Posted on 07/30/2019 12:05:44 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
... The driver of the van told CBS2’s Lisa Rozner he feels horrible.
“It is AGAINST the law to open a car door into the path of a cyclist. Our lives are in each other’s hands. We must act like it,” Mayor Bill de Blasio wrote on Twitter. “Rising cyclist fatalities are a crisis. We will do everything in our power to stop them.”
“Pay attention. Drivers must pay attention to make sure that they will be able to see there is not a cyclist coming,” said Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, who lives a block away from the scene of the accident.
“It’s scary just to think about the possibility that my life is on the line every time I bike ride just to go to work,” cyclist Miguel Gomez said. “I’ve been doored plenty of times. I’ve been doored, like, four times. Luckily, I don’t ride that fast just because I want to be safe, but yeah, it’s a scary thing. It happens all the time.”
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let me know when the victim is someone whose passing a normal person would care about
I am letting you know normal people care.
I used to be a 4 season cyclist. I would ride a bicycle, regardless of the weather.
To keep safe, I would never ride a main road anywhere. I was always one or two blocks over on my route. It wouldn’t take much longer and I never had problems where I am.
ban bikes on city streets?
At least main thoroughfares. It doesn’t take much longer to ride a bicycle one block over anywhere.
The proper attitude when riding a bike in traffic is to assume that drivers will not notice you. Be visible and be paranoid.
Dangerous ride in the city of 8 million naked bodies...
There have now been eighteen cyclists deaths on city streets so far this year:
Jan. 1 – Hugo Alexander Sinto Garcia, 26, was killed on Third Avenue near East 28th Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Jan. 4 – Hector Ayala, 41, was killed on Linden Boulevard near Crescent Street in East New York, Brooklyn.
Jan. 26 – Susan Moses, 63, was killed at Kings Highway and Van Sicklen Street in Gravesend, Brooklyn. Feb. 4 – Joseph Chiam, 72, was killed by a tractor-trailer truck at 8th Avenue and 45th Street in Midtown, Manhattan. The driver took off.
Feb. 28 – Aurilla Lawrence, 25, was killed at Broadway and Rodney Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
March 14 – Robert Spencer, 53, was killed at Borden Avenue and Second Street in Long Island City, Queens.
April 17 – Pedro Tepozteco, 26, was killed on 47th Street near 17th Avenue in Borough Park, Brooklyn.
April 27 – Victor Ang, 74, was killed on 11th Avenue near West 30th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan.
May 11 – Kenichi Nakagawa, 22, was killed at Dean Street and Brooklyn Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
May 12 – Robert Sommer, 29, was killed by a car on Avenue U between Burnett and East 33rd streets in Marine Park, Brooklyn.
May 15 – Yisroel Schwartz, 16, was killed at 17th Avenue and 53rd Street in Borough Park, Brooklyn.
June 9 – Mohammed Abdullah, 29, was killed by a car at Avenue D and 105th Street in Canarsie, Brooklyn. The driver was charged with driving while intoxicated with her 4-year-old daughter in the backseat.
June 24 – Robyn Hightman, 20, was killed by a tractor-trailer truck at West 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue. The driver was cited for equipment violations.
June 27 – Ernest Askew, 57, was killed by a car at Chester Street and Sutter Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
July 1 – Devra Freelander, 28, was killed by a cement truck at Boerum Street and Bushwick Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
July 23 – Alex Cordero, 17, was killed by tow truck at Castleton Avenue and Clove Road in the West Brighton section of Staten Island.
July 23 – A 58-year-old man was killed by a box truck at McGuiness Boulevard and Norman Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
July 29 – A 30-year-old woman was killed by a tractor-trailer at 35th Street and Third Avenue in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn.
My city is designed well, road-wise, so I was fortunate in that regard. It’s road system was built in the 1950’s, on the idea that the city might eventually have 1.5 million people. Consequently, they built really wide roads for the thoroughfares. Edmonton, AB, for the record.
However, if these deaths are not happening on main streets, then the only solution is to have them ride on the sidewalk, with common courtesy expected.
Little children dart around the sidewalks.
I don’t know.
I am living in Vietnam at the moment. Since I have been here, I have noticed people are a lot more aggressive riding than anywhere else I have been.
But the ratio of accidents is remarkably small. I think people here are more observant, as riders, than we are in the US. More defensive riding, if you will.
There is more aggressive riding happening in America I believe. That doesn’t work here, because if you hit something, people stop and say “oh, so sorry”. Then they move on.
I think there is less looking for a payout, if you get wronged. So people pay more attention, to their own safety.
I think. Not 100% sure, but that is what seems to be happening.
Everyone is always paying attention, to what is in front of them. Everyone. Always.
Children also dart into streets.
Also there are a LOT fewer cars here.
But bikes have to be careful, because they really are the low man on the totem pole here, as far as safety and rights.
Or in this case the person paying attention to what is behind him when opening a door.
Much fewer errant children as opposed the sidewalk where they belong.
Millions of people ride bicycles, at the very least because they don’t have adequate public transit or they can’t afford to drive a car.
They need a place on the sidewalk or road.
They should have special lanes for mothers with baby strollers, old people using walkers, people walking their dogs, bums defecating, pack packers sleeping, ... that would show that we really care.
Pedestrians and cyclists have the incentive to avoid collisions with cars. They should be given the responsibility.
That can’t always be avoided. Some bicyclists are really reckless riders and they can move really fast.
There have been a few times when I want to make a turn and there is nobody in my line of sights and I move forward and, out of the blue, a bicyclist darts in front of me as I’m moving into the turn.
The $58 million plan would:
The speed limit in those zones will be set at 15 miles per hour, and the first corridors are set to come online next year.
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