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A pediatric doctor at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was killed while riding her bike in Center City on Wednesday night.
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/deadly-3-car-crash-rittenhouse-philadelphia/3915690/
The original post on the Philadelphia subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/philadelphia/comments/1e5wkv0/insane_accident_on_18th_and_spruce/
At the time of the deadly crash, police say, Friedes was wearing a helmet and was riding in a protected bike lane. The driver of the vehicle that struck Friedes has not yet been charged.
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Not really a protected bike lane. The car driver entered the bike lane, at high speed, without obstructions.
I just looked at Google Street View. No fucking protection.
protected bike lane
[Look inside]
It's paint
Yeah, not surprising that the cops have no fucking clue what protected means.
I'm a bit confused that the article says "protected" bike lane but the aerial shot shows no barriers? What exactly is meant by "protected", because to me (and to google) protected means at least some kind of barrier.
This thing (albeit fron New York) allows a "parking lane", tobe the barrier I's really hard to ttellif that is the case here; how fast was that thing going on a narrow residential street to do that much damage?
https://www.nycstreetdesign.info/geometry/protected-bike-lane
It's protected by a white line that shows cars aren't allowed to cross over it?
I guess just municipalities describe it differently then. My city describes protected bike lanes as "dedicated bike lanes with concrete medians and planters, bicycle parking corrals, or vehicle parking lanes that divide them from vehicle traffic."
The google image someone else posted of the street, to me, shows a regular bike lane.
Doesn't change anything about this awful incident anyway, just thought the choice of words was interesting. Especially since later on in the article it says her death may have been prevented had there been a concrete median.
I'm also curious about that
The driver of the vehicle is 69 years old, police said. He was taken to a nearby hospital after suffering minor injuries. He has not been charged.
I'm sorry, what?
He was replying to a very important email. You can't multitask as well at that age. The cyclist should have known better, obviously.
implied: "yet". It means they are still writing down a list of things to charge him, some of which require waiting for property damage evaluations and so on.
Not necessarily; the vehicle may have malfunctioned or he could have had a health condition (like a heart attack) that caused him to crash.
And maybe he was rich.
How those cars that fucked up on a city street like that? Chronic speeding and distracted driving are a stupid combo.