Archives for April 2007
A Handy Guide for all Stanford Students
12 April 2007 | bike lust | No Comments |
Let’s face it. This site pretty much sucks. But, let me explain! This site sucks because about a year ago Bitter Cyclist was attacked by some hacker who put up a YouTube video of Turkish militants defeating British occupation (don’t ask me why). I had to rebuild the site from scratch, and my hasty construction […]
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Bicycle Accident: Fixed Gear Losers
9 April 2007 | Bicycle Accidents, Late Morning, Not Severe, Another Bicycle, 26-35, Male | 1 Comment |
Street: Panhandle bike lane, westbound
Cross Street: Cole
City: San Francisco
State: California
Date: 2006-06-24
Time: late morning
Severity: not severe
Driver’s Vehicle: other
Driver’s Age: 28
Driver’s Gender: Male
Description: I was heading west on the bike lane at a moderate speed (~18mph). A group of guys is jogging ahead of me, I did not see anyone approaching in the left lane so I […]
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Bicycle Accident: Doored Bike Courier
9 April 2007 | Bicycle Accidents, Early Morning, Moderate, Small Car, 26-35, Female | No Comments |
Street: Bryant St.
Cross Street: Mariposa St.
City: San Francisco
State: California
Date: 2006-04-18
Time: early morning
Severity: moderate
Driver’s Vehicle: small car
Driver’s Age: 30
Driver’s Gender: Female
Description: I got doored by a parked car while working as a bike courier for the city’s mosquito abatement program. The driver didn’t see me, despite the fact that I was wearing a bright yellow safety […]
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Bicycle Accident: Crazed Bike Hater
9 April 2007 | Bicycle Accidents, Early Morning, Moderate, None, 26-35, Male | No Comments |
Street: 9th street
Cross Street: folsom street
City: San Francisco
State: California
Date: 2006-05-01
Time: early morning
Severity: moderate
Driver’s Vehicle: other
Driver’s Age: 35
Driver’s Gender: Male
Description: This fucker whacked me off of my bike. He was on foot. I want REVENGE!!!!
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Bicycle Accident: Biking in da ‘Hood
9 April 2007 | Bicycle Accidents, Early Evening, Moderate, None, age not applicable, Male | No Comments |
Street: McAllister
Cross Street: Webster
City: San Francisco
State: California
Date: 2006-02-08
Time: early evening
Severity: moderate
Driver’s Vehicle: other
Driver’s Age:
Driver’s Gender: Male
Description: I tried reporting this incident to Leah at the bike coalition, but b/c of their on going email problems, this never reached anyone over there despite numerous attempts to send it. Yesterday evening while I was riding on my […]
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Bicycle Accident: Doored Big-Time
9 April 2007 | Bicycle Accidents, Early Evening, Moderate, Small Car, 16-25, Female | No Comments |
Street: 17th Street
Cross Street: Valencia
City: San Francisco
State: California
Date: 2006-02-24
Time: early evening
Severity: moderate
Driver’s Vehicle: small car
Driver’s Age: 25
Driver’s Gender: Female
Description: i got DOORED big-time. This woman kicked her door open hard as i’m hauling up 17th home from work. no response time, no brakes, just a full chest plant into the doorframe. Got a gnarly puncture […]
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Bicycle Accident: SUV Drivers Never Pay Attention
9 April 2007 | Bicycle Accidents, Late Morning, Severe, SUV / Truck / Van, 56-65, Male | 1 Comment |
Street: Market Street
Cross Street: 8th Street
City: San Francisco
State: California
Date: 1999-10-16
Time: late morning
Severity: severe
Driver’s Vehicle: SUV
Driver’s Age: 61
Driver’s Gender: Male
Description: I was northbound on Guerrero St with another cyclist 10-20 feet behind me. At 27th St a SUV waited to turn Left. In the other two lanes traffic was backed up, but clear of the box. […]
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Bicycle Accident: Wow. Driver is Nice :(
9 April 2007 | Bicycle Accidents, Late Morning, Not Severe, Large Car, 46-55, Male | No Comments |
Street: Marina Green Driveway
Cross Street: near Ft. Mason
City: San Francisco
State: California
Date: 2006-02-18
Time: late morning
Severity: not severe
Driver’s Vehicle: large car
Driver’s Age: 51
Driver’s Gender: Male
Description: I was riding across a driveway entrance at the Marina Green (the entrance next to the main entrance of Ft. Mason) A car making a left hand turn into the driveway didn’t […]
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Bicycle Accident: Pedestrians Should Watch for Bikes Too
9 April 2007 | Bicycle Accidents, Late Evening, Severe, None, 16-25, Female | No Comments |
Street: polk st.
Cross Street: o\’farrell
City: San Francisco
State: California
Date: 2005-08-26
Time: late night
Severity: severe
Driver’s Vehicle: other
Driver’s Age: 21
Driver’s Gender: Female
Description: a pedestrian ran into the bike lane, we collided. i flew off my bike, had a concussion, broke my collarbone, numerous other injuries, spent a day and a half in the hospital.
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Bicycle Accident: Who’s at Fault?
9 April 2007 | Bicycle Accidents, Early Afternoon, Not Severe, None, 16-25, Female | No Comments |
Street: JFK Drive
Cross Street: 8th Street
City: San Francisco
State: California
Date: 2006-02-14
Time: early afternoon
Severity: not severe
Driver’s Vehicle: other
Driver’s Age: 13
Driver’s Gender: Female
Description: Bicycling through Golden Gate park on a nice Sunday afternoon, everyone else in the park on the closed off street, the young girl lost control of her bike an cut over at 90 degrees, tboning […]