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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: Disc brake maintenance tips
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 23:51:38 -0400
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On 6/26/2024 9:27 PM, John B. wrote:
>  
> What's missing from this discussion is "what killed the kid on the
> sidewalk?" An elephant stepped on him? He fell asleep and rode over a
> lane, marker? ?

The boy in question was riding on a downtown sidewalk, on the south side 
of the street, heading west. That meant he was riding opposite the 
direction of the motorists in the adjacent traffic lane.

Speed limit is 25 mph. Traffic was heavy, as it usually is at that 
location. A woman was attempting to drive out of a parking lot (having 
left an ice cream store, I believe) to head east. She was looking to her 
left for a gap in traffic. When she saw a gap, the hit the accelerator, 
pulling out to her right. But at that moment, the boy (about 10 years 
old) was in the process of riding by her car. She ran him over and 
killed him.

He was coming from a direction that was unexpected, something few 
motorists ever check. If the boy had been walking, he'd have been 
slower, so she'd have had more time to notice him; and he may have been 
able to jump out of the way if she didn't notice him.

This same hazard applies to "innovative" bi-directional bike lanes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k6-AI_X1qE
That facility recorded over ten times the rate of car-bike crashes that 
existed before it was installed.

-- 
- Frank Krygowski