Comments on: Bicyclist Hit By Car

By: Walnut Hill

Walnut Hill — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:51:12 +0000

I agree with Anne. Cyclists should ride facing traffic. So much easier for us to judge how to go around them.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 20:11:09 +0000

There should be a bus that comes to Beulah.they have one for cantonment and century.

By: LouLou

LouLou — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:05:12 +0000

Have traveled this road for 30 years. And I know it is not always the motorist fault. Have had to stop my car to a dead stop on a major hwy because a cyclist refues to use the bike lane provided cars coming from opposite lane are traveling 55mph plus you couldn’t go around unless you want to hit head on with another vehicle. So don’t always be so quick to blame until you know the whole story it states accident is under investigation.

By: Perry

Perry — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:25:55 +0000

MJ04, as a driver, I agree with you that there are many distracted drivers out there – I see it daily. However, I also see many bicyclists and pedestrians doing unsafe things as well. I frequently see bicyclists riding the wrong direction in the bicycle lane (when there is one), riding at night without lights and/or inadequate reflectors, and ignoring traffic signals and signage. I also frequently see pedestrians walking on the road (not beside it) with their backs to traffic, walking at night wearing dark clothes, and often with their faces glued to their phone – not paying a bit of attention to what it going on around them. The point being that everyone (not just cars) need to follow the rules, use common sense, and – above all – pay attention. And, like other have stated, I’m hoping and praying that the bicyclist will be OK.

By: anne

anne — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:07:44 +0000

I rode a bicycle for years and years out there on the roads with no special bike lane, nothing had to be marked, and cars weighed 3 times what they do now. The difference is this idiotic rule stating bikes have to go with the flow of traffic! When bikes were facing traffic, there were none of these problems. Now we have the drivers reading text messages and running onto the shoulder of the road while we have the one on the bicycle with earphones on, probably blaring music so they cannot hear a car coming up from behind. Is this a recipe for disaster or what?

By: fisherman

fisherman — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:38:09 +0000

@Wayne
Cant wait to see where they spend this projected $16,405,557.60
Wayne since you know the amount of money that is going to be generated by the tax increase you should have paid attention to the article .It’s going to be used to man fire departments. That’s all the fire tax money can be used for.

By: Cantonment

Cantonment — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:46:00 +0000

I ride a bike every day down 9 mile road to work. I cannot tell you how many times I have had a vehicle run me off the road due to the driver being on the phone or just not paying attention. And I am not joy riding. I am going to work! Please pay attention people. I am just trying to go to work just like everyone else.

By: just saying

just saying — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:40:10 +0000

Bike paths are not the answer. Just the other day while driving my vehicle on gulf beach hwy in my designated lane. I had to slow down and wait for my opportunity to go around a fool on a bicycle who chose to ride in the vehicle lane rather than the designated paved bicycle lane.

By: WAYNE

WAYNE — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:20:41 +0000

First and foremost I hope the person is ok. Escambia county can come up with the funds by raising taxes, which they are about to do “fire protection non-ad valorem”
Cant wait to see where they spend this projected $16,405,557.60 .

By: MJO4

MJO4 — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:09:42 +0000

As a cyclist who rides on nine mile and other roads in the area where there is a bike shoulder (you can identify the bike shoulder by the painted symbol all along the road), I can say that I have encountered people not even trying to watch the road (checking their phone, putting on makeup, etc.), and also people who will intentionally pull their vehicle into my path when they get stopped in traffic and see me about to proceed past them in the bike shoulder). The real question here is how is it that the driver did not see the bicyclist? Probably only one true answer DISTRACTED DRIVING….Stop reading text messages, and emails, or looking at your facebook when you are behind the wheel of a MOVING vehicle. If the investigation concludes the driver of this car was at fault, I hope they throw the book, kitchen sink, and every other appliance at him/her. Assuming the cyclist survives, I hope he/she takes the driver’s insurance company for a boat ride…It’s time to make a serious example out of driver’s who fail to obey the laws regarding cyclists (3 foot minimum passing distance is state law).