Per the recent discussion about wearing helmets: this biker sustained head injuries, and is in critical condition; was he wearing a helmet? We don't know yet, but if he was not, this is one more statistic we can add to our cautionary tale about why one should always wear them.
I would also like to note that I had another friend who was killed after running a stop sign (1980, in NY City). He was not wearing a helmet, but it wouldn't have done him any good. Please note that many posting comments to the WSJ article say they often see cyclist blowing stop signs. I hate to sound nannyish (but I guess I'm guilty of sounding that way in a number of my postings already) but I feel that flouting traffic laws is a problem with our biking community. Not that I think we need to obey every traffic rule to the letter; not that there aren't plenty of reckless drivers out there; but there are definitely bicyclists who set a poor example, and it undercuts our efforts to gain respect from motorists - but I will admit, there are instances in my own past where "that couldda been me". Wishing the cyclist a full and speedy recovery. Harry Read ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Rewey <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009 7:23 am Subject: Re: [Bikies] Bicyclist critical after crash at Wilson and Baldwin To: bikies <[email protected]> Cc: bikies <[email protected]> > Pam and I biked thru (around) the taped-off intersection about 8:30 > last night. The biker > had already been transported, but the bike was still there. It was > about 25 - 50 feet north of > the intersection in the middle of Baldwin. The bike did not appear to > be badly damaged and > looked like a mountain bike. The handle bars had black bar ends. > > Mike Rewey > > ****************************** > > On 26 Jun 2009 at 23:20, Robbie Webber wrote: > > > > > Yes, I saw that on another list. Do any of our east side friends > have more info? > > > > Another personal story, in the hopes that someone else doesn't make > the same mistake: Years > > ago, there was a stop sign that I ran on a regular basis, because I > rode the intersection every > > day, and no one was ever there. Then one day someone was there. > Driving a car. And the car > > was very close. Fortunately, it ended only with me laying out my > bike during a panic stop, and no > > contact between the car and me. > > > > Running stop signs is a bad habit. You get forget to look. > > > > Robbie Webber > > Bike Walk Madison Steering Committee > > www.bikewalkmadison.org > > Join our group on Facebook! > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Mark Clear <[email protected]> wrote: > > >From the WSJ; 45yo male hit in the middle of the intersection this > > evening. Witness claims bicyclist blew the stop sign. > > http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/456422 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bikies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
