tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post397101522040870416..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Why is the Violence of our Autoism so Unremarkable?Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-79657459075324480162019-12-03T08:13:34.205-08:002019-12-03T08:13:34.205-08:00That driveway on the midpoint of the hill at Glen ...That driveway on the midpoint of the hill at Glen Creek always seemed problematic, and it will be interesting to see if it is adjusted. They already restriped the green bike lane. It's a bad design as you say. (Here are <a href="http://breakfastonbikes.blogspot.com/2017/12/west-salem-neighborhood-association-to-talk-development-driveway-wsna-lindbeck-orchard.html" rel="nofollow">a few notes on that</a> from two years ago.)<br /><br />I am sorry to hear about your family member and the harm to her athletic life.<br /><br />It is bad street design, impatience and poor judgment by individual drivers, and a whole culture and system of autoism.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-1286686516393268532019-12-03T05:06:30.993-08:002019-12-03T05:06:30.993-08:00Is it bad street design or impatience or poor judg...Is it bad street design or impatience or poor judgement? <br /><br />I agree something must be done differently. Last night I almost hit a truck crossing in front of me as the driver was turning into the new shopping center at Glen Creek and Wallace Road. Why the person had to turn in from of a car going the speed limit when a few seconds wait would have provided a clear path, is beyond me. But further why the City designed the access on Glen Creek that requires people to stop mid-way up the hill in a very short stacking lane, and then cross two lanes of oncoming traffic with a bike lane in the middle makes absolutely no sense. It is like building an accident machine!<br /><br />This near miss was just minutes after I learned that a young girl who is a family member was struck down in a crosswalk out in South Salem. In a crosswalk! The driver stopped only long enough to see if there was blood and to give a phone number. They did not even stay long enough to talk to the police! <br /><br />It is just not safe out there anymore. I wish walking or biking would provide some answers, but I doubt it. We have to do better.<br /><br />PS. Regarding the young girl. she will be ok, but her track season may be ruined.Susann Kaltwassernoreply@blogger.com