I Know Exercise Annoys You, Hadrian, But This?
Missouri hardly incident-free
An accident last Friday afternoon in Columbia, Missouri, was the third incident within the space of a week where a car has hit a pedestrian or cyclist.
On November 3, 18 year-old MU freshman Greg Hahn collided with a car at the intersection of Stewart and Providence roads, causing the youngster to fly through the air and land in the middle of the street. The Columbia Missourian reports that Hahn was rushed to hospital, where he was said to be in fair condition the following afternoon.
Columbia police Officer Curtis Perkins said Hahn was not wearing a helmet, not a legal requirement in the US, with the Columbia Police Department's Traffic Unit still investigating the crash. The previous Sunday, a 31 year-old male was killed while walking on Nifong Boulevard, and on the same night, 20 year-old cyclist Aurora Chamberlin was hit by a car and hospitalised as a result, reported to be in a fair condition last Saturday.
posted by Degolar @ 6:51 PM
4 Comments:
After observing the traffic habits of the average Columbia cyclist I can say with a fair degree of confidence that they were probably at fault.
Oh, and the Nifong incident was a drunk pedestrian stumbling into the way of an equally drunk driver.
Oh, sure, blame the people who are at fault. What kind of truthiness is that?
But isn't it cool to be making the international (cycling) news?
What is this world coming to when a drunk cannot safely walk down Nifong Boulevard?
Man, I was ready to start running people over on my way home a bit ago. I go through ~35 stop lights each way, and on my way home they kept turning red just before I hit them, even though there were no cars waiting to go the other way. Fucking MoDot!
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