It is hard not to jump to conclusions when reading about these tragic events, the lack of information and the concern for our own safety leave us particularly vulnerable making our own judgements. I know the driver of the car in the Aberg crash, and travel the area myself all the time. I will not comment on the driver, or speculate on what happened, but I would like to share some of my experiences which I am sure are not unique.
Comming from the shopko drive area crossing the Aberg intersection is dangerous on the north side (nearest Kelly's Market) in particular because in general, many drivers looking to make a right turn onto Aberg focus on mootor vehicle trafic traving north on Hwy 30 (Aberg) and often make the turn without checking if a cyclist at the corner with the ped, crossing signal is crossing. I have had numerous closs calls at this intersection, even though I am careful to make eye contact with the driver. I have seen many idiots on bikes (and peds. also) pass me while I am waiting for the walk light just because they don't see any cross trafic. being human means that we all make mistakes, no matter how concientous we may be, and we need to be more aware, ride defenseively, and recognise the contribution of our peers on bikes who contribute to the problem by thinking that they don't have to follow the rules themselves. I have also begun to see idiots ride their bikes west on 30, rather than cross the intersection and take the paralel bike path. At the intersection of the intersection of the bike path with Packers there is the same problem with motor vehicles turning right onto Aberg/Hwy 30, and they tend to stop in the crosswalk to get better sightline to see oncomming cross traffic. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
