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Woman, 59, dies days after being struck by bicyclist on Upper West Side
NY Daily News ^ | 09/22/2014 | TINA MOORE

Posted on 09/22/2014 3:51:26 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen

A 59-year-old woman who was being kept alive by a ventilator after she was plowed down by a speed-demon bicyclist in a Central Park crosswalk has died, her family said Monday.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bicyclists; cyclists; manslaughter; recklessdriving; unsafeatanyspeed
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To: South40
...they think sidewalks are for bikes and pedestrians should get out of their way.

Here in the Peoples Republic of Portland Oregon, they also think they own the roads and want cars out of their way.

21 posted on 09/22/2014 4:02:35 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: dennisw

Here’s more on this story, here....

Marshall, 31, of East Harlem, doted on his top-of-the-line Jamis Eclipse racing cycle and kept precise records on the Web site Strava.com of his blazing rides through Central Park — in which he boasted of reaching speeds exceeding 35 mph.

http://nypost.com/2014/09/21/bloggers-trash-cyclist-in-central-park-collision-with-pedestrian/


22 posted on 09/22/2014 4:03:31 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: truth_seeker
...and suffered a severely broken shoulder.

Is there another kind?

23 posted on 09/22/2014 4:03:42 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: truth_seeker

I’m so sorry. Best wishes!


24 posted on 09/22/2014 4:04:47 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

This is a sad story but it points out that bikes are vehicles too. Cyclists sometimes blow through red lights at 20 or 30 mph as if the rules of the road don’t apply to them. Add a 180 to 200 lb man going at 30 mph and you have a dangerous situation.


25 posted on 09/22/2014 4:05:53 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: South40

Sidewalks are for both bikes and pedestrians in many jurisdictions. But law, civility and common sense tell the faster biker to yield.


26 posted on 09/22/2014 4:05:59 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Clinton / Bush 2016?)
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To: dennisw

If I read the article correctly he was exceeding the bike lane speed limit, and therefore would have some culpability even if he was swerving to avoid pedestrians when he hit her.


27 posted on 09/22/2014 4:06:01 PM PDT by clintonh8r (It's possible to love your country and hate your government. I'm proof of it.)
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To: Veggie Todd
Here in the Peoples Republic of Portland Oregon, they also think they own the roads and want cars out of their way.

From Portlandia.

Ten foot rule!

28 posted on 09/22/2014 4:07:36 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Thank you for self-censoring.)
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To: dennisw

He was cycling in the wrong lane and speeding. Speed cycling with racing handle bars in Central Park is an idiotic thing to do and he’s probably guilty of manslaughter here.


29 posted on 09/22/2014 4:08:11 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Navy Patriot
That be the one. He is, however, melanin challenged.

Oh. Well. In that case.

30 posted on 09/22/2014 4:08:48 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Thank you for self-censoring.)
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To: thefactor
Social justice, he couldn't afford a car so he rides a bike your honor my client is Innocent due to his upbringing and his color
31 posted on 09/22/2014 4:10:13 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: South40
They had the same mentality that is shared among many cyclists, they think sidewalks are for bikes and pedestrians should get out of their way.

That's how Amsterdam sees things, never mind the speed differential.

32 posted on 09/22/2014 4:10:20 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: a fool in paradise
That's how Amsterdam sees things, never mind the speed differential.

Boy I learned that the hard way when I was there, they don't slow down for anybody.

33 posted on 09/22/2014 4:11:20 PM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: truth_seeker
I was struck by a cyclist, and suffered a severely broken shoulder.

I am sorry to hear that FRiend. I hope you are feeling better.
34 posted on 09/22/2014 4:13:21 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: a fool in paradise

In Amsterdam, there are 4 lanes for traffic:
1) Streetcars
2) Autos
3) Pedestrians
4) Bicycles

There are very subtle markings to denote the divisions, and I didn’t notice them until second visit. If you are walking in the area marked off for bicycles, cyclists will come close to hitting you and at high speeds to “hint” that you are in the wrong spot.


35 posted on 09/22/2014 4:16:48 PM PDT by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: truth_seeker

Did you hear the bicycle coming? I have nearly been struck by bicyclists several times. They ride on the sidewalk and I don’t hear them coming from behind.


36 posted on 09/22/2014 4:20:43 PM PDT by forgotten man
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To: Kid Shelleen

I will be politically incorrect right now. Having worked in Manhattan for many years, I have almost been hit by black male cyclists at least five separate times. They do not heed traffic signals. They do not show any respect for pedestrians. They are very aggressive and like to scream at and intimidate pedestrians especially white ones. The aggression and boldness have greatly intensified since Obama took office.

This skell needs to be charged with murder. Kaiser Wilhelm has been noticeably quiet about this horror.


37 posted on 09/22/2014 4:23:06 PM PDT by NoKoolAidforMe (I'm clinging to my God and my guns. You can keep the change.)
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To: dennisw

Bull! This guy was noted for his high speed racing through Central Park - his facebook page testifies to that and several Daily News commenters know him as an out-of-control rider. Unless you’ve ever been at a disadvantage to the maniac cyclists in Manhattan, you simply don’t know what you’re talking about.

The fact that he stopped is credit to him - but that doesn’t excuse that he killed a woman.


38 posted on 09/22/2014 4:23:19 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me)
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To: Kid Shelleen

He looks just like this Detroit “hero” in this iCRAP ad.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ybIxBZlopUY


39 posted on 09/22/2014 4:23:25 PM PDT by The Toll
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