vision2020@moscow.com: Re: bicycle fatality

Re: bicycle fatality

M Kitterman (matt@novell.uidaho.edu)
Wed, 30 Apr 1997 13:08:48 PST8PDT

On 30 Apr 97 at 11:50, Lois Melina wrote:

> I was a little annoyed at the comments in yesterday's Argonaut.
> Asked to comment about how bicyclists and motorists could better
> co-exist, the police officer interviewed rattled off a list of
> things cyclists do wrong, then added that Deborah Budwig was doing
> nothing wrong--not one word about what motorists could do to
> increase their awareness of cyclists.

Annoyed me, too. The officer quoted in the Blot when Brenda Cantrell
was run down in her yard had a similar take on that accident, stating
that the driver was 'a nice guy' who just had a bad day. Maybe true,
but the victim(s) had worse days.

m@tt 46.722438 N -117.005599 W


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