A cyclist was struck by a car this morning at the intersection of Freeman and West streets just before 9 a.m.
The cyclist was turning left to merge onto the West Street bike lane from Freeman Street as the driver of the car hit the cyclist at the intersection, where shattered glass was spread from one of the car’s windows…
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Why was the bicyclist turning left onto West Street when you can only make a right off Freeman? Bicyclist not paying attention to the rules of the road? Hmm, thank god it was not serious.
Why was the cyclist making a left hand turn onto West St when you can only make a right hand turn off of Freemen St. ?
Who is really at fault here ?
Not saying that this particular accident was cyclist’s fault, but WHEN ARE CYCLISTS GOING TO BE MADE TO RIDE SAFELY AND BE TAUGHT RULES OF THE ROAD? Frankly there are bike risers on sidewalk, zooming in and out of cars on a crowded truck route, riding against traffic opposite of bike lane provided, while texting… These people get killed and it someone else’s fault??! Ridiculous!