I also reported to the police an incident just to have it documented. A
Madison city truck turning left hit myself and bike head on as I
crossed the intersection of Fish Hatch and Midland. I am fine; just wanted
it documented as the city or planners decide what to do with traffic after
the new clinic at the construction site is finished.
I also wanted it documented given the stream of bike incidents I see come
over the news or this list.
The police officer who followed up was quite nice about it. He said that
incident reports are not usually filed if people have left the scene (I
called after I arrived at work), but given the recent bike activity, he
said that it made sense to follow-up on this one. The driver concurred that
it could have been a very serious accident. I don't think I would have
survived if he had not stopped that the. very. last. second. I was
literally grabbing on to the bulldozing attachment on the front of the
truck ready to be scooped up.
Margie
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Kris Niemann <[email protected]> wrote:
> Wow...and in the same week of a murder-by-car of a young woman ("one of
> us") on Hwy M by drifting into her lane.
>
> This is very unfortunate, and I feel like the problem is only getting
> worse with the recent political divides, and local anger (I dunno...are
> most cyclists progressive?). Good for you for standing your ground and
> sticking up for the rights of cyclists. Gorham/Johnson can me a nightmare
> some days...and I think some drivers' egos are threatened by our ease of
> travel and speed getting through town.
>
> Not sure what the answer is, but we all need to drive defensively, and
> also keep following the rules to maintain the respect we deserve.
> kris
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Michael Chronister <[email protected]>
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Sent:* Friday, October 12, 2012 12:07 PM
> *Subject:* [Bikies] Incident on Gorham/University this morning
>
> I was cruising down the bike lane on Gorham this am as I do every day on
> my way to work. Just after I crossed State St a large pickup truck passes
> me and is encroaching on the bike lane. This is a regular occurrence and
> gets worse when Gorham turns right and becomes University. At this spot it
> is highly unlikely that the vehicle will not cross over the line into the
> bike lane. So at this spot the large truck is beside me and goes a full
> foot into the bike lane. I held my ground and gave the vehicle a couple
> warning knocks on the side of the truck, just 3 or 4 slaps with my hand to
> let them know I was there and it was a bike lane and that they were
> encroaching. So two blocks later I am stopped at University and Park and
> said pickup truck pulls along side me and asks if I hit his truck. I told
> him I did because he was in the bike lane and I was letting him know that I
> was there and not to drive in the bike lane. Without going into to much
> detail the driver did not like this and threatened violence even saying he
> would get out of his truck and beat me up. I kept saying that he was in
> the bike lane and that all I was doing is letting him know that he was
> taking my lane. He also said something about how much his truck cost and
> that if I hit it again he would charge me or something and I responded that
> my life is worth more and told him that his truck could kill me and this is
> why I let him know he was in the bike lane. So I guess my question is how
> can we ever educate people like this? Obviously he does not care and even
> said I should have avoided him. Next time I am driving in a car I should
> just swerve over into the other lane and blame the car occupying it that
> they should have moved to avoid colliding.
> -Michael
>
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