Re: SF Bicyclist runs red light, seriously injures pedestrian

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From: Jym Dyer
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:34

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jcdill writes:
> I was driving north on Embarcadero about a week after this
> incident, stopped at a red light, and a bike ... [deletia].

=v= Yep, right on cue, here come the anecdotes.

> Clearly there are a lot of bicyclists who haven't realized
> how dangerous this type of behavior can be.

=v= And how dangerous do you realize that to be, exactly?
The tragedy under discussion is the only such known to have
happened in city records going back to 1990.  Statistically
speaking, "driving north on Embarcadero" is more likely to
kill people (and 10x as likely to hospitalize them).
    <_Jym_>

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