A new research found that motorists and dangerous street design — not cyclist behavior — are the primary factors that put cyclists at risk. According to the study done by University of South Florida, cyclists were in compliance with traffic laws 88 percent of the time during the day and 87 percent of the time […]
I used to work in a downtown neighborhood, and parked several blocks from my building. I was nearly hit by a car on 5 or 6 separate occasions walking between my building and my car.
One time I was walking back to my car in the dark, i had to cross several streets to do so. This was a one way road and cars would only come from behind me. Unfortunately on the other side of the street from me was a black guy walking the same path. At every crossing I checked over my shoulder for a car, and I’m 1000000% sure the poor guy thought I was watching him. That was 20 years ago and I STILL feel bad about that. I just really didn’t want to get hit by a car.
I used to work in a downtown neighborhood, and parked several blocks from my building. I was nearly hit by a car on 5 or 6 separate occasions walking between my building and my car.
One time I was walking back to my car in the dark, i had to cross several streets to do so. This was a one way road and cars would only come from behind me. Unfortunately on the other side of the street from me was a black guy walking the same path. At every crossing I checked over my shoulder for a car, and I’m 1000000% sure the poor guy thought I was watching him. That was 20 years ago and I STILL feel bad about that. I just really didn’t want to get hit by a car.