Evidently, it was a bad weekend for SoCal bicyclists.
Starting with news that a man was killed riding a bike in Highland on Friday.
The Fontana Herald is reporting that a 68-year old man was struck by an eastbound driver while attempting to ride his bike across Baseline Street near McKinley Street around 8:25 pm.
The victim, a resident of Highland, apparently died at the scene.
According to the Highland Police Department, the victim was crossing outside of a crosswalk and without lights on his bike, a little less than half an hour after sunset.
However, while he should have been using lights in the growing dusk, bicyclists aren’t pedestrians and there is no requirement that someone on a bicycle must use a crosswalk — any more than drivers are required to cross at an intersection rather than mid-block.
The driver, a 69-year old man from Grand Terrace, remained at the scene.
Anyone with information is urged to call the Highland Police Department at 909/425-9793.
This is at least the 28th bicycling fatality in Southern California this year, and the sixth that I’m aware of in San Bernardino County.
My deepest sympathy and prayers for the victim and all his loved ones.
Nice catch-22 there. Ride in the crosswalk you get blamed, ride on the road you get blamed.