“Bikes are required to follow the rules of the road the same as motor vehicles. At crosswalks, even while in a bike lane, you need to act like a pedestrian”

So which is it, are bikes vehicles, or are they pedestrians?

I’ve never seen a bike line in a crosswalk. There certainly isn’t one here; the bike lane is some 10 feet away from the crosswalk.

Except at intersections signalized with a green arrow, turning vehicles never have the right of way over people lawfully going straight. Not over pedestrians, not over other vehicles, not other bikes.

The driver violated the victim’s right of way here, as evidenced by the facts that the driver was turning, there is no green arrow at this intersection, and the crash occurred. Everything else is irrelevant.

In other words, a biker needs to obey the rules of the road the same as cars, but act like a pedestrian when you come to an intersection. Be careful at intersections so you don’t end up dead like Ms. Sylvain.That’s why they’re called bicycles because they’re treated like both…a pedestrian and a motor vehicle. Learn and live.

I also see another bike rider was killed last night. Bikes shouldn’t be allowed on the road at night where you’re practically invisible to motor vehicles. Another dead dumb bicyclist.

With TOR, VPNs etc…there is no safe space on the internet. Griefers/trolls feed off your reactions.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/insider/why-i-quit-twitter-and-left-behind-35000-followers.html

And now the same jerk is posting using the screen names of at least two regulars here—myself and Vooch.

Speak for yourself, numbnuts. I made those posts so shut the fuck up you whiny faggot, Joe R. I don’t need an assholelike you that purposely engages trolls for your own amusement. Mr. Doe and Jeff Schine make valid points. We as bikers need to take responsibility for our actions and our reckless riding habits.

From now on, I will make sure the intersection is clear before proceeding into an intersection and not use my cell phone so I’m not distracted either. I don’t want my skull cracked open the way it was to that poor Ms. Sylvain who was chatting on her cell phone and not paying attention when she rode into the side of Mr. Cherry’s oil truck. How much damage did she cause to the truck? I didn’t read any mention of that.

“Joe R.” has been banned from Streetsblog.

I just read Newman’s updated police report. According to eyewitnesses and the police investigation, Leah Sylvain was on her cell phone and was riding on the sidewalk at the time of the accident. The truck made the left turn well ahead of Sylvain when she rode off the sidewalk and into the left rear side of the oil truck. She tried to swerve at the last minute, but her rear wheel was caught under the truck which caused Sylvain to fall from her bike and slam her head on the ground, fracturing her skull. Had she been wearing a helmet, it might have saved her life. Leah Sylvain and her alone caused her own death.

All charges against Joseph Cherry have been dismissed and he has been exonerated from causing the death of Sylvain. A lawsuit is pending against the Sylvain estate for damage sustained to the truck due to Miss Sylvain’s negligence.

Read more at http://www.nypost.com/dead_bike_rider_sued

Not literally but the term is often used to mean those insisting their world view is right despite a clear set of facts to the contrary—kind of like what Jack Doe and his many aliases are doing.

this is not my account – someone hacked it

The above post was written by yet another of Jack Doe’s aliases. I flagged it, along with all the rest.

Not my account, either. This is Jack Doe posting under another screen name.