One out of four of the 630 bicyclists killed in traffic accidents in 2009 had a blood alcohol content considered at or above the legal limit for drunken driving.
And in 40% of all highway deaths of bicyclists that year, either the motorist or bicyclist or both had been drinking.
Those facts are included in a US Department of Transportation report entitled “Bicyclists and Other Cyclists” that was released recently as an addendum to the “Traffic Safety Facts of 2009” report that I reported on a couple of weeks ago.
While the study doesn't report the cause of the crashes ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/03/03/alcohol-involvement-in-40-of-bicyclist-fatalities/
Traffic Safety Facts 2009
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Some Australian cyclists have caught the attention of the media down under with their use of bicycle-mounted video cameras.
Simon Hookham (that's his video at left) and Nathan Besh say they can use the videos to record near-misses or collisions with cars or pedestrians.
Police in New South Wales told the Sydney Morning Herald that the video footage is useful in crash investigations and might even be used as evidence.
Cyclists have been doing this for years. The growth of digital video makes it easy, and relatively inexpensive, to record your bicycle rides ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/03/02/smile-youre-on-bicycle-camera/
“I'm sick and tired of you old guys from Boulder coming up here and acting like you own the road.”
That's how a roadside argument started on a county road south of Loveland, Colorado, between a motorist and a group of three cyclists last July. Before it ended, the motorist had poked at a bicyclist with a baseball …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/03/02/bicycle-quote-sick-and-tired-of-cyclists/
Bicycling in the City of Angels can take flight with today's expected approval of the 2010 Bicycle Plan for the City of Los Angeles.
The plan seeks to expand the city's network of bikeways to 1,680 miles at the rate of 200 miles every five years. The city currently has about 280 miles of disconnected bike lanes and paths on the ground.
The emphasis for the first five years will be to close gaps in the existing system, serve lower income and under-served communities and open bike lanes on major arteries such as Figueroa Street and Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards.
The Los Angeles Times credits vocal bicycle advocates and two high profile bicycle “accidents” for the changing attitude that brought improvements to the plan ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/03/01/los-angeles-set-to-approve-bicycle-master-plan/
Expected to be approved by Los Angeles City Council on March 1, 2011
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Although I've participated in six or seven Chilly Hilly bicycle rides in my 10 years in the Seattle area, I'm always one of those in the last-minute registration line near the ferry terminal.
Not this year, however. I registered early and received my packet in the mail well before Sunday.
It was still sitting there, unopened, on the kitchen table when I returned from the airport Sunday night. My wife's father died after a long illness last week, and we had flown back East. That's why there were so few updates on this blog lately.
I soon learned that I had missed one of the worst — or best — Chilly Hilly bike rides in recent memory. My biking buddy Kazuki told me he ran into snow, rain and fierce headwinds on this year's ride ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/02/28/a-cold-wind-blows-at-the-2011-chilly-hilly-bike-ride/
The horror and grief caused by a motorist who plowed through a group of peaceful critical mass cyclists in Brazil is captured in this scene from a video posted on YouTube.
The moments that precede this are a sickening reminder of how some motorists become monsters in the presence of bicyclists. Here's a link to the video, but I'll warn you that it's very graphic.
The savagery committed in Porto Alegre on Friday night started with the monthly critical mass bike ride through the streets of this lakeside town in southern Brazil. At least 40 were injured in the attack, incredibly no fatalities have been reported ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/02/28/motorist-plows-through-critical-mass-cyclists-in-brazil/
A man reacts after a VW plowed through a group of critical mass cyclists in Brazil.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/02/28/critical-mass-reaction/
The man credited with inspiring a generation of handmade bike builders in Oregon won the coveted “Best in Show” award at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show on Sunday.
DiNucci Cycles, owned by Mark DiNucci, led the list of 17 award winners presented at the conclusion of the 7th annual NAHBS located at the Austin Convention Center this past weekend.
The 2011 NAHBS was the largest yet, featuring 172 exhibitors who displayed their wares to some 7,300 visitors. Show director Don Walker announced next year's show will be in Sacramento from March 2-4, 2012 …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/02/28/winners-at-2011-handmade-bicycle-show-in-austin-nahbs-comes-to-sacramento-in-2012/
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