Social Cycling ATX is pulling out all the stops to help Mariel Mentink, a cyclist put in ICU by a hit and run driver early on New Year’s Day. They are organizing a Friday night version of their social ride with the final stop being a benefit for Mariel’s medical fund.
The Benefit Ride and Party [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bicycle Accidents’
Help injured cyclist Mariel Mentink at benefit party tonight!
Portland study finds drivers and cyclists 50/50 at fault in accidents
As the saying goes, there are “lies, damn lies, and statistics”, and there appears to be a case for as much in cycling. We recently referenced a report through the Freakonomics blog that indicated that drivers were at fault in 90% of accidents that involve cyclists in Toronto. This finding seemed to contradict the widely [...]
Bicyclists: What to do if you are hit by a car or truck?
Editor note: In response to the Freaknomics blog article about motoists being at fault in 90% of bike-car accidents, local attorney and cyclist Jay Paul Warren posted on the ACA e-mail list this advice if you should be so unfortunate as to be hit by a car while riding. (No advice on what to do [...]
Who’s really to blame in most cyclist accidental deaths?
There has been quite a bit of debate on our site as of late about cyclists and the necessity of the so called safe passing law, requiring motorists to provide at least three feet of room when passing a cyclist. Some have debated the necessity of the law and whether it will be enforceable.
Enter the [...]
Racer injured, in ER from wreck at Thursday Night Driveway Crit
Local blog Training From A Barkalounger is reporting that local racer Kevin Underhill received a head injury while racing the Cat 4/5 race at the The Driveway Crits last night. He was rushed to the Brackenridge ER in critical condition where surgery was done on his head an face. He is currently in the ICU.
From [...]
Family of cyclist killed in wreck asking parole board to deny parole of intoxicated driver
On August 26, 2006, Austin cyclist Arjun Khanna was struck and killed by driver Jeremy Ron Wigley. Police found Wigley to be intoxicated, and since he was on parole for earlier convictions, he was jailed and later convicted of Intoxication Manslaughter. This conviction carries a ten year term in addition to Wigley’s previous convictions.
Wigley has [...]
Local political blog pokes fun at cyclist/car interaction, Smart Cars
Local politican consultant and bull shit artist humorist Harold Cook writes a news satire site, Letters from Texas, commenting mostly on happenings at the Capitol and City Hall. In his Sunday news round up, he poked fun at the road worthliness of the Smart Car and the interactions between drivers and cyclists:
Local man killed in [...]
Video of aggressive driver on July Moonlight Cruise released
ATXBS recently reported on a driver who aggressively passed the group in the July Moonlight Cruise and eventually hit some of the cyclists in the ride. A local photographer on the scene caught the incident in this video.
The driver fled the scene after striking the cyclists with his car, but police caught up with him [...]
Fox reporter charged with dragging cyclist four blocks in Central Park
The blog Gawker is reporting that a Fox News writer, Don Broderick, could face a year in jail for recently striking and dragging a cycling four blocks in NYC’s Central Park with his car then fleeing the scene.
Brodericks’ rational when a writer for Gawker asked him about the incident:
. . . when we asked a Fox News [...]
Update: Cyclist hit on Thursday not deceased, but in critical condition
Quick update on a story we ran yesterday about a cyclist who was hit Thursday night during the City Council meeting on the Master Bike Plan. We repeated a report from ATXBS that the cyclist had passed away over the weekend. This afternoon, Jason at ATXBS corrected the story upon hearing from APD that the [...]
