I remember pulling my kids in a trailer. It makes you VERY cautious. Especially after near-misses like that one. How did Mali react? For what it's worth -- even if University Avenue had no contraflow lane, a left turn on red from Mills to University would be totally illegal. There's no plausible misinterpretation of the right-turn-on-red law that would permit that turn.
----- Original Message ----- From: "India Viola" <[email protected]> To: "Aaron Crandall" <[email protected]> Cc: "Bikies ListServe" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 4:46:31 PM Subject: Re: [Bikies] Contraflow Lane on University Sorry Aaron. That sucks. Glad you are both physically unharmed. Riding with precious cargo ups the ante in a big way, doesn't it? Thanks for sharing. It's a good reminder that (unfortunately) we usually need to ride as if drivers can't/don't see us. india WeAreAllMechanics.com [email protected] Stay connected- Follow WAAM on Facebook On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Aaron Crandall < [email protected] > wrote: What are the chances? I was biking down University in the contraflow lane with my daughter (Mali) behind me in the trailer yesterday and had the green light at Mills, but noticed the driver and passenger of a green Audi both staring down University in the other direction watching for traffic. Instead of stopping and making sure to make eye contact, I proceeded since I assumed the driver would be respecting the red light and stay stopped. I was wrong! As soon as me and Mali were smack-dab in front, the driver decided to instead treat the red light like it was a stop sign and unfortunately for me and Mali, did not notice the bike lane with traffic coming from the opposite direction...CRASH! Thank goodness for me and Mali, especially Mali, that he did not take off more quickly than he did, and reacted quickly by braking. Ultimately, we think he crashed into the bike trailer, which caused me to go down to the ground, and we're thankful that Mali was in the seat on my left, so further away from the impact. Amazingly enough, it doesn't appear that any damage was done to either my bike or the trailer, but my wife probably almost suffered a heart attack from watching while riding behind us on her bike. Long story short, I'm going to make it more of a priority to ensure eye contact with others, especially while riding in a contraflow lane where maybe others users might not be expecting traffic. The driver was not cited, and the police simply filed a short form, in case of any necessary insurance claims, etc. I still can't believe that (a) I was hit and (b) I had Mali with me in the trailer when it had to happen. Aaron _______________________________________________ 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
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