Was bound to happen?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/cyclists-headcam-captures-moment-crashes-8307258 :( Neither was looking where they were going. :?
The cyclist admitted he was "not focused on the road", which is designated for bike users - but it is unclear where the blame lies.
This headcam footage shows the painful moment a female pedestrian is sent crashing to ground after a nasty collision with a cyclist .
The cyclist, who was riding through Novosibirsk in Russia during a bicycle festival, admitted he was "not focused on the road" when he clattered into the woman.
However, it is unclear who is to blame for the incident because the woman had walked into a section of the road apparently designated for cyclists.
The cyclist captured the footage, in which a blonde woman clutching a mobile phone is seen hitting the ground, on a GoPro camera fixed to his helmet.
After the collision, the cyclist posted an explanation online.
It read: "My friend and I were riding a bike as part of the bicycle column, when I turned a way for a second and a girl ran into the road.
"It is not clear who is to blame. On the one hand the girl walked onto the road that was specifically reserved for the cyclists.
"On the other hand, I was not focused on the road ahead and therefore could not react as fast as I might otherwise have done."
In the 30-second clip, the road appears to be clear as the rider turns to face his pal who his cycling alongside him.
But barely a split-second later, the young woman comes into view and the pair collide.
Sprawled out across the road, the woman appears to be in shock as passers-by gather around to help the woman to her feet.
The video has since gone viral after being shared online, with some criticising the cyclist for not watching the road in front of him.
 
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/201...efighter-for-stopping-traffic-prosecutors-say :x Failure to yield to an emergency vehicle?
COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — A suburban woman slapped a Chicago firefighter when he wouldn't let her ride a Divvy bike past a reversing fire truck, prosecutors said Wednesday.
The 56-year-old fireman had stopped traffic near Wells and Van Buren streets about 4 p.m. Monday to accommodate a fire truck that was backing into the Chicago Fire Department station at 419 S. Wells St., court records show.
Maegan Kurtz, 26, approached the station on a Divvy bicycle and tried to continue cycling past the truck, which was flashing its lights, according to an arrest report.
The fireman tried to stop Kurtz, and a verbal altercation ensued, Assistant State's Attorney Lorraine Scaduto said in court Wednesday.
That's when Kurtz allegedly slapped the firefighter. The man pushed Kurtz away, court records show, and she tumbled to the ground.
"I do not take lightly the fact that an officer tells someone to stay out of the way, and the response is to get slapped in the face," Cook County Judge Peggy Chiampas told Kurtz on Wednesday before setting bail at $25,000.

Any person assaulting a CFD member as they perform their duties will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) June 30, 2016

Kurtz, who lives in suburban Frankfort, is charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer. According to her defense attorney, Kurtz is a college graduate who works in business.
The firefighter was treated and released from Northwestern Memorial Hospital for a "laceration" to the left side of his face, according to the arrest report.
 
http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-87747856/ :cry: Another Divvy bike story, this time with tragic result.

A woman was killed while riding a Divvy bike on the Northwest Side on Friday. She's believed to be the first person killed riding a bike-sharing bicycle in the United States.

Deanese Williams-Harris, Mary Wisniewski

1:36 pm, July 1, 2016

A 25-year-old woman riding a Divvy bike who was killed Friday morning in a crash involving a flat-bed truck in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood is believed to be the first person killed riding a bike-sharing bicycle in the United States.
The crash happened about 9 a.m. near Sacramento and Belmont avenues, said Officer Jose Estrada, a police spokesman, citing preliminary information. The truck and the woman were both going north on Sacramento, when they both turned east at Belmont and collided, Estrada said.

Initially, the woman was taken in critical condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center but later was pronounced dead, Estrada said. She was identified as Virginia Murray of the 1200 block of North Marion Court, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
The woman's death is believed to be the first bike-share fatality in the United States since the first bike-share program started in Tulsa, Okla., in 2007, according to Paul DeMaio, principal of Washington, D.C.-based MetroBike, a bike-share consulting business.
"This is really unfortunate. My heart goes out to the family members and friends of the person who was killed. Hopefully this will lead to the hastening and the growth of networks of bike infrastructure not only in Chicago but throughout North America."
The police Major Accident Investigation Unit was investigating.
 
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/st...nck-ghost-bike-memorial-fell-asleep/86656500/ :x
A 17-year-old female who ran over a memorial for a bicyclist killed in a drunken driving incident last year told police she may have fallen asleep at the wheel.
The young woman was driving west in a family-owned Honda Accord at 11:43 p.m. Friday when she drove off the roadway, hitting a "ghost bike" memorial for Gregary "Wade" Franck. The woman had hit her head during the crash and said couldn't exactly remember why she left the roadway, according to a police report.
She told police she "may have fallen asleep," the report states.
It is the Register's policy to omit a juvenile's name unless there is a criminal charge.
 
Nah, just generate revenue. ;)
 
http://www.buffalonews.com/city-reg...list-came-from-gun-in-his-own-pocket-20160711 :shock:
NIAGARA FALLS – Thursday night’s shooting involved a teenager who shot himself in the ankle while riding a bicycle, Niagara Falls police said Monday.
The 16-year-old was riding near 22nd Street and Forest Avenue at about 7 p.m. and had the gun in his pocket, police said.
Investigators initially believed the incident was a drive-by shooting, as police had been searching for a driver of a vehicle.
The teen was taken to Erie County Medical Center for treatment of his wounds.
 
http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/20160711/dog-owner-sought-after-san-bernardino-woman-mauled :shock: Anybody see the dog lady? Please call the cops. :twisted:

SAN BERNARDINO >> After being mauled by what she described as a trained German shepherd, Penny Holt’s fear of dogs became heightened and her anger for a lack of public safety response intensified.
“They would have only cared if I had died,” she said. “The fire department never arrived to help me.”
Officials for the San Bernardino City Fire Department, which was disbanded days following the attack, were unavailable for comment.
On June 28, Holt was out for a late evening walk by Arrowhead Country Club on Valencia Avenue when she crossed paths with another woman on a bicycle, with a dog by her side. Witnesses said the bicyclist’s dog, a large black and tan German shepherd, was not on a leash.
“All of the sudden, I saw the dog attack the young woman who was exercising,” witness Randy Souza said in a statement. “The woman on the bike was using her bike to try to separate them.”
The young woman was bleeding badly, crying and had three lacerations to her right arm, Souza added.
Souza called 911, but no public safety personnel immediately showed up.
nstead, an American Medical Response ambulance was dispatched, and it arrived 30 minutes after the call was made. Moments after the attack, the bicyclist took her dog and fled the area.
“If it weren’t for Mr. Souza and his son I may have bled to death,” Holt said. “The woman said it wasn’t her dog, but she was obviously giving the animal hand commands, and she fled the area with it.”
Souza, a retired Los Angeles city firefighter, said this is the worst dog bite he’d ever seen.
“In my 34 years in the fire service and as an EMT, this was one of the worst injuries I had ever seen of a person who survived a dog mauling,” he said. “As I was running to the house to get the towels, my son had called 911 and had given a report of what had happened.”
Holt, who’s already fearful of larger animals, said her fear has grown since the attack.
She said she was told by Animal Control officials that they are undermanned and underfunded to try to find the woman and her dog.
“This attack was completely unprovoked,” she said. “I’m concerned not just for myself but if that dog attacks a small child it may have a completely different outcome.”
Police eventually investigated, but they turned over the case to animal control.
Several attempts to speak with the head of the San Bernardino City Animal Control went unanswered.
According to the city of San Bernardino’s website, state law requires that all dogs and cats be quarantined for bites that break the skin of a person and requires all dogs to be on a leash when in public.
Police are asking for the public’s help in finding the woman and her dog.
“Her injuries are very disturbing, and we need someone to come forward and identify the dog owner,” police Lt. Rich Lawhead said.
The woman is described as Latina, around 35 years old, about 5 feet 3 inches inches tall, 180 pounds with medium to longer length brown hair. Witnesses said she was wearing pants with a light blue top and was riding a light blue beach cruiser type bicycle.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 909-384-5742.
 
http://www.cp24.com/news/city-eyes-bike-registration-as-possible-revenue-tool-1.2983937 :x
Staff at city hall are being asked to explore ways to license bicycles in Toronto.
The fees collected would be used to maintain or improve bike lanes and learn more about cyclists’ habits.
Coun. Stephen Holyday told CTV Toronto he wants a report on the possibility of creating a system that would require residents to license or register their bicycles.
“I think there’s a lot of opportunity to raise revenue,” Holyday said, but he added that it’s also a great way to collect a “tremendous amount of data.”
He said certain information -- like where cyclists live, work and routes they take -- could help improve infrastructure maintenance and increase “equipment standards and compliance.”
Holyday referenced a 2016 Forum Research poll that found the majority of Toronto voters thought “bicyclists should be licensed.” Of the 882 people in a random sampling, 56 per cent agreed that registering bikes was seen as a “fair trade-off for a comprehensive bike network.”
If a motion passed, Holyday said only the equipment would be registered -- not the cyclist. The report would consider limiting licensing to adults and could look at commuter versus recreational use.
The city has considered licensing before, but a motion to register bikes in Toronto has not yet passed.
 
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cyclist-decapitated-wire-deliberately-tied-8423733 :evil:
Cyclist almost decapitated by wire deliberately tied across two trees on footpath
19:25, 14 Jul 2016
Updated 19:34, 14 Jul 2016
By Sam Yarwood
The 40-year-old cyclist suffered serious cuts to his neck after ploughing into rope and being 'clothes-lined'
A biker was almost decapitated after riding into a wire that had been tied between two trees across a foothpath.
The 40-year-old cyclist suffered serious cuts to his neck after ploughing into rope and being 'clothes-lined'.
Police are now investigating the booby trap - which they described as a “premeditated act”, reports the Manchester Evening News .
The victim had been cycling along a footpath in Manchester at around 4.45pm on Sunday, July 10.
As he rode down a hill, he collided with the green plastic coated wiring which was tied between the two trees at head height across the footpath.
The cyclist was knocked from his bike, and officers say it is lucky he wasn’t more seriously injured.
Greater Manchester Police have now released images of the man’s injuries and are urging anyone with information to come forward.
Detective Inspector Carl Gilbert said: “This was a premeditated act on a man who was simply going out on his bike.
“It has left the victim with some nasty cuts to his neck and he’s lucky that the injuries were not more serious.
“It happened on a popular walking route at a busy time of the day and we would like to appeal to anyone who may have been in the area at the time and seen anything that can help us with our investigation to come forward.”
 
The fingers said:
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/201...efighter-for-stopping-traffic-prosecutors-say :x Failure to yield to an emergency vehicle?
COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — A suburban woman slapped a Chicago firefighter when he wouldn't let her ride a Divvy bike past a reversing fire truck, prosecutors said Wednesday.
The 56-year-old fireman had stopped traffic near Wells and Van Buren streets about 4 p.m. Monday to accommodate a fire truck that was backing into the Chicago Fire Department station at 419 S. Wells St., court records show.
Maegan Kurtz, 26, approached the station on a Divvy bicycle and tried to continue cycling past the truck, which was flashing its lights, according to an arrest report.
The fireman tried to stop Kurtz, and a verbal altercation ensued, Assistant State's Attorney Lorraine Scaduto said in court Wednesday.
That's when Kurtz allegedly slapped the firefighter. The man pushed Kurtz away, court records show, and she tumbled to the ground.
"I do not take lightly the fact that an officer tells someone to stay out of the way, and the response is to get slapped in the face," Cook County Judge Peggy Chiampas told Kurtz on Wednesday before setting bail at $25,000.

Any person assaulting a CFD member as they perform their duties will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) June 30, 2016

Kurtz, who lives in suburban Frankfort, is charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer. According to her defense attorney, Kurtz is a college graduate who works in business.
The firefighter was treated and released from Northwestern Memorial Hospital for a "laceration" to the left side of his face, according to the arrest report.
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Probably a False Flag event. To confiscate all guns.. err, bicycles.
 
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...king-northeast-london-hitandrun-a3299516.html :shock:
A cyclist today released shocking footage of a car smashing into his bike and knocking him to the ground.
Adam Akram said he was left with internal bleeding on his skull and a concussion after a car smashed into his bike in north-east London.
Mr Akram’s Go Pro camera, which he had worn for the first time on the 20 minute bike ride on July 9, captures the car driving straight into the cyclist.
The 22 year-old told the Standard: “I wanted to get back into cycling so I thought I’d go for a 20 minute ride round my local area because my aim was to start cycling back into work.
“I was cycling down the main road when a car moved into my lane hitting my bike and knocking me out.
“All I remember is seeing the car then being on the floor.
“I couldn’t remember my own name or where I was.”

The driver did not stop to help Mr Akram and allegedly drove off with him lying unconscious on the floor.
The IT consultant was admitted to hospital for a day and the readmitted when he reported headaches and spells of dizziness.
“I thought I was lucky not to have cuts or scratches but a day after I was taken out of hospital I was told I had internal bleeding in my skull.”
Fortunately for Mr Akram, his injuries from the incident in Goodmayes healed and he was only left with a small scar on the back of his head.

Now, Mr Akram wants to use the footage to raise awareness of the dangers cyclists face in London.
He said: “My bike was mainly carbon fibre so when it was hit at more than 20 miles per hour pieces shattered.
“I had to take all of last week off so today was only my second day back at work.
“My mum and dad have had to take time of as well so it’s affected all of us.
“I’m lucky I was wearing a Go-Pro but I think change has to be put into place because there are more and more cyclists on the road every day and it’s not safe.”
A Met Police spokesman confirmed they were investigating the incident on the Barley Lane Junction with Atholl Road.
 
https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/california-cap-and-trade-fund-electric-car-and-bike-shareEbikes could count as zero emissions vehicles and save the state. :mrgreen:
California wants to get 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles on the road by 2025 and the state Environmental Protection Agency is using cap-and-trade revenue to help them get there. Last year, the EPA’s Air Resources Board launched a $2.5 million “Car Share and Mobility Options” pilot project to help disadvantaged California communities access zero-emissions car sharing.

The first round of funding went to projects in Los Angeles and Sacramento. L.A. is using the money for car-share in low-income communities — purchasing vehicles, conducting outreach and education, and subsidizing the program once it’s up and running.
In Sacramento, the city housing authority and a nonprofit housing provider, Mutual Housing, are using the funds to launch a subsidized car-share program in low-income housing communities.
“The use of the vehicles is going to be free to residents in those communities. Seeing as how there are lots of low-income communities in the Sacramento area, I can see an easy path to replicating and scaling this model,” says Tim Hartigan, an ARB air pollution specialist and pilot project lead.


Last week, ARB announced the second year of funding for the project, expanding it to $8 million and giving cities and nonprofits the option to apply to fund bike-sharing projects.
“We had such a good response to the first solicitation, we decided to increase the funding available to see what projects we could get throughout California,” says Sam Gregor, an ARB planning and development manager. “I think we’ve learned a lot in the last few years of what folks need in different communities. We’re trying to encourage not just car-sharing, but other zero emission transportation options as well.”

California bike advocates are, of course, excited to see bike-sharing included in the expanded pilot.
“For about a year now we’ve been advocating for bikes to be included in ARB’s clean vehicle subsidy and incentive bucket,” says Jeanie Ward-Waller, California Bicycle Coalition’s policy director. “We’re glad to see bike-share pop up in the funding plan.”
Ward-Waller says she expects the funds will be used to expand existing bike-share systems into low-income communities, help subsidize low-income memberships or even get a new system off the ground.

CalBike has also been working with electric-assist bike manufacturers and is hoping to use ARB funding to pilot electric-assist bike-sharing.
“E-bikes can really expand the potential of biking as a transportation mode,” Ward-Waller says. “In a city like Fresno that’s smaller and more spread out, they think e-bikes might make bike-share more viable for them.”
There’s no guarantee any bike-share proposal will get funding, but Ward-Waller says CalBike is “recruiting cities and partner organizations to apply so we can get more bikes out on the street and really prove concept.”
They see bike-share’s inclusion in ARB’s pilot project as a first step. “We want to get bikes into this larger structure of clean vehicle incentives California is providing. We’re still pushing ARB and the governor’s office for a bigger bike portfolio.”


ARB still has lots of details to work out before they open the funding up to solicitations, the biggest of which is getting the state legislature’s approval. Though the legislature already approved the state budget and ARB’s board already approved the $8 million pilot project, California separates cap-and-trade revenues from the regular budget. The legislature will decide on the funding package this summer. ARB hopes to put out the call for car- and bike-share project solicitations this fall.


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http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2016/07/21/Woman-missing-volunteers-help-search.html :( Help find Sierah.
METAMORA, Ohio — A private donor has offered a $25,000 reward for information about the disappearance of 20-year-old Sierah Joughin, whose bike was found in a cornfield on a Fulton County road this week.
Authorities also have put out an alert to talk to a jogger who may have seen her before she was reported missing on Tuesday night.
The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said Ms. Joughin, of Metamora, was last seen at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday on a purple bicycle in the Evergreen School District area. The bike was later found on County Road 6 around midnight, about an hour after Ms. Joughin’s mother called to file a missing person report, Sheriff Roy Miller said.
Officials observed some type of disturbance around the bike, which was three to four rows deep into the cornfield, Sheriff Miller said. The corn around the bike had been trampled.

Today, volunteers are gathering to conduct a search for Ms. Joughin. The search area is being expanded to a four-square-mile radius. Authorities are asking anyone who has security systems or cameras to check those too for any suspicious footage.
On afternoon, the intersection of County Road T and County Road 6 remained blocked by the state highway patrol, restricting travel northbound on County Road 6 past the cornfield where the bike was found.
Less than a mile north, outside the homes of Ms. Joughin’s mother and grandparents, more than 100 volunteers had gathered by State Rt. 120, stopping cars and handing out flyers.
Ms. Joughin’s aunt, Carrie Joughin, said she did not know why her caring and compassionate niece had disappeared.
“That’s what is hurtful,” she said. “You want one good solid answer.”

Ms. Joughin has attended University of Toledo since the fall of 2014. She is entering her junior year and studying human resource management, according to the university.
“The thoughts and prayers of the UT community go out to her family and friends as authorities search to find her,” said Kaye Patten, senior vice president for student affairs, in a written statement.
Ms. Joughin, who family say has no enemies, is also working as a summer intern for a company her that uncle, Howard Ice, owns.
“She’s a very stable person,” Mr. Ice said, adding that the disappearance was “highly uncharacteristic” of her.
Ms. Joughin was apparently on her way back home from visiting her boyfriend, the sheriff said.
Given the suspicious nature of the disappearance, the FBI has gotten involved at Fulton County’s request. FBI special agent and Toledo supervisor Jake Hardie and his office is working alongside other agencies.

Officials already have used a specialized search dog from the Columbus area to scour the area.
After the sheriff’s office found the bike early Wednesday morning, it contacted the state for help. Using a helicopter with infrared vision, officials searched the area before contacting the FBI and other agencies at daylight that day.
As of today, no persons of interest had been named.
“I’m optimistic that we’ll find her with all the help,” Sheriff Miller said. “There are a lot of people involved, a lot of prayers being said.”
Ms. Joughin is white, about 5 feet and 5 inches tall, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing shorts and a neon-yellow tank top.
Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 419-335-4010, ext. 8.
 
https://pvcycling.wordpress.com/2016/07/22/they-really-do-care-about-us/ :x Unbelievable, trying to ban bikes from a community. (From Cycling in the South Bay)

They Really Do Care About Us
Every once in a while I let my guard down and think positive thoughts. Recently, the city of Rancho Palos Verdes committed to developing a bike master plan through its traffic safety committee. I was at the meeting where that decision was made and it was awesome. Kumbaya and etc. and such.
Then further letting down my guard, the city of Palos Verdes Estates was receptive at the committee level and at the city council level to installing some Bikes May Use the Fuggin’ Lane signs. The vote occurs on July 27, so it’s not a done deal, but the process has been positive and invigorating.
Finally, when I was on the verge of recriminating myself as a crusty, distrustful, skeptical old shit and admitting that cagers really aren’t a bad lot, they’re simply people like you and me who happen to choose to lock themselves into inflammable steel boxes rather than pedal freedom machines, I got this happy note:

On Monday one agenda item for the TSC [in Rancho Palos Verdes] to discuss is whether to ban cyclists from the top of Crest Road between Ganado Drive and the domes. The city has received a petition with 100+ signatures from local residents requesting that. I doubt very much that this will pass since it is a public road. The petition claims that the road is unsafe for cyclists and there have been numerous accidents. They also asked if Big Orange has obtained a permit that indemnifies the city from liability. Here is a link to the agenda:
http://rpv.granicus.com/DocumentViewer.php?file=rpv_3c7324ce3065f5443cf8d2f7217cd23d.pdf&view=1
You have to admit this is pretty awesome. We actually have one hundred people who live in an exclusive neighborhood at the top of a hill overlooking the sea who are so concerned about cyclist safety that they have gotten a petition together to ask the city to appropriate public roads for private use.

You may think, “Hasn’t that been tried before?” and you may wonder “What happens when a group of crazies tries to take public property?”
You may even be surprised that a gang of rich cagers are so consumed with the safety of bicyclists that they’re willing to close public roads to bikes to protect us from ourselves, even though we’re convinced that riding our bicycles instead of riding the couch makes us happier, healthier people and better citizens.
This is one where, unfortunately for cyclists, the cagers are right. The best people to decide how to use a road are the ones who live near it. Having cyclists storm up and down Crest at all hours of the day (by the hundreds, if not thousands), having bikers hither and thither, and most importantly, having pedal pushers getting hurt on a road that is simply too dangerous for them as evidenced by the one or two crashes per year are all excellent justifications for closing a road to a particular type of traffic.

The standard that the residents have enunciated is a good one and makes for sound policy. Let’s review:

1.
Close roads that endanger users.


2.
Require groups who insist on dangerous road use to indemnify cities/counties against lawsuits stemming from injuries that occur there.

I will be attending the Monday, July 25 traffic safety meeting to wholeheartedly support this, and hope you will, too. In addition to closing Crest between Ganado and the radar domes, I will be making the following additional proposals for consideration by the committee using principles 1 & 2 above.

1.Close the 405, 110, and 91 freeways. These roads see thousands of collisions and hundreds of casualties. To date there have been zero bicycle fatalities on any of these roads, so banning them to cars and opening them to pedestrians and cyclists makes sense and will protect millions of vulnerable cagers.
2.Require every group of more than two people who use a roadway to buy comprehensive indemnification insurance, with immediate application to FedEx, UPS, and every business with more than two vehicles. Also include every household with more than two vehicles.
3.Close every road in Rancho Palos Verdes to the type of vehicle that has the larger number of collisions, beginning with Crest Rd. between Ganado and the radar domes.*
4.Since closure/banning are more desirable than improving conditions to make the roads safer, such as paving dangerous cracks and potholes, putting up Bikes May Use the Fuggin’ Lane signage, education, and law enforcement, the city of RPV should apply the closure/banning principle in all of its deliberations: ◦Close the Pacific Ocean.
◦Close the airspace above RPV and preferably the state of California.
◦Close the insane asylum from which the petition signers have obviously escaped.
*Oops! That will mean closing it to cars! Sorry!
END
 
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/wor...t-saved-devastating-wipeout-moment-sheer-luck :shock: Someone buy this guy a lottery ticket.

CCTV cameras captured the dramatic moment on July 22 when the cyclist blissfully crossed the busy intersection unaware of what danger they are about to encounter.
A speeding Lexus driver had run a red light and was on a deadly crash course with the cyclist.
But a split second before they would have smashed into each other, a taxi collides with the Lexus, jetting it off course and straight into a fire hydrant and telegraph post, stopping the vehicle in its process.
And the cyclist biked on, unscathed.
 
http://www.omaha.com/livewellnebras...cle_c463cc2c-52ae-11e6-b89a-4771dfe3633d.html :cry:
Two Florida men, both members of the same bicycle club, were victims of separate accidents while participating in RAGBRAI, the annual bicycle ride across Iowa.
James A. Foley, 67, of Middleburg, Florida, became the ride’s second victim when he was injured late Sunday. Foley was inside a tent at a Shenandoah, Iowa, campground, when he was struck by a pickup truck and dragged about 50 feet, the Iowa State Patrol said.
He was flown by medical helicopter to Creighton University Medical Center, where he was listed in serious condition Monday. Foley suffered a shattered pelvis and internal bleeding, according to a GoFundMe page established to help with his medical costs.
Earlier Sunday, about 6:40 a.m., 72-year-old Wayne Ezell of Jacksonville was killed after his bicycle was struck from behind by a pickup on U.S. Highway 34 in Mills County, about 2 miles from the Missouri River.

This the Foley’s 16th year of participating in RAGBRAI, according to the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville. He is a native Iowan and an Army veteran. He and Ezell were members of the North Florida Bicycle Club but the two didn’t know each other well, Foley’s wife, Terry, told the Times-Union.
Foley was injured about 11:30 p.m. at the 59er Motel & Campgrounds when a 1996 Ford F250 pickup left the road and struck his tent, the State Patrol said.
The pickup’s driver was identified as 55-year-old Danny T. Cardin of Homer, Louisiana. He continued on after striking the tent, until he parked the pickup at his campsite, the patrol said.
Cardin was in jail Monday, charged with causing serious injury by a vehicle and leaving the scene of an injury accident, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office said. His bail was set at $50,000, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Sunday was the event’s first day. Ezell had been on his way to the Missouri River to dip the rear tire of his bike into the Missouri, a tradition to mark the ride’s start. At the time, RAGBRAI participants were preparing for a “Mile of Silence,” scheduled in memory of those injured or killed while bicycling.
 
http://www.northjersey.com/news/passing-bicyclist-helps-man-down-from-gwb-railing-1.1636785 :D

July 28, 2016, 9:26 PM
Last updated: Thursday, July 28, 2016, 9:28 PM
Passing bicyclist helps man down from GWB railing

By ABBOTT KOLOFF

A 19-year-old man who had been walking his dog climbed onto a railing of the George Washington Bridge as if to jump but was helped down by a passing bicyclist as police arrived Thursday, authorities said.
The Port Authority Police received a call about a man attempting to jump off the bridge at 5:20 p.m. on the south walk of the bridge, about halfway between New Jersey and New York, said Joseph Pentangelo, an agency spokesman.
When police arrived, he said, the man “was being helped off the railing by a passing bicyclist.”
It was the second consecutive day that someone climbed a railing at the bridge and was stopped from jumping. On Wednesday morning, a passing motorist from River Vale helped Port Authority police pull a man off a railing. The motorist and others had pleaded with the man, asking him not to jump.
On Thursday, a man from Franklin, Mass., whose identity was not released, was walking his dog on the bridge when he climbed up on a railing after tethering his dog to it, Pentangelo said. The man’s relatives, Pentangelo said, were expected to pick up the dog, which was being cared for by Port Authority police officers on Thursday evening.
The man was being evaluated by emergency medical workers at the Port Authority Police command center in Fort Lee on Thursday evening, Pentangelo said, and was expected to be taken to the Bergen County Regional Medical Center.
Pentangelo said a passing bicyclist “was able to get the subject off the railing,” but authorities did not provide further details. The bicyclist requested that police not reveal his identity, Pentangelo said.
 
http://www.marinij.com/article/NO/20160729/NEWS/160729775 :x
By Stephanie Weldy, Marin Independent Journal
A rubber strip embedded with screws was found at this site near Woodacre. provided by Casey Botts
Marin bicycle advocates are condemning a so-called booby trap found this week on a trail near Woodacre that appeared to target mountain bikers.
Two bikers riding a trail off White Hill Fire Road in the White’s Hill Open Space Preserve on Tuesday found a roughly 4-foot-long homemade spike strip drilled with more than 30 screws and anchored face-up across the trail.
“It was pretty scary,” said Desi de Lenea, a San Rafael resident who was biking with a friend who noticed the strip. “We’ve never seen anything like it. That’s why we had to pause. It was the first time something like that we both experienced.”
An avid biker and open space trail user, de Lenea said the two rode from Fairfax to the trail until the mid-afternoon warmth prompted them to stop for a breather on a single track trail, roughly 40 feet from White Hill Fire Road.
Though he’s not sure who the strip was targeting, de Lenea said it appeared malicious because it was fastened with approximately 7-inch spikes bored into the ground. The screws in the strip were rusty.
“It was there for a purpose,” de Lenea said. “It was there to do something — to make a statement, is my personal take on it.”
He took the device home with him in his backpack so no one would get hurt and reported the discovery to fellow cyclists through a mass email. The incident was reported to the Marin County Open Space District.
Marin sheriff’s deputies are investigating, said Dan Sauter, chief park ranger with Marin County Parks. Patrols in the area have been increased, Sauter said.
“We’ll investigate completely and pursue it however we see fit and however sheriff’s deputies see fit,” he said.

The spiked device is not the only suspicious item reported on trails this week. Open space district officials were also informed of an unauthorized sign that had been posted indicating bikers were not allowed on a trail where they actually were allowed in the Gary Giacomini Open Space Preserve.
Multiple trail users said they have seen obstructions placed seemingly intentionally across trails, including tacks, logs and vegetation on paths, but the spike strip is a new low.
“It looks like something out of ‘Game of Thrones,’” said Tom Boss, off-road director with the Marin County Bicycle Coalition. “We should get the message across it’s not appropriate to put any obstruction across a trail, especially something like this that could cause injury. That may have been the intent, looking at that thing.”
All users, whether hiking or on horseback or bicycle, have the right to the trails and should respectfully share the space, he said.

Curt Kruger, chair of Trail Partners of Marin, a collaboration between the bicycle coalition, the Marin Horse Council and the Marin Conservation League, said the organization was founded nearly two years ago to reduce tension on the trails.
“In no way does any group I affiliate with support vigilante or aggressive action on the trail,” he said.
Nona Dennis, a member of the Foot People, an advocacy group providing a voice for hikers, walkers, joggers and equestrians, said she has never heard of something so dangerous being discovered on local trails.
“We’re absolutely opposed to that sort of thing,” she said. “We need to work out our differences by examining our mutual needs.”

Rich Steele, a Tiburon resident and avid bicyclist, said he was disgusted when he learned of the spike strip. The trails are supposed to be a safe alternative to roadways, he said.
“I think people can have a reasonable difference of opinion as to the usage of trails, but once that crosses the line of what’s essentially an act of deadly force, it really just changes the game,” he said. “It’s really getting scary out there.”
Sauter said in an effort to maintain safety, all trail users should be aware of their surroundings at all times, carry appropriate gear and comply with regulations related to their activity.
Any hazards or suspicious activity should be reported to the sheriff’s office, he said.
The Trail Partners of Marin suggests everyone stop and say “hello” when passing another traveler.
Kruger said when bikers approach a hiker, rather than yelling which way they will pass, they should instead slow and state that they are coming from behind and ask what side they would like for them to pass.
“On the trail, every encounter is defined by the terrain, the people involved, by the manner in which they’re moving on the trail. Every encounter is different — you can’t have pre-determined rules. You have to establish what’s safe at the moment, at that time, with that terrain.”
 
http://www.9news.com/news/crime/suspects-identified-in-thumb-tack-case/283465688 :)
JEFFERSON COUNTY - The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office identified two suspects in the Deer Creek Canyon Road thumb tack case.
Over the Fourth of July weekend, multiple cyclists got flat tires from hundreds of tacks tossed on the road west of Chatfield State Park. Sheriff's deputies believe the tacks were spread along the narrow 2-lane roadway late on July 2 or early July 3.
While covering the story, a 9NEWS photojournalist found the packaging to the tacks which lead deputies to a local grocery store, giving them surveillance video a person of interest. Officials believe the man in the video is Calvin Chambers, 27, of Littleton.
Chambers was issued a court summons for two misdemeanor offenses of criminal mischief and reckless endangerment.

In 2007, when Chambers was 18, he was also contacted by Jefferson County deputies for harassing a cyclist. 
According to the report, the victim was biking to work along West Hampden Avenue Frontage Road when a green pickup truck came up alongside her and yelled, "get off the road." She told investigators the truck came very close and she was forced off the pavement but did not lose control of her bicycle.
She continued riding and about 10 minutes later the same truck drove by her again this time with a second person in the vehicle. She wrote down the license plate number.

Deputies contacted the driver, identified as Calvin Chambers by phone. He admitted he made the comments and told them he "knew better."
Chambers said his mother grounded him from the truck for two weeks. The victim  felt that was enough punishment and did not press charges.
The second suspect will be issued a court summons in the coming days.
JeffCo Sheriff's officials said incidents like this are not unusual but for the first time, two suspects face charges.
 
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/mo...ns-after-iphone-exploded-20160801-gqirdx.html :shock:
August 3 2016 - 6:30AM
Sydney bike rider Gareth Clear left with third-degree burns after iPhone 'explodes'
Melanie Kembrey, Lucy Cormack

A Sydney bicycle rider, who says he was severely burnt when his Apple iPhone exploded after a minor fall, is now on a mission to make people aware of the potential dangers of using such devices.
Bondi management consultant Gareth Clear, 36, said his iPhone was in his back pocket and ignited after he had a fall from his bike while riding on Sunday afternoon.
Gareth Clear was mountain biking when he fell on his iphone causing it to explode which melted his shorts and badly burnt the skin on his upper right thigh.
"I just saw smoke coming out of my back pocket...and then all of a sudden I felt this surging pain," he said, adding that he felt a "searing heat" as the phone burnt through his riding shorts in a matter of seconds.
"I just remember looking at my leg and I had this black discharge all down my leg and this smell of phosphorus​," he said.

Apple's Australia-based office have not commented on the incident, however it is understood they are speaking directly to Mr Clear about the incident.
Each year the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission routinely receives around one to two reports of consumer injuries from mobile phone batteries.
An ACCC spokesman said it was investigating the incident involving Mr Clear, in conjunction with NSW Fair Trading.
 
https://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sarnia-news/2016/08/04/dog-dragged-behind-e-bike/ :evil:
Dog Dragged Behind E-Bike
By Stephanie ChavesAugust 4, 2016 12:14pm@SChavesNews
Sarnia police say a man accused of dragging a dog on a leash behind his e-bike was arrested for impaired driving Wednesday night.
Constable John Sottosanti says police responded to a call from a female witness around 8:30pm.
“A man was riding his e-bike while a dog was on leash, in tow, trying to keep up with the e-bike and at times was being dragged due to the fact the e-bike was moving quickly,” says Sottosanti. “Initially she tried to get the man to stop and reconsider his actions, but he was argumentative and refused to listen.”
Constable Sottosanti says the 41-year-old Sarnia man blew over twice the legal limit and was charged with impaired operation of a vehicle, driving while disqualified and two counts of breaching recognizance.
The dog was taken to the Sarnia and District Humane Society where Sottosanti says it’s doing well and is safe.
 
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