Bike SHOP hit by truck
04-13-05, 03:58 PM
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Bike SHOP hit by truck
Discussion threads about bicyclists run over by cars are a dime a dozen. Here's a new variation: a drunk driver hit a whole BIKE SHOP with his truck and damaged several bikes.
Here's the news story --
https://abclocal.go.com/kgo/news/041205_nw_bikeshop.html
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Bike blog -- https://www.masoner.net/bike/index.php4
Here's the news story --
https://abclocal.go.com/kgo/news/041205_nw_bikeshop.html
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Bike blog -- https://www.masoner.net/bike/index.php4
04-13-05, 05:10 PM
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Wow. I was going to tell you about a compact car being driven through the wall of my favorite LBS a year or so ago. Didn't think it would garner much interest here though since it wasn't one of those hated and vilified SUV. 
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04-13-05, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by samundsen
This happened in Bergen, Norway last weekend.
That settles it, we are all riding car magnets around, and all this time I thought it was a reflection on drivers.
04-14-05, 07:30 AM
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It's the bikes!!!
He's mad at the Bikes!!!
Stay away from the bikes!!
(with apologies to Steve Martin, The Jerk)
Enjoy
He's mad at the Bikes!!!
Stay away from the bikes!!
(with apologies to Steve Martin, The Jerk)
Enjoy
04-14-05, 10:07 AM
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Yeah he was drunk. Anybody sober would have been loading that truck up with sweet bikes.
04-14-05, 11:20 AM
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I'm surprised no one has asked two important questions:
1. Was the bike shop operated in a "vehicular" manner?
2. Was there a bike lane in front of the the shop? Did the truck cross the bike lane? Did the presence or absence of the bike lane contribute to the accident?
After all, it's from real-world accidents that we gather the facts that inform our debates...
1. Was the bike shop operated in a "vehicular" manner?
2. Was there a bike lane in front of the the shop? Did the truck cross the bike lane? Did the presence or absence of the bike lane contribute to the accident?
After all, it's from real-world accidents that we gather the facts that inform our debates...
04-14-05, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by DCCommuter
After all, it's from real-world accidents that we gather the facts that inform our debates...
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04-14-05, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by webist
Wow. I was going to tell you about a compact car being driven through the wall of my favorite LBS a year or so ago. Didn't think it would garner much interest here though since it wasn't one of those hated and vilified SUV.
Sorry 'bout ur fave LBS, tho.
04-14-05, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by khuon
3. Was there a helmet in place on the roof of the bike shop at the time of the incident?
wtf.
04-14-05, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by khuon
3. Was there a helmet in place on the roof of the bike shop at the time of the incident?
wtf.
04-14-05, 04:50 PM
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If that damn bike shop had just stayed on the SIDEWALK where it BELONGED, none of this would have happened!
04-14-05, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by brokenrobot
If that damn bike shop had just stayed on the SIDEWALK where it BELONGED, none of this would have happened!
Also, was the bikeshop equipped with a rear-view mirror?
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04-14-05, 11:57 PM
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Don't feel too bad for the bike shop, at least it wasn't a rare ceramics shop.
peace,
sam
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Don't feel too bad for the bike shop, at least it wasn't a rare ceramics shop.
peace,
sam
04-15-05, 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by phidauex
Don't feel too bad for the bike shop, at least it wasn't a rare ceramics shop.
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04-15-05, 01:50 AM
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5) Did the bike shop have appropriate reflectors as required by law?
6) If after dark, was the bike shop displaying lights as required?
6) If after dark, was the bike shop displaying lights as required?
04-15-05, 06:07 AM
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This sounds like it may be fodder for Jeff Fxworthy: If your truck hits a bike and the bike is still in the bike shop...
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Did the shop previously restrict the SUVs path down the road, leaving this a classic case of off-road rage?
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