OT,sorta;bicyclist kills pedestrian

Cyclist charged with homicide;

http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles...y/tueloc02.txt


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Jim Yanik
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In article >, Jim Yanik wrote:
> Cyclist charged with homicide;
>
> http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles...y/tueloc02.txt


And this anything to do with what?

That bicycle/ped crashes can be nasty? Yes they can, and why bicycling
isn't supposed to be done on sidewalks.

Thank goodness it wasn't an SUV or the pedestrian might have been...
oops... Nevermind...

(Brent P) wrote in
:

> In article >, Jim Yanik
> wrote:
>> Cyclist charged with homicide;
>>
>> http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles...munity/tueloc0
>> 2.txt
>
>
> And this anything to do with what?
>
> That bicycle/ped crashes can be nasty? Yes they can, and why bicycling
> isn't supposed to be done on sidewalks.
>
>
>

ISTR that someone here said that a bicyclist was no danger to pedestrians.
That they could easily avoid a bicyclist.

Maybe my recollection is wrong....?

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Jim Yanik
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(Brent P) wrote in
:

> In article >, Jim Yanik
> wrote:
>> Cyclist charged with homicide;
>>
>> http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles...munity/tueloc0
>> 2.txt
>
>
> And this anything to do with what?
>
> That bicycle/ped crashes can be nasty? Yes they can, and why bicycling
> isn't supposed to be done on sidewalks.
>
>
>

BTW,the collision was NOT on a sidewalk.It was at an unmarked crossing of a
street.
Gotta work on that reading things that don't exist,Brent.

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Jim Yanik
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In article >, Jim Yanik wrote:
> (Brent P) wrote in
> :
>
>> In article >, Jim Yanik
>> wrote:
>>> Cyclist charged with homicide;
>>>
>>> http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles...munity/tueloc0
>>> 2.txt
>>
>>
>> And this anything to do with what?
>>
>> That bicycle/ped crashes can be nasty? Yes they can, and why bicycling
>> isn't supposed to be done on sidewalks.

> ISTR that someone here said that a bicyclist was no danger to pedestrians.
> That they could easily avoid a bicyclist.
>
> Maybe my recollection is wrong....?

The only people I've ever seen make that arguement anywhere have been
motorists who wanted bicyclists off the roadway on and the sidewalk.

Road going bicyclists know the collisions can be nasty. That's one of the
major reasons we don't ride on the sidewalk.

In article >, Jim Yanik wrote:
> (Brent P) wrote in
> :
>
>> In article >, Jim Yanik
>> wrote:
>>> Cyclist charged with homicide;
>>>
>>> http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles...munity/tueloc0
>>> 2.txt
>>
>>
>> And this anything to do with what?
>>
>> That bicycle/ped crashes can be nasty? Yes they can, and why bicycling
>> isn't supposed to be done on sidewalks.

> BTW,the collision was NOT on a sidewalk.It was at an unmarked crossing of a
> street.

Yes I read that. My commentary is in general not the specific if you didn't
notice. It's a point directed at those people who think bicycling and
walking should share the same tiny space.

> Gotta work on that reading things that don't exist,Brent.

No, you do.

What is an unmarked crosswalk?!

"223rem" > wrote
> What is an unmarked crosswalk?!

Generally (the way it is in WA state is common), any intersection has
implicit crosswalks (unless marked no peds) even if there are no painted
hatching or signage.

Floyd

Floyd Rogers wrote:
> "223rem" > wrote
>
>> What is an unmarked crosswalk?!
>
>
> Generally (the way it is in WA state is common), any intersection has
> implicit crosswalks (unless marked no peds) even if there are no painted
> hatching or signage.

How weird.