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Friday, February 22, 2019
Man down at the La Paloma
Looks like another pedestrian hit. If he was in the crosswalk, he was thrown a fair distance. Not sure if it’s a hit-and-run, but there’s no obvious vehicle stopped.
The blogsite Nextdoor Encinitas had been discussing this very situation downtown. Running red lights on 101 is now routine, making these intersections very dangerous. The Sheriffs need to do an intense enforcement on 101; otherwise there will only be more tragedies.
Of course it has become routine. Whens the last time you've seen a cop in Encinitas giving a ticket?
There are way more people getting run over than tickets in Encinitas, and don't expect the City Council to do anything but praise the incompetent staff. Roberta and another woman would run down on Hwy101 because the street doesn't even have bike lanes even through its one of the most popular bike routes in the Country. The street has had a plan approved by the City Council for over 10 years yet no change. Shame and blood are plenty.
I think the inaction is horrendous as lives are ruined and or ended for no good reason. Who son or daughter will be run over next in Encinitas due to this City Council's inability to get anything positive done?
That would be a great idea if people in this community knew how to properly drive in a roundabout.So simple yet so difficult for some. Yield to Vehicles to your left as you approach the roundabout. Yield to vehicles already in the roundabout.
If this was from someone running a red light at the posted speed (or higher), this is exactly why roundabouts will and should be installed along N 101 to diminish such accidents that occur at traditional signaled intersections.
You'll never get roundabouts in the core of downtown. Dream on.
The problem to why people are speeding through red lights is because the gridlock upstream and driver interest to get through the intersection. If you put in roundabouts you'll have even more problems.
Make our streets safer for all modes of transport, please.
Finish L101 and continue with other important sections of roadway redesign. People are literally dying. We can’t allow a handful of dead-enders with blood on their hands to hold our town hostage while our neighbors and friends continue to die.
We need to shame and ostracize these folks publicly until they stop their antisocial attention-seeking behavior.
The road is and has to be two lanes in each direction downtown. There's not enough room for two-lane roundabouts. There's not even enough room for one-lane roundabouts at the Leucadia 101 intersections, which is why the city proposes to take private and NCTD ROW land.
Birdrock has higher traffic volume than Encnitas's portion of hwy101 yet they have five one-lane roundabouts and one lane in each direction. The residents love their streetscape. The commuters wanting to race through town and drag racers not as much.
I don't think Encinitas residents would ever want more than 20,000 vehicle trips through their mainstreet, and therefore one lane roundabouts with one lane in each direction would be a huge improvement for vehicles (less delays), bicyclists (slower speeds under 40 mph), and pedestrians.
Its so simple its stupid. Why hasn't the City implemented a similar streetscape as the proven in Birdrock on our Mainstreet?
I don't quite understand why there is no action to correct this know hazard. Now all our tax dollars will be going to the numerous lawsuits to compensate for negligence for not addressing the know hazard. Does the City like promoting unneeded deaths, paying out tax dollars on unnecessary injury lawsuits, more noise and lower property values?
Next time before you write, do your homework and get stats on traffic volume...Birdrock and the 101 Encinitas. Promoting deaths? Stop writing on emotion.
2:19 Bird Rock is not downtown Encinitas. It's not even similar. There's not even enough room for one lane roundabouts at the downtown Encinitas intersections. If there were, Moron Kranz would be pushing for them.
Good lord stop with the simplistic comparisons to Birdrock. If it were an alternate route for a major interstate highway you might have a leg to stand on. You're not even on your pinky toe here.
It takes an extraordinary knob to use a tragic event to further their tired chant about the need for hamster wheel roundabouts...is there no tragedy that L101 folks will not use to justify their monstrous urban fubar?
But who was at fault in the accident? The driver hasn't and won't be charged. The accident report has been long delayed. I hope there is an honest report about what exactly happened.
Riding down the hill on Phoebe and into the 101 with barely any light on the eastern horizon and without any lights or reflective clothing, and more than likely, music earbuds blasting, AND, the driver not being charged, should be telling to anyone with half a brain.
Roberta learned a hard lesson and we all wish her a full and speedy recovery.
A separated bike lane, if used, is key. We all might be served well with having a dash cam to clearly show what happens when sheet happens.
What I find the most disturbing is how some have used this tragedy, and it is, to push the streetscam. That is unconscionable, but damn if some of our leaders could not restrain themselves and jumped all over pushing the scam given this chance.
Now the regulating agencies have a problem with this scam? Where have they been? SANDAG and the NC Transit District now have a problem with this disaster in the making? Welcome to the club, better late than never.
You sound like a stupid scum making assumptions without cause.
The streetscape will save lives and will reduce the City's liability for paying out on all these neglegence claims. Death and maimed people claims receive millions.
We get that you don't care about safe roads as long as the road stays with 4 lanes. The rest of us know better that the streetscape design is a better alternative for our community.
If the City would act responsibly, this street would be an assett to the City unstead of a huge liabiity, and Roberta and others would not have their lives screwed.
The birdrock streetscape is a perfect comparison. Its the old PCh alignment and it is an alternate route to I5. As stated that stretch carries more vehicular traffic and works very well. Our segment is a death trap as we regulariy see, and your tax dollars will go towards the settlements instead of City improvements. "Hampster wheel roundabouts"? What.... all the roundabouts in Encinitas and the one in Carlsbad on the old PCH at State Street work great. You are either delutional or have not learned how to yield yet. Either way, turn in your keys and Uber please
Sorry scum bags who don't give a shit about safe streets, you will never understand the balance approach to good road design.
1:31, you ignorant slut. You don't know shit, yet you post your mindless drivel anyway. Bird Rock is in no way comparable to Leucadia 101, and if anything you posted were true, the city would be imposing the same scam crap on every four-lane road in Encinitas.
1:31's points about Bird Rock have been debunked over and over again. It's not a situation where if 1:31 keeps repeating the same BS, anyone will believe it. Lies stay lies.
Ahhhh, how sad, the scum bag 2% got their feelings hurt. Well luckily not nearly as hurt as all those people getting killed and mowed down on Encinita's streets every month.
I saw (and heard) a so many drag races (both cars and motorcycles) on hwy 101 all weekend. You know what I didn't see?
A single traffic cop on hwy101. Why?
Because this City Council has its priorities all fuck up and can't seem to get anything positive done.
6:16 PM Brings up a good point. Where the heck ARE all the cops? They aren't at D Street and 101, that's for sure. If they were they'd witness an average of 2-3 red light runners every signal. The other biggie is the intersection of Vulcan and Encinitas Blvd. Gridlock every signal cycle, 1-2 average red light runners, and hey look! There's a cop...ignoring the whole thing. I've seen that dozens of times. However, we do have a strong police presence in the Swami's parking lot where those surfers go, and giving tickets for handicapped violations is easy peasy. Same thing with Beacon's, another hotbed of crime. So little interest in the "encampment" we now call our Library, that the county library system had to hire a guard. Where are the POLICE??
It’s entirely possible the driver was at fault, and hit a pedestrian in a cross walk.
It’s equally possible that the pedestrian was at fault and was jaywalking.
But from the perspective of designing safe streets, who was at fault isn’t really the point.
Even if the pedestrian was at fault and jaywalking, it’s possibke that a street designed with features that cause drivers to focus on the road, drive slower, and improves sight lines still may have prevented the accident.
The point is that death and injury on our roads are often preventable through good road design.
It’s possible some folks don’t care about saving the life of a jay walker—that death is an appropriate and just alternative to a $200 ticket. If you feel this way, I feel sorry for you.
At what point do we stop with the cement-crazed "protect people from themselves" attempt to childproof our city? These are adults who played chicken with tons of metal and lost who we're referring to.
It is many more than 2% who are not in favor of making our streets unrecognizable with roundabouts, concrete barriers, and other unworkable "traffic calming" measures. No need to feel sorry for us 12:05, we're doing just fine.
Ha ha ha, 10:33. "Lower the speed limit on 101 and Vulcan." What, with Harry Potter's wand? Avada Kedavra!!! Have you seen the donkeys driving like their tails are on fire on San Elijo, past giant lights flashing "25 MPH" to slow traffic through the work zone? There were k-rail barriers constricting the street, and still traffic blasted through at 45 MPH.
Face it, and tell the city council to face it, 101 and Vulcan/San Elijo are primary north/south thoroughfares. Automobiles, trucks and equipment utilize these routes as vital means of transportation. Clownscape in Leucadia, the rail trail, whatever else they concoct -- in the end it's cognitive dissonance and fairy tail policy pretending this is Beijing with millions of bikers needing safe zones.
Ya right. Doing just fine living in your fictional world. Please go write another fictional novel or short story and try and convince the world to start saying Swami instead of Swamis. Geeze.
The rest of us will hopefully chose to live in reality and support safer roadways.
Good old KLCC 2%, rather residents trying to ride bikes exercise, and reduce pollution get run down by commuters hauling ass that should be on I5 with those kind of speeds.
Fuck the KLCC and I'm glad you are at the end of your life cycle. Your mind has already gone.
While we are at it. Fuck the current City Council who allows nothing to be done and keep the same conditions in place that allowed Roberta to be mowed down along with all the other recent victims. The residents deserve better.
Why are you supporting such a shitty City Manager who consistently make the wrong call and bad recommendations?
oh geez the old "mowed down" description you guys plaster on everything to do with Walker. I heard she was biking in the dark wearing dark clothes and no light on her cycle.
Stop with the tabloid reporting and wait for the sheriff to tell us what happened...and wait...and wait.
Bikers endanger themselves every day but when they get in trouble its from cars mowing them down...yeah.
scoff all you like 12:15, but the fact is the driver was not cited and no drugs, distracted driving behavior, alcohol, or speeding were involved. that much info has been released by the sheriff. In addition on EU, posted under the Coast News artice:
AnonymousDecember 13, 2018 at 12:02 PM From the comments on the Coast News article: Eli 2 hours ago
I was one of the first people to stop on the scene of this accident, yes it is tragic but the bike in question had no lights or reflectors on it and the rider was not wearing a Reflective vest. We need to improve safety for bike riding no question but this accident was at dawns light and bikers need to play their part in the work of safety on the 101.
So an anonymous commenter said they didn’t see a light or reflector after the bike was run over by a car at high speed?
Can anyone spot any reliability issues with this evidence?
Fact: with or without a light, a dedicated bike lane would have prevented the accident, and a valued member of our local community would be fine right now.
If your argument is that ALL cyclists should be denied safety improvements because SOME cyclists make mistakes or ride unsafely, then I guess you’d use the same logic to roll back seat belts, safety glass, air bags, ABS brakes, electronic stability control, etc. in cars, right?
8:49, a dedicated bike lane could have contributed to safety, but at what cost? Here are some to consider: a lane diet imposed on the infinitely more numerous cars than bikes on our roads, resulting in increased traffic, slower commutes, increased frustration suffered by motorists, and millions of dollars of infrastructure investment made for a great majority of bicyclists who are engaged in a hobby or exercise.
Fact: front and rear lights, proper reflectors, reflective clothing, and an abundance of caution prompting Roberta to ride well toward the shoulder during the sleepy darkness of early dawn would have almost assuredly spared her the injury and suffering, and it would have spared a driver who is undoubtedly feeling the psychological affects.
Society wants all people to be safe, whether biking, walking, watching TV in their living rooms or lying on their backs getting a suntan. Your argument about ALL and SOME is nonsensical polemicizing and casting aspersions to compensate for your feeble distortion of someone reasonably claiming to be an eye witness.
Seriously? Entitlement is everywhere. Drivers, pedestrians, and certainly the spandex queens on their olympian-gold-medalist-wannabe street bicycles have caught the contagion. Me, me, me. My way, my spot, my lane, my right.
"Enforcement" of the situation will satisfy increasingly punitive social inclinations, but it will only ratchet up the frustration spilling over into self-serving behavior on our streets.
The causes of this entitlement are aplenty, starting at the top with a corrosion of culture trickling down from the disgraceful behavior of supreme leaders who are cloaked in immunity and act with impunity. And they promise to give you everything no matter what you sacrifice, and so nobody wants to sacrifice. Let the next guy give something up.
The epidemic is leaking everywhere, and what's leeched onto our roads is exacerbated by the delusional priorities of our out-of-touch city council representatives. The answer, it seems, to traffic, global warming, the fattening of society, and happiness in general is bicycles. More bikes, dedicated lanes, spandex arrogance, traffic rule amnesia and self indulgence. Everyone, after all, wants to bike, bike to eateries, movies, parks and the beach. Never mind that stores saddle you with bags full of stuff to bring home, or that a beach outing involves carting your surfboard, towels, beach toys, umbrella and cooler. We are a resourceful bunch who just want to bike. Bike, bike, bike. Me, me, me. Stay out of my way.
The KLCC 2% are definately sick and twisted in the head. Its scary to think there are people out there driving with that mentality. All please be careful, vote for City Council candidates in 2020 that will actually accomplish something beside supporting the do nothing positive City Manager, and KLCC please turn in your keys.
If the City will not do something to address the known and existing hazardous conditions on Hwy101, at least it should be checking in on Roberta, Stephanie Berger, and others. It would be nice to send them bunt cakes and get well card, and give them all the City info to help them with their claim. I estimate Encinitas will pay out $10 to $20 million for these two claims alone.
That roadway is so fucked up and everyone knows it yet nothing is done....Who's kid is next and why won't the City act on this known hazard?
The blogsite Nextdoor Encinitas had been discussing this very situation downtown. Running red lights on 101 is now routine, making these intersections very dangerous. The Sheriffs need to do an intense enforcement on 101; otherwise there will only be more tragedies.
ReplyDeleteOf course it has become routine. Whens the last time you've seen a cop in Encinitas giving a ticket?
ReplyDeleteThere are way more people getting run over than tickets in Encinitas, and don't expect the City Council to do anything but praise the incompetent staff. Roberta and another woman would run down on Hwy101 because the street doesn't even have bike lanes even through its one of the most popular bike routes in the Country. The street has had a plan approved by the City Council for over 10 years yet no change. Shame and blood are plenty.
I think the inaction is horrendous as lives are ruined and or ended for no good reason. Who son or daughter will be run over next in Encinitas due to this City Council's inability to get anything positive done?
That would be a great idea if people in this community knew how to properly drive in a roundabout.So simple yet so difficult for some. Yield to Vehicles to your left as you approach the roundabout. Yield to vehicles already in the roundabout.
DeleteEnforcement isn't going to make people grow up and take personal responsibility. Solve that first before harping on local law enforcement.
DeleteIf this was from someone running a red light at the posted speed (or higher), this is exactly why roundabouts will and should be installed along N 101 to diminish such accidents that occur at traditional signaled intersections.
ReplyDeleteYou'll never get roundabouts in the core of downtown. Dream on.
DeleteThe problem to why people are speeding through red lights is because the gridlock upstream and driver interest to get through the intersection. If you put in roundabouts you'll have even more problems.
So sad..... more blood and shame in Encinitas.
ReplyDeleteLet me guess, nothing will be done but funerals, mourning, lawsuits and grief. Plenty of shame to go around.
Make our streets safer for all modes of transport, please.
ReplyDeleteFinish L101 and continue with other important sections of roadway redesign. People are literally dying. We can’t allow a handful of dead-enders with blood on their hands to hold our town hostage while our neighbors and friends continue to die.
We need to shame and ostracize these folks publicly until they stop their antisocial attention-seeking behavior.
The road is and has to be two lanes in each direction downtown. There's not enough room for two-lane roundabouts. There's not even enough room for one-lane roundabouts at the Leucadia 101 intersections, which is why the city proposes to take private and NCTD ROW land.
ReplyDeleteAnd not one comment about how the person in the street looks to be in the middle of the block and not near a crosswalk.
ReplyDeleteTry and focus.
11:56-
ReplyDeleteYou seem to be clearly uneducated on the subject.
Birdrock has higher traffic volume than Encnitas's portion of hwy101 yet they have five one-lane roundabouts and one lane in each direction. The residents love their streetscape. The commuters wanting to race through town and drag racers not as much.
I don't think Encinitas residents would ever want more than 20,000 vehicle trips through their mainstreet, and therefore one lane roundabouts with one lane in each direction would be a huge improvement for vehicles (less delays), bicyclists (slower speeds under 40 mph), and pedestrians.
Its so simple its stupid. Why hasn't the City implemented a similar streetscape as the proven in Birdrock on our Mainstreet?
I don't quite understand why there is no action to correct this know hazard. Now all our tax dollars will be going to the numerous lawsuits to compensate for negligence for not addressing the know hazard. Does the City like promoting unneeded deaths, paying out tax dollars on unnecessary injury lawsuits, more noise and lower property values?
Next time before you write, do your homework and get stats on traffic volume...Birdrock and the 101 Encinitas.
DeletePromoting deaths? Stop writing on emotion.
2:19 Bird Rock is not downtown Encinitas. It's not even similar. There's not even enough room for one lane roundabouts at the downtown Encinitas intersections. If there were, Moron Kranz would be pushing for them.
ReplyDeleteGood lord stop with the simplistic comparisons to Birdrock. If it were an alternate route for a major interstate highway you might have a leg to stand on. You're not even on your pinky toe here.
DeleteIf you all LOVE birdrock - go move there.
DeleteIt takes an extraordinary knob to use a tragic event to further their tired chant about the need for hamster wheel roundabouts...is there no tragedy that
ReplyDeleteL101 folks will not use to justify their monstrous urban fubar?
No there is not. They are shameless fools.
DeleteHappy to be called an extraordinary knob if it means I’m not standing in the way of safety improvements that are literally killing my neighbors.
DeleteBut who was at fault in the accident? The driver hasn't and won't be charged. The accident report has been long delayed. I hope there is an honest report about what exactly happened.
DeleteRiding down the hill on Phoebe and into the 101 with barely any light on the eastern horizon and without any lights or reflective clothing, and more than likely, music earbuds blasting, AND, the driver not being charged, should be telling to anyone with half a brain.
ReplyDeleteRoberta learned a hard lesson and we all wish her a full and speedy recovery.
A separated bike lane, if used, is key. We all might be served well with having a dash cam to clearly show what happens when sheet happens.
What I find the most disturbing is how some have used this tragedy, and it is, to push the streetscam. That is unconscionable, but damn if some of our leaders could not restrain themselves and jumped all over pushing the scam given this chance.
Now the regulating agencies have a problem with this scam? Where have they been? SANDAG and the NC Transit District now have a problem with this disaster in the making? Welcome to the club, better late than never.
You sound like a stupid scum making assumptions without cause.
DeleteThe streetscape will save lives and will reduce the City's liability for paying out on all these neglegence claims. Death and maimed people claims receive millions.
We get that you don't care about safe roads as long as the road stays with 4 lanes. The rest of us know better that the streetscape design is a better alternative for our community.
If the City would act responsibly, this street would be an assett to the City unstead of a huge liabiity, and Roberta and others would not have their lives screwed.
The birdrock streetscape is a perfect comparison. Its the old PCh alignment and it is an alternate route to I5. As stated that stretch carries more vehicular traffic and works very well. Our segment is a death trap as we regulariy see, and your tax dollars will go towards the settlements instead of City improvements. "Hampster wheel roundabouts"? What.... all the roundabouts in Encinitas and the one in Carlsbad on the old PCH at State Street work great. You are either delutional or have not learned how to yield yet. Either way, turn in your keys and Uber please
Sorry scum bags who don't give a shit about safe streets, you will never understand the balance approach to good road design.
1:31, you ignorant slut. You don't know shit, yet you post your mindless drivel anyway. Bird Rock is in no way comparable to Leucadia 101, and if anything you posted were true, the city would be imposing the same scam crap on every four-lane road in Encinitas.
Delete1:31's points about Bird Rock have been debunked over and over again. It's not a situation where if 1:31 keeps repeating the same BS, anyone will believe it. Lies stay lies.
Delete1:31 you make claims without fact.
DeleteYou are entitled to your opinion but please stop using "we" when barfing your drivel.
Ahhhh, how sad, the scum bag 2% got their feelings hurt. Well luckily not nearly as hurt as all those people getting killed and mowed down on Encinita's streets every month.
DeleteI saw (and heard) a so many drag races (both cars and motorcycles) on hwy 101 all weekend. You know what I didn't see?
A single traffic cop on hwy101. Why?
Because this City Council has its priorities all fuck up and can't seem to get anything positive done.
"mowed down" favored choice of words regarding the downed cyclist - whose police report we're still waiting for how many months later? Odd.
Delete6:16 PM Brings up a good point. Where the heck ARE all the cops? They aren't at D Street and 101, that's for sure. If they were they'd witness an average of 2-3 red light runners every signal. The other biggie is the intersection of Vulcan and Encinitas Blvd. Gridlock every signal cycle, 1-2 average red light runners, and hey look! There's a cop...ignoring the whole thing. I've seen that dozens of times. However, we do have a strong police presence in the Swami's parking lot where those surfers go, and giving tickets for handicapped violations is easy peasy. Same thing with Beacon's, another hotbed of crime. So little interest in the "encampment" we now call our Library, that the county library system had to hire a guard. Where are the POLICE??
Delete1:31 PM/6:16 AM
DeletePlease learn English. You'll have a better shot at convincing people you're not the mental midget that you clearly are.
Green cones, more green cones. Green cones are our salvation.
ReplyDeleteIt’s entirely possible the driver was at fault, and hit a pedestrian in a cross walk.
ReplyDeleteIt’s equally possible that the pedestrian was at fault and was jaywalking.
But from the perspective of designing safe streets, who was at fault isn’t really the point.
Even if the pedestrian was at fault and jaywalking, it’s possibke that a street designed with features that cause drivers to focus on the road, drive slower, and improves sight lines still may have prevented the accident.
The point is that death and injury on our roads are often preventable through good road design.
It’s possible some folks don’t care about saving the life of a jay walker—that death is an appropriate and just alternative to a $200 ticket. If you feel this way, I feel sorry for you.
Agreed. Don't worry about the 2% hater group, they will always exist and have minds closed to reality. Ignore their fictional stories.
ReplyDeleteAt what point do we stop with the cement-crazed "protect people from themselves" attempt to childproof our city? These are adults who played chicken with tons of metal and lost who we're referring to.
ReplyDeleteIt is many more than 2% who are not in favor of making our streets unrecognizable with roundabouts, concrete barriers, and other unworkable "traffic calming" measures. No need to feel sorry for us 12:05, we're doing just fine.
doing just fine keeping fast highways next to the beach in place that are super dangerous to residents and blight the area?
DeleteI think your mind is gone.
Find the money for sheriffs and ok, lower the speed on 101 and Vulcan.
Delete$30M debt because we can't fix things the simple way is cray-cray. Talk about a missing mind.
Ha ha ha, 10:33. "Lower the speed limit on 101 and Vulcan." What, with Harry Potter's wand? Avada Kedavra!!! Have you seen the donkeys driving like their tails are on fire on San Elijo, past giant lights flashing "25 MPH" to slow traffic through the work zone? There were k-rail barriers constricting the street, and still traffic blasted through at 45 MPH.
DeleteFace it, and tell the city council to face it, 101 and Vulcan/San Elijo are primary north/south thoroughfares. Automobiles, trucks and equipment utilize these routes as vital means of transportation. Clownscape in Leucadia, the rail trail, whatever else they concoct -- in the end it's cognitive dissonance and fairy tail policy pretending this is Beijing with millions of bikers needing safe zones.
Ya right. Doing just fine living in your fictional world. Please go write another fictional novel or short story and try and convince the world to start saying Swami instead of Swamis. Geeze.
ReplyDeleteThe rest of us will hopefully chose to live in reality and support safer roadways.
I'm not Doug. You be Marvy?
Delete6:20 is barely literate. Dropped out of school after failing 6th grade.
ReplyDeleteAw come on, 12:03. Don't pretend you don't already know blakespears answer: "NO MONEY."
Delete11:24-
Delete6:20am makes more sense than some sour grape trying to change the way people refer to beach names. Haaa!
Swami - Swamis or Beacon - Beacons Wow..... now thats important stuff.
Hey Marvy, look! Yer featured in the Guerrilla!
Delete6:45 marvy Charles, making less and less sense as time goes on. if he ever did......
5:45 can't even get his no-facts criticism right!
DeleteShows his mind is mush.
Marvy mush.
DeleteWith the City's new Vision Zero plan this won't happen anymore. They need to adopt the program now so pedestrians won't be hit anymore.
ReplyDeleteGood old KLCC 2%, rather residents trying to ride bikes exercise, and reduce pollution get run down by commuters hauling ass that should be on I5 with those kind of speeds.
ReplyDeleteFuck the KLCC and I'm glad you are at the end of your life cycle. Your mind has already gone.
While we are at it. Fuck the current City Council who allows nothing to be done and keep the same conditions in place that allowed Roberta to be mowed down along with all the other recent victims. The residents deserve better.
ReplyDeleteWhy are you supporting such a shitty City Manager who consistently make the wrong call and bad recommendations?
oh geez the old "mowed down" description you guys plaster on everything to do with Walker. I heard she was biking in the dark wearing dark clothes and no light on her cycle.
ReplyDeleteStop with the tabloid reporting and wait for the sheriff to tell us what happened...and wait...and wait.
Bikers endanger themselves every day but when they get in trouble its from cars mowing them down...yeah.
“I heard”
DeleteAnd now that you’ve written it on the internet, it must be true.
scoff all you like 12:15, but the fact is the driver was not cited and no drugs, distracted driving behavior, alcohol, or speeding were involved. that much info has been released by the sheriff. In addition on EU, posted under the Coast News artice:
DeleteAnonymousDecember 13, 2018 at 12:02 PM
From the comments on the Coast News article:
Eli 2 hours ago
I was one of the first people to stop on the scene of this accident, yes it is tragic but the bike in question had no lights or reflectors on it and the rider was not wearing a Reflective vest. We need to improve safety for bike riding no question but this accident was at dawns light and bikers need to play their part in the work of safety on the 101.
So an anonymous commenter said they didn’t see a light or reflector after the bike was run over by a car at high speed?
DeleteCan anyone spot any reliability issues with this evidence?
Fact: with or without a light, a dedicated bike lane would have prevented the accident, and a valued member of our local community would be fine right now.
If your argument is that ALL cyclists should be denied safety improvements because SOME cyclists make mistakes or ride unsafely, then I guess you’d use the same logic to roll back seat belts, safety glass, air bags, ABS brakes, electronic stability control, etc. in cars, right?
8:49, a dedicated bike lane could have contributed to safety, but at what cost? Here are some to consider: a lane diet imposed on the infinitely more numerous cars than bikes on our roads, resulting in increased traffic, slower commutes, increased frustration suffered by motorists, and millions of dollars of infrastructure investment made for a great majority of bicyclists who are engaged in a hobby or exercise.
DeleteFact: front and rear lights, proper reflectors, reflective clothing, and an abundance of caution prompting Roberta to ride well toward the shoulder during the sleepy darkness of early dawn would have almost assuredly spared her the injury and suffering, and it would have spared a driver who is undoubtedly feeling the psychological affects.
Society wants all people to be safe, whether biking, walking, watching TV in their living rooms or lying on their backs getting a suntan. Your argument about ALL and SOME is nonsensical polemicizing and casting aspersions to compensate for your feeble distortion of someone reasonably claiming to be an eye witness.
Seriously? Entitlement is everywhere. Drivers, pedestrians, and certainly the spandex queens on their olympian-gold-medalist-wannabe street bicycles have caught the contagion. Me, me, me. My way, my spot, my lane, my right.
ReplyDelete"Enforcement" of the situation will satisfy increasingly punitive social inclinations, but it will only ratchet up the frustration spilling over into self-serving behavior on our streets.
The causes of this entitlement are aplenty, starting at the top with a corrosion of culture trickling down from the disgraceful behavior of supreme leaders who are cloaked in immunity and act with impunity. And they promise to give you everything no matter what you sacrifice, and so nobody wants to sacrifice. Let the next guy give something up.
The epidemic is leaking everywhere, and what's leeched onto our roads is exacerbated by the delusional priorities of our out-of-touch city council representatives. The answer, it seems, to traffic, global warming, the fattening of society, and happiness in general is bicycles. More bikes, dedicated lanes, spandex arrogance, traffic rule amnesia and self indulgence. Everyone, after all, wants to bike, bike to eateries, movies, parks and the beach. Never mind that stores saddle you with bags full of stuff to bring home, or that a beach outing involves carting your surfboard, towels, beach toys, umbrella and cooler. We are a resourceful bunch who just want to bike. Bike, bike, bike. Me, me, me. Stay out of my way.
Hey, 4:48 gets it!
ReplyDeleteGood job of separating the reality from the bullshit.
The KLCC 2% are definately sick and twisted in the head. Its scary to think there are people out there driving with that mentality. All please be careful, vote for City Council candidates in 2020 that will actually accomplish something beside supporting the do nothing positive City Manager, and KLCC please turn in your keys.
ReplyDeleteIf the City will not do something to address the known and existing hazardous conditions on Hwy101, at least it should be checking in on Roberta, Stephanie Berger, and others. It would be nice to send them bunt cakes and get well card, and give them all the City info to help them with their claim. I estimate Encinitas will pay out $10 to $20 million for these two claims alone.
That roadway is so fucked up and everyone knows it yet nothing is done....Who's kid is next and why won't the City act on this known hazard?
6:19 is Marvy Charles spewing his self-interested nonsense on every thread he thinks will garner attention. Ignore him.
Delete2% are brain dead. Run Lword or Crazyeyes. Lets get a real laugh.
Delete10:22pm Well, well, look who's back from the dead calling out and picking on women again who do not post here. Sliming on as ever Mikey.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure his SS is not enough to support his Oceanside abode. Slimy Mikey makes his dough the only way he knows how. Sad.
DeleteLooks like the KLCC brains are completely rotten to the core. Hopefully they will all move on after their next incident.
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