Pedestrian killed by cyclist

[chick on a bike]

Awe man, if I hit someone and actually killed them with my bike, it'd literaly scar me for life; probably traumatize me. I was traumatized the first time I saw dead body and still haven't gotten over it. >.< ~shudders~ After an accident like that...I don't know...It's possible that I'd end up never touching my bike again, for fear of hurting someone else...... All I know is that I'm glad I'm not in that guy's shoes. My feet are probably bigger than his anyways.

~Liz

[drplasma64]

http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles...y/tueloc02.txt

is the article about the cyclist being charged with homicide.

http://www.gtconnect.com/articles/20...s/tueobi01.txt

is the obit.

OK, I'm having trouble NOT making these links so I will type in the address without the www and with some spaces so you can see the pertinent info. It seems like the link I posted yesterday automatically updated to todays date which is why it doesn't work today, since it should still be 09/13 not 09/14 (if that makes any sense)

gazettetimes.com /articles/2005/09/13/news/community/tueloc02.txt

gtconnect.com /articles/2005/09/13/news/obituaries/tueobi01.txt

[bikerchick68]

cool thank you! Those ones work...

[SalsaMTB]

Wow...she accomplished quite a bit in her life.

The other article mentioned the cyclist claiming he was only going 5-6 mph. I'm not some super speed biker but that seems awful slow (I do not have a computer on my bike so I don't have THAT good of an idea of how fast/slow this is). Doesn't it seem unlikely you would hit someone at that speed? I can understand going on a new path, down a hill and all of a suddent here is a stop sign you didn't know was there and plowing through and hitting someone, but 5mph and hitting someone??

[KSH]

I feel so sorry for that lady. How horrible!

Now, I also feel sorry for the cyclist... because I know that people in cars who kill cyclists... get off easier.

Yes, we are vehicles of sorts...but we aren't as big or fast as cars (sometimes?)... and we aren't as protected.

[roughingit]

Okay, I ride by that intersection all the time. The visibility is good, there's no way you shouldn't have been able to see someone, especially if you were going as slowly as he claimed. For those without bike computers, 5 or 6 miles an hour something you can keep up to while *walking* (or at least I can, I do walk quickly, but still, ya get the point) In order to have not seen her, he had to have been a) hauling *** and b) completely ignoring the sidewalk/crosswalk.

As mentioned, there are many good reasons not to bike recklessly here, not the least of which is a bored police department with nothing better to do than harrass students and/or cyclists.