The "accident" report is on-line at: http://www.cityofmadison.com/police/accidents/mpddata/police_d/acrpt/nolava/pdfs/00020a21.pdf.
Apparently the offending driver, heading westbound (uphill) passed to the right of a stopped car, and plowed into a bicyclist who was crossing the street. The report says the bicyclist was treated by the EMT and released, so the crash was apparently not as bad as feared when I read the report in madison.com. I'd like to see the city make changes to the crossing to improve its safety, but I don't think a four-way stop would help. Stop signs are not magic; some of my scariest moments on a bike have happened at stop signs. But I think it might help to narrow the pavement at this crossing, to make it physically impossible to pass on the right near the bike path, and to shorten bikes' exposure. If possible, I'd like to see the median widened to provide more space for bikes with trailers. Does idea this make sense to the experts on this list? Perhaps I should propose it as a bike-ped project for next year. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone have any more details about this incident, such as who was > involved, how badly the bicyclist was hurt, and whether the driver was > arrested or not? > This is exactly the concern I had raised to the city of Madison > authorities about the safety problems on the west side street crossings. > They need to install stop signs for the cars at Odana Rd., Glenway St. and > Commonwealth Ave., or we will see more of this kind of needless carnage. > How many more bicyclists and pedestrians will have to be injured before > the City installs 4-way stops at these intersections? > Mike Neuman > ----------------- Forwarded Message -------------------- > Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:48 pm Post subject: Whats up with Madison > drivers? [on Madison.com "Forums"] This afternoon I came across an > accident on the SW Commuter Trail, where a cyclist was hit by a car. The > cop on the scene told us that the cyclist had proceeded to cross Odana Rd > because the first car in a line of cars had stopped. The 2nd car > apparently tried to pass the first car and slammed into the cyclist. As we > got there, the ambulance was driving away and there was a twisted bike and > helmet on the ground. _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
