Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Bikes collide on a downtown street; one injured.

First responder to the incident
scene comforts a young cyclist.
In what has become on almost weekly occurrence, I came upon a traffic incident; although this time I was not the first responder. Last night at approximately 9:45 pm two cyclists collided on the walkway at Paseo San Antonio and 1st. St. (on the south east corner of the Fairmont Hotel).

The incident involved a young man riding eastbound on Paseo San Antonio and a young woman riding southbound on the sidewalk on 1st. St. Now here is the sad but strange part of this unfortunate event;
  • Both riders were riding at night without lights.
  • Both riders were not wearing helmets.
  • Both riders were wearing earbuds and listening to music when they collided
  • One rider's bike has no brakes.
The woman in the picture was in severe pain and the male rider mentioned that she might have hit her head. The male rider did not appear to have any injuries.

3 comments:

  1. I saw a trio of bike ninjas on Park Street headed into downtown about an hour previous to this last night. By the time I got to Cesar Chavez Park and Paseo de San Antonio they were long gone, but then a doofus on a skateboard crossing 2nd turned directly into me for no reason that I could think of. I hope he saw me since I was lit up like a Christmas tree.

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  2. I'm new to San Jose, and I was out Sunday figuring out my commute into downtown. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the drivers behaved - they seemed to understand how to deal with people on bikes, and much better than the bike-path-ridden Canadian city I moved here from.

    Except, while turning from Prevost onto Willow, a guy on a bike with no helmet carrying what looked like hockey sticks jammed across the street and would have run into me if I hadn't pulled over.

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    1. I've found several Canadian cities bike friendly...Victoria, parts of Vancouver, Montreal, parts of Toronto, Halifax so-so, Quebec City..good, Kingston...good.

      These days I'm seeing a lot of crazy things cars do but I see more than my fair share of Salmon...those that ride on the wrong side of the street. Oh well hope you experience better.

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