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N4 Jamaica
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 861 Location: Long Island
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:11 pm Post subject: Hicksville: cyclist fatality |
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Newsday is reporting that on Friday afternoon, October 12, 2007, a bus making a right turn in Hicksville killed a bicyclist. No location is given. Would anyone know the location and route? Thanks. |
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N4 Jamaica
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 861 Location: Long Island
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:29 am Post subject: |
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Apparently, an N79 was turning from southbound Newbridge Road onto westbound Old Country Road when it and the cyclist collided. |
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Pineywoodsbus
Joined: 26 May 2007 Posts: 68
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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Hate to be the bad guy but some of these ppl on bicycles ride in ways that put them in risk. They often dart out in front of buses, it's a big problem in that area. I've almost been run over by some of these guys, they ride on the sidewalk on the wrong side of the road with reckless abandon, even when pedestrians around.
I don't know the full story but I was just talking with a driver last week while on the N22 going through New Cassel on Prospect, observing how these guys on bikes jump out into the road without looking first.
Most of all I feel sorry for the driver, who had to witness it first hand. Now I'm not saying all cyclists are bad, many are very careful and obey the rules, but some of these guys aren't cyclists, but are day laborers and often ignorant of safety (they dont wear helmets either). |
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pc2871
Joined: 26 Oct 2007 Posts: 21
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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I hope the MTA doesn't hang the driver for this fatality. Its bad enough that you have to live this fatality. |
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