, apparently. Nice to know the truck was red, though, Alexis. Way to dig.

]]> By: P.S. http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/tucson-police-officer-struck-from-behind-and-killed-while-bicycling/comment-page-1/#comment-3768 P.S. Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:51:58 +0000 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=686#comment-3768 I can't believe it. Old Spanish Trail? Again? The street with the bike lane the width of the Champs D'Elysees? Very sad and discouraging. I can’t believe it. Old Spanish Trail? Again? The street with the bike lane the width of the Champs D’Elysees? Very sad and discouraging.

]]> By: Charlotte http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/tucson-police-officer-struck-from-behind-and-killed-while-bicycling/comment-page-1/#comment-3767 Charlotte Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:29:55 +0000 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=686#comment-3767 It breaks my heart to have to start the list so soon into the new year. I had hoped to hold off as long as possible. Such a shame; he was so young. It breaks my heart to have to start the list so soon into the new year. I had hoped to hold off as long as possible. Such a shame; he was so young.

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