It was technically an illegal left turn on red from Mills onto University, and
the motorist simply was distracted and not realizing that he had a red
light...was treating it as a stop sign in error. He was stopped, but
unfortunately when there was a break in traffic on University, he decided to
start turning with me and Mali in his way.
The reason for him not getting cited was partly my fault, because I didn't push
the issue and he was definitely shook up and extremely apologetic to his
actions. In hindsight, I should have kept him there until the Police arrived
and allowed the Police to decide whether or not to issue a citation... I'm
guessing this incident may have resulted in the motorist receiving a citation.
Aaron
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From: Paul T. O'Leary <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Bikies] Contraflow Lane on University
Indeed, by what stretch of the imagination is this NOT a violation? Wouldn't
this have constituted running the red light, even if no vehicles were coming
from either of the TWO directions of TRAFFIC? If a cop had seen the perp make
this turn, even without any crash, wouldn't he have been ticketed?
On 2014/05/19 20:42, India Viola wrote:
I didn't visualize your situation until Mitch pointed out that this was an
illegal left on red from University onto Mills.
>The driver should definitely have been ticketed. We should each file a
>complaint to the police department (Aaron- was it University police or Madison
>police?) about this situation.
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>india
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>WeAreAllMechanics.com
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>On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 4:46 PM, India Viola <[email protected]> wrote:
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>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.
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>>WeAreAllMechanics.com
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>>On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Aaron Crandall <[email protected]>
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>>>What are the chances?
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>>>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.
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>>>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.
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>>>The driver was not cited, and the police simply filed a short form, in case
>>>of any necessary insurance claims, etc.
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>>>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.
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>>>
>>>Aaron
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Paul T. O'Leary
Chronic Nuisance
Madison, WI USA
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