There are so many motorist-bicyclist crashes in Tampa Bay that hospitals use billboards for ads showing a bicycle to drive business. Consider this billboard in Pinellas County.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Tampa Area Bicyclist Killed By Motorist Sunday
A 55-year-old bicyclist was killed biking across the eastbound lanes of West Waters Avenue Sunday. SeminoleHeightsPatch.com has the story. Michael Swanson was the bicyclist's name.
There are so many motorist-bicyclist crashes in Tampa Bay that hospitals use billboards for ads showing a bicycle to drive business. Consider this billboard in Pinellas County.
There are so many motorist-bicyclist crashes in Tampa Bay that hospitals use billboards for ads showing a bicycle to drive business. Consider this billboard in Pinellas County.
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I nearly got it this morning. Heading south on Central, I was the only one in the southbound "through" lane at the Hillsborough light. The light changed, I looked and started to pedal when I saw a car approaching the intersection in the center westbound lane on Hillsborough. Not stopping, but otherwise it didn't look like it was speeding. I immediately stopped, avoiding fatality path #1.
The first car in the southbound left-turn lane proceeded into the intersection, I shouted "Watch out!", and halfway into the westbound lane the left-turning car stopped. If it had proceeded into the center lane, it would have been hit, and there is a high probability that it would have spun and bounced into the spot where I was (fatality path #2), similar to one of the fatalities last year. I didn't realize this until a couple of blocks later. I would have just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The westbound motorist proceeded through the light, then slowed down. I was not watching the westbound driver, just the path of the car, but the driver obviously was not paying attention to the light.
Tampa remains a very dangerous place.
Ed Hillsman
Man Ed, I'm glad you're alert on your bike and came away unscathed. Continuing being vigilant out there.
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