It looks like the reporter may have misread the incident report, or been given incomplete information before the incident report was posted. The incident report does not state whether the motorist had a green light, but *does* state that the bicyclist had a green light. That would imply a failure to yield right-of-way on the part of the motorist.
http://www.cityofmadison.com/incidentReports/incidentDetail.cfm?id=11615 "A bicyclist was injured Wednesday night after a colliding with a car at the intersection of University Avenue and N. Randall Ave. The victim said he was eastbound in the designated bike lane of University Avenue. He had a green light to proceed through N. Randall Avenue. As he did, a 23-year old man was turning his Toyota Camry from University Avenue onto N. Randall Avenue. The cyclist hit the car and landed on the pavement. He was treated at a local hospital for apparent non-life threatening injuries. He was not wearing a helmet, and had no bike lights. No citations were written at the scene. The case is under investigation." On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Robbie Webber <[email protected]>wrote: > I was inspired by the news report on this crash and another on Mineral > Point to write a blog post: > > Two similar crashes. Two media reports. Can you spot the difference? > > > http://frontporchcoffeetalk.blogspot.com/2010/11/two-similar-crashes-two-media-reports.html > > > Robbie Webber > Bike Walk Madison Steering Committee > www.bikewalkmadison.org > Join our group on Facebook! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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