Post by robeiae on Apr 12, 2018 8:25:21 GMT -5
Okay, this happened Tuesday: abc7.com/bicyclist-killed-in-hit-and-run-in-south-la;-driver-sought/3325585/
Someone in a Porsche SUV hit a bicyclist in South LA and--of course--kept going.
So, an impromptu vigil was held yesterday in the middle of the afternoon, involving a number of bicyclists who apparently thought disrupting traffic would honor the fallen guy. Unsurprisingly, tempers flared. Bicyclists attacked a police car for some reason. Arguments ensued between the bicyclists and drivers. The cyclists beat on cars. One woman got out of her car and beat on a cyclist. Watch the full report of it all here: ktla.com/2018/04/11/1-person-hit-by-car-during-vigil-for-bicyclist-fatally-struck-in-south-l-a-hit-and-run-crash-video/
The title of the piece refers to what eventually happened. This:
Some people are saying that the driver of the car is the same woman who had gotten out of her car to beat on one of the cyclists.
Anyway...
BTW, here are some interesting stats: cdan.nhtsa.gov/stsi.htm#
I looked at pedestrian and cyclist (not including motorcycles) fatalities for the four most populated States. Here are the 2016 numbers:
California: 867 ped, 147 bi, 1014 total
Texas: 672 ped, 65 bi, 737 total
Florida: 652 ped, 138 bi, 790 total
New York: 304 ped, 38 bi, 342 total
Now, in per capita terms:
California: 0.0000255 total deaths per capita
Texas: 0.0000257 total deaths per capita
Florida: 0.0000371 total deaths per capita
New York: 0.0000172 total deaths per capita
Here's a piece from 2016 on the growth of pedestrian and bicyclist traffic fatalities: usa.streetsblog.org/2016/07/01/u-s-traffic-fatalities-rising-fast-especially-pedestrian-and-cyclist-deaths/
My own opinion: a general lack of respect combined with increased population has a lot to do with this.
Someone in a Porsche SUV hit a bicyclist in South LA and--of course--kept going.
So, an impromptu vigil was held yesterday in the middle of the afternoon, involving a number of bicyclists who apparently thought disrupting traffic would honor the fallen guy. Unsurprisingly, tempers flared. Bicyclists attacked a police car for some reason. Arguments ensued between the bicyclists and drivers. The cyclists beat on cars. One woman got out of her car and beat on a cyclist. Watch the full report of it all here: ktla.com/2018/04/11/1-person-hit-by-car-during-vigil-for-bicyclist-fatally-struck-in-south-l-a-hit-and-run-crash-video/
The title of the piece refers to what eventually happened. This:
Some people are saying that the driver of the car is the same woman who had gotten out of her car to beat on one of the cyclists.
Anyway...
BTW, here are some interesting stats: cdan.nhtsa.gov/stsi.htm#
I looked at pedestrian and cyclist (not including motorcycles) fatalities for the four most populated States. Here are the 2016 numbers:
California: 867 ped, 147 bi, 1014 total
Texas: 672 ped, 65 bi, 737 total
Florida: 652 ped, 138 bi, 790 total
New York: 304 ped, 38 bi, 342 total
Now, in per capita terms:
California: 0.0000255 total deaths per capita
Texas: 0.0000257 total deaths per capita
Florida: 0.0000371 total deaths per capita
New York: 0.0000172 total deaths per capita
Here's a piece from 2016 on the growth of pedestrian and bicyclist traffic fatalities: usa.streetsblog.org/2016/07/01/u-s-traffic-fatalities-rising-fast-especially-pedestrian-and-cyclist-deaths/
Last year, 35,200 people were killed in traffic — a 7.7 percent increase over 2014 and the worst death toll since 2008. The number of people killed while walking or biking is rising even faster.