Chainlink Bar Night Thursday

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Permalink Reply by Holly on March 17, 2011 at 3:04pm

Pick this bar again when I can go. I'm sorta busy this evening and I don't really want to ride around dodging the Irish Americans doing the one-eyed drunk walk through the streets.

Also--I'm guessing it'll be crowded. Dang! *And* there's a band, too! For braver souls than me, have a great time tonight and be safe.

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on March 17, 2011 at 3:17pm

Well, if Holly's not going I'm not either.

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Permalink Reply by Holly on March 17, 2011 at 4:38pm

I'm afraid of people who wear those green deely-bopper headbands with the glittery shamrocks on them.

 

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Permalink Reply by Holly on March 17, 2011 at 5:11pm

Cameron--you can try, but you can't escape them tonight.

Meanwhile, I really want the cornbeef hash at Revolution. I tried a bite of someone's last night and it was exceptional. 

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on March 17, 2011 at 5:12pm

I got my dose on the train in St. Louis on Saturday. It was not pretty.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on March 17, 2011 at 11:12pm

Crowded but $3 Jamesons how can you go wrong, now all I have to do is fix my bike.

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Permalink Reply by Melanie K on March 18, 2011 at 1:31am

We really wanted to go to this one; sadly, Rob got clipped by a taxi door on his way to meet me for the ride to Simone's; spent the night in the ER and he has a broken finger and other various aches and pains-but I am happy it wasn't more serious. We took the L home- spent another 2 hours calling the city looking for where they took his bicycle- we still are not sure what condition it is in. We did find the bike- going to retrieve it soon.

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on March 18, 2011 at 1:38am

Sorry to hear it! Hope he heals up soon.

Any recourse against the taxi? Guessing you know it's illegal for a taxi door to be opened into traffic.

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Permalink Reply by Melanie K on March 18, 2011 at 2:54am

Thanks for the well wishes, H3N3.

 

The taxi suddenly stopped in the roadway ahead of him and the passenger just swung open their door. Rob was cycling in the dedicated bike lane- of course, the door clipped him.  I am not sure if the bike lane is considered the "traffic side" but I don't think taxis are supposed to just stop in the middle of the road to let the passengers off right into the bike lane path. Anyway, it's late, we're both tired, and we're going to see what to do about it all in the morning. His bike looks pretty torn up, but we haven't gone over it yet to assess how bad it is damaged. The police weren't all that sympathetic, which was upsetting, but not really surprising. The police said they would let the insurance company handle figuring out who was in the wrong.  

H3N3 said:

Sorry to hear it! Hope he heals up soon.

Any recourse against the taxi? Guessing you know it's illegal for a taxi door to be opened into traffic.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on March 18, 2011 at 8:06am

Sorry to hear it.  Taxis are supposed to pull out of traffic when letting passengers out.  I hope that you got identifying info about the taxi and driver so you can file a complaint with the city.  It's very disappointing that the police did not write a ticket for this incident.

Melanie said:

Thanks for the well wishes, H3N3.

 

The taxi suddenly stopped in the roadway ahead of him and the passenger just swung open their door. Rob was cycling in the dedicated bike lane- of course, the door clipped him.  I am not sure if the bike lane is considered the "traffic side" but I don't think taxis are supposed to just stop in the middle of the road to let the passengers off right into the bike lane path. Anyway, it's late, we're both tired, and we're going to see what to do about it all in the morning. His bike looks pretty torn up, but we haven't gone over it yet to assess how bad it is damaged. The police weren't all that sympathetic, which was upsetting, but not really surprising. The police said they would let the insurance company handle figuring out who was in the wrong.  

H3N3 said:

Sorry to hear it! Hope he heals up soon.

Any recourse against the taxi? Guessing you know it's illegal for a taxi door to be opened into traffic.

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Permalink Reply by Melanie K on March 18, 2011 at 9:08am

Thanks Anne- I will have Rob fill out the information when he feels a bit better- I didn't even know that existed.  

 

We have a police report, that much was done, and the name of the taxi driver and insurance company. The sad thing is, the driver of the taxi said nothing and did nothing to help (maybe for legal reasons?) The passengers were clueless as well, but at least they had enough sense to ask if Rob was okay and if he needed an ambulance- which he did- and they called 9-1-1, but it seems the passengers took off after calling. The cops didn't get the names of the passengers and didn't get the names of any other witnesses. Well, if anyone was cruising down Lincoln between Altgeld & Fullerton last night around 7:00 - 7:30 p.m., and may have seen anything like a tall guy on a road bike get doored by a taxi, we would love for you to contact us.

 

Oh, and both of us are really sad we didn't get to make it to the Chainlink night- we were really looking forward to meeting fellow Chainlinkers in person! I hope everyone had a great time and we will be there next time (barring unforeseen events of course). 
Anne Alt said:

Sorry to hear it.  Taxis are supposed to pull out of traffic when letting passengers out.  I hope that you got identifying info about the taxi and driver so you can file a complaint with the city.  It's very disappointing that the police did not write a ticket for this incident.

Melanie said:

Thanks for the well wishes, H3N3.

 

The taxi suddenly stopped in the roadway ahead of him and the passenger just swung open their door. Rob was cycling in the dedicated bike lane- of course, the door clipped him.  I am not sure if the bike lane is considered the "traffic side" but I don't think taxis are supposed to just stop in the middle of the road to let the passengers off right into the bike lane path. Anyway, it's late, we're both tired, and we're going to see what to do about it all in the morning. His bike looks pretty torn up, but we haven't gone over it yet to assess how bad it is damaged. The police weren't all that sympathetic, which was upsetting, but not really surprising. The police said they would let the insurance company handle figuring out who was in the wrong.  

H3N3 said:

Sorry to hear it! Hope he heals up soon.

Any recourse against the taxi? Guessing you know it's illegal for a taxi door to be opened into traffic.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on March 18, 2011 at 9:22am

Hope he feels better soon.  Active Trans has a great support group and crash hotline. 

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