Today, I was riding through the parking lot at the property managed by you folks in King City (located on the SW corner of SW Durham Rd, and 99W), when I found these grates in area where I could have very easily been riding.

One is located in front of Postal Connection, the other is located between Panda Express and Baskin & Robbins. There were other grates that I saw that were not in areas that I'd be likely to travel, but I didn't do a thorough search through the property looking for others.



As you can see from the photographs, my wheel (a 700x38C) easily fits between the bars, and a sudden stop could send me crashing into the ground. In fact while I was photographing the B&R one, I was approached by a man who told me that he needed over 9 hours of surgery to repair the damage to his eye socket, mouth, and nose when he hit a grate in a similar situation. I'm aware of two cases of similar crashes (one in PDX, the other in King Co. WA) that had penalties of $100,000.00 and $3.2 Million respectively. Here's a link to a more recent incident in California: http://www.statehornet.com/biker-in-...c7493493c.html

Please replace these grates (as well as check for others on your properties) with grates that are oriented perpendicular to the direction of travel, and equipped with straps to prevent a wheel from dropping in.

Thanks for your time,
God Bless!
K'Tesh