Veteran Chicago Fire Fighter dies 3 weeks after colliding with a car in Evergreen Park - The Chainlink2024-03-29T02:16:28Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/veteran-chicago-fire-fighter-dies-3-weeks-after-colliding-with-a?commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A1022398&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI get the point, but NYC has…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-10-14:2211490:Comment:10223602016-10-14T19:37:09.562Zadhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/AdrianRohrer
<p>I get the point, but NYC has seen a pretty bad spike this year as well. It's a national problem that needs a national solution. </p>
<p>I get the point, but NYC has seen a pretty bad spike this year as well. It's a national problem that needs a national solution. </p> My sympathy to the family and…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-10-14:2211490:Comment:10224192016-10-14T19:00:30.461Zyaj 7.4https://thechainlink.org/profile/yaj
<p>My sympathy to the family and friends of the deceased. </p>
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<p>I smacked into a car under similar circumstances, but fortunately lived to tell this story. I was riding southbound on California at the end of a group ride. My friend and I were the leading riders in the group. We came to a 4 way intersection, and the driver to our right waved us through. We proceeded, at a decent but not speedy pace (end of a good long ride, afterall). The driver then proceeded through too. My…</p>
<p>My sympathy to the family and friends of the deceased. </p>
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<p>I smacked into a car under similar circumstances, but fortunately lived to tell this story. I was riding southbound on California at the end of a group ride. My friend and I were the leading riders in the group. We came to a 4 way intersection, and the driver to our right waved us through. We proceeded, at a decent but not speedy pace (end of a good long ride, afterall). The driver then proceeded through too. My friend just cleared the car, maybe clipped the front bumper. I smacked right into the side of the car. He got a Jen-print in his side panel. I was stunned but not injured. The witnesses included my friend and the 10 or so riders in our group - NONE OF WHICH THE DRIVER SAW. He said he hadn't seen ANY of us, in our high viz clothes and blinking lights. He said he wasn't waving us through, he was waving to his friends at the church on the opposite corner. So we thought we had the go ahead and he didn't see anyone. </p>
<p></p> Did the cyclist perceive that…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-10-14:2211490:Comment:10223582016-10-14T15:56:51.344ZTom A.K.https://thechainlink.org/profile/TomKrystyn
Did the cyclist perceive that the SUV driver had yielded to him and all other traffic to proceed through the intersection when perhaps she was temporarily distracted by her smartphone and then quickly proceeded without checking for traffic and the cyclist? A SUV can accelerate and react quicker than a cyclist in clearing an intersection.<br/>
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Never underestimate (or overestimate) the reason or results of any head injury in a cycling crash.
Did the cyclist perceive that the SUV driver had yielded to him and all other traffic to proceed through the intersection when perhaps she was temporarily distracted by her smartphone and then quickly proceeded without checking for traffic and the cyclist? A SUV can accelerate and react quicker than a cyclist in clearing an intersection.<br/>
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Never underestimate (or overestimate) the reason or results of any head injury in a cycling crash. When you hit the side of a ve…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-10-14:2211490:Comment:10224132016-10-14T15:41:27.571ZDavid P.https://thechainlink.org/profile/DavidAPertuz
<p>When you hit the side of a vehicle at a four-way stop, and do so hard enough to cause a traumatic head injury, it is pretty tough to argue that the cyclist did not run the stop sign.</p>
<p>When you hit the side of a vehicle at a four-way stop, and do so hard enough to cause a traumatic head injury, it is pretty tough to argue that the cyclist did not run the stop sign.</p> Still Chicago was recently na…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-10-14:2211490:Comment:10222272016-10-14T02:41:16.945ZChristianhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/ChristianMunoz
<p>Still Chicago was recently named the best bike city in the country? I feel safer cycling in Manhattan.</p>
<p>Still Chicago was recently named the best bike city in the country? I feel safer cycling in Manhattan.</p> The article also says that th…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-10-13:2211490:Comment:10222252016-10-13T23:21:26.519ZTom A.K.https://thechainlink.org/profile/TomKrystyn
The article also says that there was a witness in the car behind who backed up the crash drivers story, that is why the cyclist got the ticket. The cyclist had no witnesses to speak in his favor.
The article also says that there was a witness in the car behind who backed up the crash drivers story, that is why the cyclist got the ticket. The cyclist had no witnesses to speak in his favor. The Trib article says that th…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-10-13:2211490:Comment:10223452016-10-13T19:55:47.757ZMauricehttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Maurice
<p>The Trib article says that the victim was unconscious when officers arrived, but they wrote him a ticket anyway. Then, they tried to deliver the ticket to him at the hospital, where he was still unconscious. Finally, they mailed the ticket to his house for his grieving family to open.</p>
<p>The Trib article says that the victim was unconscious when officers arrived, but they wrote him a ticket anyway. Then, they tried to deliver the ticket to him at the hospital, where he was still unconscious. Finally, they mailed the ticket to his house for his grieving family to open.</p> My sympathy to the family and…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-10-13:2211490:Comment:10221382016-10-13T19:43:30.889ZAnne Althttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Anne91
<p>My sympathy to the family and friends of Danny Carbol.</p>
<p>My sympathy to the family and friends of Danny Carbol.</p> From the location given in th…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-10-13:2211490:Comment:10223432016-10-13T19:43:24.850ZAnne Althttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Anne91
<p>From the location given in the Trib article, this is the crash location.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7242781,-87.7118533,3a,75y,90h,90t/data=" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7242781,-87.7118533,3a,75y,90h,90t/data=</a>!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7MgEyjD_7j1O_ZLIjkZSMQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656</p>
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<p>From the location given in the Trib article, this is the crash location.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7242781,-87.7118533,3a,75y,90h,90t/data=" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7242781,-87.7118533,3a,75y,90h,90t/data=</a>!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7MgEyjD_7j1O_ZLIjkZSMQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656</p>
<p></p> so says the one witness, who…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-10-13:2211490:Comment:10221362016-10-13T18:37:48.496ZKara Bhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/KaraBreems
<p>so says the one witness, who was in a car behind the car that the bike just came out of nowhere and the bike ran right into the side of.</p>
<p>if the driver really had no idea there was a bike in or approaching the intersection, she didn't actually look or was distracted by something. </p>
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<p>so says the one witness, who was in a car behind the car that the bike just came out of nowhere and the bike ran right into the side of.</p>
<p>if the driver really had no idea there was a bike in or approaching the intersection, she didn't actually look or was distracted by something. </p>
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