Anyone with information is urged to call Fullerton Police Department Collision Investigator Chad Keen at 714/738-6812.
This is at least the 16th bicycling fatality in Southern California this year, and the seventh that I’m aware of in Orange County, in what is turning out to be a very bloody year in the county.
My deepest sympathy and prayers for the victim and his or her loved ones.
Aside from the usual ups and downs of diabetes, and my wife’s long-standing idiopathic health issues, we seem to be fairing fairly well in the age of coronavirus.
At least, as well as any of us these days.
But I’m exhausted, physically and emotionally. And for once, words fail me.
So I’m taking the day off, to relax, get a little sleep and try to find a better frame of mind.
And maybe even find where I left my sense of humor.
Because I haven’t seen it since this whole mess started.
As usual, we’ll be back tomorrow to catch up on anything we missed.
Stay well, and hang in there.
I’ll see you back here on Thursday.
Apropos of nothing, today’s photo shows the former foster corgi, happy to be back home with his owner.
My blood sugar crashed suddenly as I was working on today’s post, and took me down like a shot. Within a matter of minutes, I went from feeling okay, to sick as a dog and down for the count.
Which is just one more reason why I miss the Corgi, who used to warn me about my blood sugar before it got that bad.
The good news is, my recent bout with high sugar is finally getting back under control after my doctor put me on a new medication.
The bad news, I’m still shaking after a sudden blood sugar crash knocked me out for a few hours last night.
Which serves as the latest in a series of periodic reminders that diabetes sucks. If you’re at risk, get tested. And do whatever it takes to avoid it, or at least get it under control.
Seriously, the only good thing about diabetes is that cookies and candy are lifesaving medication.
Get out and ride this weekend. And stay safe out there.
We’ll see you back here next week to catch up on anything we missed.
Had another rough night after my diabetes kicked my ass, proving once again I’m not in charge of my own body any more.
As a nearly life-long cyclist, I’ve proved to myself time and again that I could will my body to do anything, at least on two wheels.
Now my own body is attacking me. And all I can do is struggle to control it, and too often, fail.
So let me remind you once again, if you’ve been told you’re at risk for diabetes, or have a family history of the disease, get tested. Then do whatever it takes to avoid getting it.
Seriously, you don’t want this shit.
As usual, we’ll be back tomorrow to catch up on anything we missed.
New York officials say macho men in SUVs and pickups are killing people on bikes and foot, so they’re introducing a new ad campaign to shame them.
Although most drivers probably won’t be.
Not to mention when I look at the ad, his expression and dress doesn’t exactly say “macho” to me.
Meanwhile, the SUV reference is so subtle, it’s barely there. And could be literally any other type of vehicle without changing anything.
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In what looks like a case of out-of-control cops, Seattle bike cops appear to ram pedestrians on a sidewalk from behind with their bikes, apparently without warning, then bust them for obstruction and resisting arrest.
Although remember, we’re not seeing what came before this, which may or may not be relevant.
Inexcusable. The chair of the Oakland Bicyclist and Pedestrian Commission was held at gunpoint by private security guards for the crime of taking pictures of yarn-bombed bike racks on a public sidewalk. But it couldn’t have anything to do with him being black, right?
DHL has been ordered to pay over $9 million to a Canadian couple who were run down while riding single file on on the shoulder an Oregon highway. The driver said it wasn’t his fault, claiming they were actually in the traffic lane and he couldn’t avoid them; one victim nearly lost his leg as a result of the crash.
File this one under you’ve got to be kidding. An off-duty Michigan cop could walk with probation for the hit-and-run that left a bike rider with a broken elbow. Then coming back and directing traffic — without telling anyone he was the one who hit him.
A Calgary letter writer says scofflaw bicyclists are getting with murder — and the editor of the local paper evidently agrees with him. Never mind that its the people on four wheels who are actually killing people, and disproportionately the ones on two wheels or feet getting killed.
Apparently, some drivers really can’t see us. After an English driver critically injured a woman on a bicycle, she failed an eye test the next day.
I’m committed to bringing you the news no one wants, even though it’s by far the hardest thing I have to do.
And probably the hardest things you have to read.
I write about the victims of these crashes both to remember and honor them, and provide a bike rider’s perspective that the police and press too often don’t — and the victims can’t.
Because if we don’t know what’s really going on out there, it’s impossible to fix it.
And that’s something you won’t find anywhere else in Southern California.
It’s up to you to decide what that’s worth to you, if anything.
No amount is too small — or too large, for that matter. All I ask is that you give if you want, and if you can.
And if you already have, thank you, sincerely, from the bottom of my heart.
Either way, I’ll be back tomorrow to catch up on anything we missed today.
Because the most important thing you can do to support this site is to simply keep coming back every day.
