After getting hit by a car for the second time (this accident not as bad as the one that caused the above photo) Cyclist David Colon wrote a joyful essay for drivers called, How To Stop Hitting Me With Your Car. The list starts out with the tip: “Pay attention. Just fucking pay attention” and rolls on from there, according to his story on Brokelyn.com.
It must be tough to be a driver in Brooklyn. Because apparently when you get behind the wheel of a car, you turn into a complete sociopath, and a blind one at that. How else to explain the fact that a new study shows 44 percent of pedestrians struck by cars are hit in crosswalks?
We had to laugh in agreement with his final plea: “Stop. Hitting me. With your car. You evil motherfuckers.”
Yesterday (April 7, 2013) Fabian Cancellara won his third Paris-Roubaix and his second classic in as many Sundays (back to back Flanders and Paris-Roubaix). But he didn’t run away with this one. It came down to classic track tactics against Sep Vanmarcke. Watch carefully and you’ll see exactly how Cancellara played Vanmarcke all the way to the line. To watch the entire race, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
We realize that all good people were getting a good night’s sleep in preparation for Easter Sunday celebrations and religious services and may not have been able to stay up all night watching the 2013 Tour of Flanders, so, without any spoilers (forget you already know who won) here is the entire Eurosport coverage of the race.
Skratch Labs, makers of our favorite ride hydration products, said they’d never do food, but now it appears they’ve changed their minds. with an all new bacon grease gel.
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When allegedly Stravanating cyclist Chris Bucchere, 36, slammed into and killed 71-year-old Sutchi Hui while he was crossing the street with his wife Bucchere had reportedly already run two red lights and a stop sign, according to a story in the LA Times. Now, a Superior Court judge has decided that Bucchere should face the felony charge of gross vehicular manslaughter.
Superior Court Judge Andrew Y.S. Cheng ruled Thursday that Chris Bucchere, 36, should face the felony charge, believed to be a rarity for a bicycle collision that resulted in a death. . . . Ted Cassman, Bucchere’s attorney, argued during the preliminary hearing that the charge should be reduced to a misdemeanor.
We feel for the Hui family and our thoughts are with them, however, had the tables been turned and Bucchere been on a bicycle hit and killed by a car being driven by Hui, do we really think the charge would have been the same? A dump-truck driver in Denver hit and killed a cyclist (his second violent act against cyclists) and his charge of “careless driving resulting in death” comes with only a maximum one-year jail term and a $1,000 fine. And that is just plain wrong.
Volvoisn’t just sitting back while thousands of cyclists worldwide are hit (and often killed) by cars, they’re doing something about it according to a story on BBC News.
The auto firm says vehicles fitted with the system will be able to detect threats including a cyclist suddenly swerving out into a car’s path. . . It said that if a collision risk was detected an alarm would sound and the car’s brakes would be fully deployed. . . he technology is an enhanced version of Volvo’s pedestrian detection system which it launched in 2010. . . Like the earlier release the innovation uses a radar in the car’s grille and a camera located between its windscreen and back view mirror to detect collision threats.
Now, if we could only get this technology installed on all Ford F-150 trucks, cyclists the world over might finally be safe.
