Comments on: Fixie flattened by pickup truck at 22nd and Valencia

By: GG

GG — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:13:29 +0000

And the police probably would have told Raun to go away and would not have given out information anyway, particularly if they hadn’t even located the victim’s family yet.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:57:35 +0000

Now THAT is an explanation I can get behind.

By: stiiv

stiiv — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:06:54 +0000

Naw naw, it’s red shifting the yellow light. See, when you’re moving down the street at relativistic velocities….

By: salsaman

salsaman — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:30:15 +0000

Also, have and use BRAKES.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:23:54 +0000

(actually, I suppose Yellow + Green would give you a sort of lime green color)

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:08:19 +0000

Ahh, I see. So, by your logic, a green traffic light that is about to turn yellow should be called a blue light?

Snark aside, this is the first time I have ever heard/seen a yellow light about to turn red referred to as an “orange light”. The expression I always heard growing up for someone trying to eke their way through a yellow light was “squeezing a lemon”. *shrug* So, I’m gonna chalk this up to a regional/dialectical differences. Fair enough.

By: Discipline

Discipline — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:46:30 +0000

What do you get when you mix yellow with red?
C’mon, get out of your narrow self, pops. Herb.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:06:06 +0000

Green. Yellow. Red.

Ain’t no Orange in there, son.

By: Discipline

Discipline — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:00:25 +0000

when a yellow is about to turn red…..now let me explain to you what a fixie is…..oh nevermind, lets get this light thing sorted first.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:53:15 +0000

Hear, hear.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:52:10 +0000

What the hell is an orange light?

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:51:40 +0000

Yeah, people who believe that are extremely odd.

By: truth

truth — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:14:58 +0000

Yeah, this happened in public and isn’t identifying the individual who has been hit. You’re not required to blur out the license plate, either. Why would you encourage someone to bug a cop who shouldn’t be giving out information anyway? There’s nothing wrong with this journalism.

By: kate

kate — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:17:55 +0000

i was there when it happened and called 911. it was about 11 and was impressed with all the bystanders coming together to keep the injured person calm, stopping traffic, calling 911 etc. the driver was cooperative. these things unfortunately happen, but it matters how we react to them. i was overall impressed. and the girl on her bike was very lucky sans helmet. wear helmets!

By: salsaman

salsaman — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:58:16 +0000

Definitely a possibility that the SUV is running the light but that’s not the case until it turns RED. Fact.

Now, back to the subject of the accident with the bike, what can we tell from this photo? There’s along scratch on the ground that seems to trace the path of the bike’s stem. OUCH. Also, no brakes on the bike.