re: Cyclist hit by car on Perkins road

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Girl hit me as I was walking in a crosswalk where I had the "walk" light downtown a few weeks ago.

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I got hit by professor on LSU campus my freshman year. Pretty good lick, my upper back crushed his windshield, he yelled and then drove off. Cops said it was my word against his.

I took this bastard's classes every time I could fit them in my schedule for years. I would stare his little five and a half foot arse down for the entire semester and go to office hours every week.

He apologized my senior year and asked me to please stop taking his classes.

I count it as a win.

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year. Pretty good lick, my upper back crushed his windshield, he yelled and then drove off. Cops said it was my word against his.

I took this bastard's classes every time I could fit them in my schedule for years. I would stare his little five and a half foot arse down for the entire semester and go to office hours every week.

He apologized my senior year and asked me to please stop taking his classes.

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That's a great piece of fiction. Hopefully you turned it in for a grade.

That statement is idiotic, being as nice as possible.

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The stop sign thing is overplayed. I'll admit that's the one law I break. Now by nreaking, I mean I slow down as much as possible without having to put a foot down (unless I have to yield then I'll fully stop). You know how many cars roll slowly through a stop sign without ever fully stopping.....pretty much all of them. And their roll is undoubtedly faster than mine.

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Just because you roll through stop signs in your car and bicycle doesn't mean everyone does.Its a great habit and keeps everyone safe from human error or missing something. And why do you talk like its some sort of physical struggle to stop. Stop at stop signs.

Trust me, most people do not come to a complete stop in cars. I as a cyclists spend twice as much time in the 10 foot distance before a stop sign than a car does. Watch people. You will see its quite the norm for cars. And as far as an incinvenience, it is pretty big for a cyclist. You have to unclip. Nothing worth being unsafe over, but I am not being unsafe.

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They were riding in the lane when they had a paved shoulder.

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If a paved shoulder is big enough and there are no obstruction, then I ride it. But often, a shoulder is just big enough to ride, but cars then think they don't have to move over at all. In that case, you don't give you 3' and you have jackasses flying by wayyyy too close for comfort. Cyclists often talk about establishing your presence in the lane. Don't give them the opportunity to think they can squeeze by you. There's either enough space for you to feel comfortable, or the car can wait until oncoming traffic allows them to pass using the other lane. Cyclists have a right to the lane as much as you.

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i thought about buying a road bike but quickly decided against it cause I just don't trust sharing the road with cars

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This guy gets it. Totally feel the same way.

Was she a pedestrian or a bicyclist? If she got off her bike and was walking across the cross walk then I don't see anything wrong with that.

The hate for bicyclists is way too great here. Lots of big fatass people in here I'm guessing.

Did she end up being good looking?

I am not a bike fan by any means but I wish our Govt. would invest some bike lanes into our infrastructure nationwide. It seems to work quite well up here in Colorado.