itty01
10-19-07, 09:59 AM
Two cycling deaths in Brooklyn.
http://gothamist.com/2007/10/19/two_bicyclists_1.php
http://gothamist.com/2007/10/19/two_bicyclists_1.php
Northeast - Bad day for cycling in NYC
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jyossarian
10-19-07, 10:26 AM
Sorry, but that last story about the baby was the worst. From what I hear, the driver of the panel van is being charged w/ criminally negligent homicide because he was speeding.
itty01
10-19-07, 10:30 AM
Sorry, but that last story about the baby was the worst. Agreed.
Air
10-19-07, 11:34 AM
Another one in Ridge too - bad week :(
http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/19/the-weekly-carnage-62/
http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/19/the-weekly-carnage-62/
jyossarian
10-19-07, 12:10 PM
Police said it was unclear what Cambrelen was doing riding her bicycle on the road at that time of the morning.
WTF?!? What was the Subaru doing on the road at that time of the morning?
WTF?!? What was the Subaru doing on the road at that time of the morning?
Lucky07
10-19-07, 02:24 PM
Horrible.
I have to say, I've almost been run down a couple of times when I'm heading up to or back from Central Park to do early loops. Drivers think they can do whatever in the early morning hours. If you're out riding at that time of day (night), get lights & be extra careful.
I have to say, I've almost been run down a couple of times when I'm heading up to or back from Central Park to do early loops. Drivers think they can do whatever in the early morning hours. If you're out riding at that time of day (night), get lights & be extra careful.
Air
10-19-07, 02:31 PM
Saturday nights are the worst.
FrankieV
10-19-07, 03:01 PM
The worst offenders are private sanitation and news delivery trucks.
Air
10-19-07, 03:08 PM
Don't forget tow truck drivers.
Avatar
10-19-07, 03:40 PM
I was driving my car yesterday and some of the things people do are quite scary.
Cars accelerating to zig-zag on a local road. How can they possibly anticipate someone popping out of nowhere?
Cars accelerating onto the curb and into a garage. How can they possibly anticipate someone just standing on the sidewalk or in the garage?
Cars accelerating to zig-zag on a local road. How can they possibly anticipate someone popping out of nowhere?
Cars accelerating onto the curb and into a garage. How can they possibly anticipate someone just standing on the sidewalk or in the garage?
slvoid
10-19-07, 10:28 PM
Saturday nights = drunk drivers.
blacknyc
10-23-07, 04:22 PM
i ride to work at nite ( 3 am ), and on sat nites is the worst btwn the drunks walking onto the street without looking and private sanitation trucks drivin wherever they please... its not so fun, though i enjoy watchin the drunks fight
Not the Slowest
10-23-07, 04:52 PM
Two of us were riding on Riverside Dr heading north after laps in Central park.
A police car was in the service road at about 152nd st and turned right into us.
We were going about 13 miles an hour with a double Nite Rider on the bars full beams on.
I mean they were not looking, not going fast, but luckily my buddy avoided them and me him. I mean we had the light, everything we did was by the book.
What da hell
Rob
A police car was in the service road at about 152nd st and turned right into us.
We were going about 13 miles an hour with a double Nite Rider on the bars full beams on.
I mean they were not looking, not going fast, but luckily my buddy avoided them and me him. I mean we had the light, everything we did was by the book.
What da hell
Rob
Lt.Gustl
10-23-07, 09:01 PM
...another terrible death caused by a vehicle: A Cadillac Escalade SUV backed up over a baby...The 8-month-old died...police are probably not going to charge the driver, but "It was unclear whether the huge Escalade was equipped with a rearview camera system."
What does having a camera to back up have anything to do with reversing over someone... not being able to control your vehicle is no excuse for anything, more proof that in the US the best way to kill someone is with a car, you can be sure as hell that if the same person was cleaning a legally owned firearm and was idiot enough to neglect to properly unload and clear the action, point it in an unsafe direction and pull the trigger and the stray shot killed the same child that it would be all over the news and the guilty party would rightly be in jail or at least be pending a charge of some kind. Why killing someone with a motor vehicle is forgiven nearly all the time is appalling.
What does having a camera to back up have anything to do with reversing over someone... not being able to control your vehicle is no excuse for anything, more proof that in the US the best way to kill someone is with a car, you can be sure as hell that if the same person was cleaning a legally owned firearm and was idiot enough to neglect to properly unload and clear the action, point it in an unsafe direction and pull the trigger and the stray shot killed the same child that it would be all over the news and the guilty party would rightly be in jail or at least be pending a charge of some kind. Why killing someone with a motor vehicle is forgiven nearly all the time is appalling.
BigBoss
10-27-07, 08:53 PM
I would never ride a bike on a saturday night. Some you are guys are nuts and this is coming from a bike messenger. But these stories are tragic and sad man they really need to make more bike lanes and hold these drivers more accountable. It just reminds you how dangerous riding a bike can be.
I've seen that it is more dangerous to ride in certain areas of Brooklyn than in Manhattan. I live in East Flatbush and there is nowhere worse than church avenue(headed towards flatbush), flatbush avenue(around parkside n south), and utica ave btwn church n linden. These are the worst places to ride because the dollar cab drivers are twice as dangerous as the cabbies
I've seen that it is more dangerous to ride in certain areas of Brooklyn than in Manhattan. I live in East Flatbush and there is nowhere worse than church avenue(headed towards flatbush), flatbush avenue(around parkside n south), and utica ave btwn church n linden. These are the worst places to ride because the dollar cab drivers are twice as dangerous as the cabbies
stevesurf
10-27-07, 09:13 PM
From a comment on the web site
An giant SUV crushes a baby in stroller ON THE SIDEWALK, and no charges are to be filed? What don't I get here? Vehicles, of any size, aren't allowed on the sidewalk. Period.
'nuff said
An giant SUV crushes a baby in stroller ON THE SIDEWALK, and no charges are to be filed? What don't I get here? Vehicles, of any size, aren't allowed on the sidewalk. Period.
'nuff said
Recumbomatic
10-27-07, 11:00 PM
There was a big article a few months ago about child death by SUV. According to the article it's a silent epidemic. Turns out hundreds of kids per year are being killed. In many cases, parents backed over or ran down their own kids because they couldn't see them from inside the huge vehicle.
I mean, just look at the tiny $#*@% windows on an H2. You have to be five feet tall just to be seen by that thing!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19353735/
http://www.cnn.com/2005/AUTOS/tipsandadvice/11/03/backover/
I mean, just look at the tiny $#*@% windows on an H2. You have to be five feet tall just to be seen by that thing!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19353735/
http://www.cnn.com/2005/AUTOS/tipsandadvice/11/03/backover/