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[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Earlier article about Kim:

An initial investigation revealed that the truck and the bicycle were traveling in the same direction on Mount Auburn Street and the truck was turning onto DeWolf Street at the time of the crash.

And from the posted article:

On Friday, Nguyen and the truck driver were both traveling in the same direction along Hampshire Street when the driver made a right turn onto Portland Street, striking Nguyen at the intersection, according to the Middlesex district attorney’s office.

Yes bike lanes, ideally separated so nobody can park on them. I wish police would ticket for turning without signaling. Dream works is transit designed around bikes and trains; adding bike areas to a car centered design will always produce hazards.

Also please never ride next to a truck.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I never ride near trucks, especially by intersections.

After 11 years of riding in Boston and Cambridge, I did finally get run over by a taxi trying to u-turn across 3 lanes from a parallel parking spot (actually I went ever the hood and bystanders stopped him from backing over me to drive off).

Pro tip, taxis only have to carry state minimum insurance (30k at the time of my accident 10 or so years ago now).

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Did you sue for the additional medical expenses?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, but just covered that. I had also just quit my day job to start a new company, so that sucked because I had a hard time proving my loss of income, with both arms out of commission.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Ah, damn. Sorry to hear that. Hopefully you are doing better now.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah was about 10 years ago now, my shoulders are working relatively well for mid 40s. Hopefully they’re still going for a lot longer.

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