CALIFORNIA BICYCLE NEWS AND CYCLING SAFETY TIPS BLOG

San Diego police are searching for the driver of a truck that struck a cyclist on January 25, leaving the North County cyclist in the hospital with injuries, according to ABC 10 News in San Diego. 33-year-old Heath Bernstein was riding with friends late Tuesday night when a dark-colored pickup truck swerved across two lanes on Highway 101, striking Bernstein, who was in the bike lane. Bernstein was riding with two other friends when the San Diego cycling accident occurred. “My recollection of getting hit is thankfully not there,” Bernstein said about the bicycle accident. “I turned around and went back, and that’s when I saw his bike lying down on the street with his light pointed in the bushes and I knew something had happened,” said Dr. Scott Holyoak, who was riding with Bernstein. Bernstein, who is staying at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, suffered fractures and other…
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The Los Angeles City Council approved legislation on March 1, 2011 to implement more than 1,680 miles of bike paths, according to the Miami Herald. The legislation is a huge step forward for bicycle safety advocates. The 2010 Bicycle Plan also calls for the city to add 200 miles of new bike paths to the interconnected bike path system every five years. The Los Angeles City Council has been working on this plan for years. The plan is a monumental step in promoting bicycle safety in Los Angeles; the city has added only 377 miles of bike paths since 1977, according to the L.A. Times. Local cyclists opposed the bill in 2009, saying it failed to meet their needs; the city council consequently rejected it. The revamped plan has the full support of cyclists and local non-profit organizations.  Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who approved the plan on March 1, is an…
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A street sweeper in San Diego struck and killed a cyclist last Friday, February 11, according to 10 News San Diego.  Cyclist Stuart Peverly, a father of two from Mira Mesa, was riding in the bike lane on Genesee Avenue near Clairemont Mesa Boulevard Drive. Police identified the driver of the street sweeper as 77-year-old Fred Franklin Fuller.  Fuller owns Southwest Sweeping Services. The bicycle accident occurred shortly before 5:20 pm last Friday afternoon.  The sweeper that struck Peverly was traveling in the same direction.  Fuller told investigator Ron Lemester that he fell asleep while driving the sweeper, and he has been working long hours lately. According to SignOnSanDiego.com, the bicycle accident caused Peverly to flip over his handlebars.  Peverly received treatment at Scripps Memorial Hospital – La Jolla for multiple blunt force injuries, skull fractures and brain damage.  Doctors pronounced him dead at 10:45 pm that same night. According…
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