[NMCycling] Singing Rd on NM 333....GABAC is against?????

[paul via Bike-racers]

Yes, like with Paula's death. The 16 year old driver claimed Paula ran 
the light - if I remember correctly - and that was that. Also with 
Secreta (sorry for mutilating his name) at Comanche and the North Div 
bike trail. The hit-and-run driver came back and claimed he ran the stop 
sign. John Dunn, etc. etc. Dead men tell no tails...I'm buying a bike cam.


On 11/28/2015 05:47 PM, Aaro Heinonen via Bike-racers wrote:
> At 530 am, who were the witnesses to his going against the light? 
>  Himself and the motorist?????
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> On Saturday, November 28, 2015 7:15 PM, Robert L. Browning II via 
> Bike-racers <bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
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>     Then there’s this, from today’s front page.
>     http://www.abqjournal.com/682513/news/excerpt-running-red-light-cost-cyclist-his-life.html
>     Now the article focuses on one cyclist who was killed, likely
>     running a light, but I refer you to this gem buried within:
>     “The number of cyclist deaths per capita for New Mexico was second
>     only to that of Florida from 2010 to 2012, and 50 percent higher
>     than the national rate, according to the state Department of
>     Health. How many, one might wonder, were caused by a cyclist’s
>     decision?”
>     I grow weary of the lazy inductive reasoning on the part of people
>     who write the newspaper with something to the effect of “I saw a
>     cyclist run a signal, therefore all cyclists run signals and
>     deserve what they get.” But this is a staff member who is too lazy
>     to do a simple Google search.  Doesn’t take much effort to know,
>     that of the few comprehensive studies of motorist/cyclist
>     collisions, the single greatest cause of those collisions is
>     “cyclist overtaken by vehicle from the rear.”
>     Robert L. Browning II
>     browning5800 at comcast.net
>     *From:*Bike-racers [mailto:bike-racers-bounces at mailman.swcp.com]
>     *On Behalf Of *John Vance via Bike-racers
>     *Sent:* Saturday, November 28, 2015 4:59 PM
>     *To:* Nathan Masek
>     *Cc:* NM Cycling
>     *Subject:* Re: [NMCycling] Singing Rd on NM 333....GABAC is
>     against?????
>     Mentally unstable people write letters to the editor all the
>     time.  Sometimes newspapers publish them.  I wouldn't worry too
>     much about it.
>     On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Nathan Masek via Bike-racers
>     <bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com
>     <mailto:bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com>> wrote:
>     Ok, so here is my position on the subject.  I am a bike racer,
>     I've been racing for over 25 yrs. I am also a transportation
>     planner by profession.
>     My feeling is this - yes, drivers face many distractions and are
>     quite irresponsible and in some cases, downright dangerous and
>     worse, criminally negligent to the peril of innocent cyclists. 
>     That being said, the roads must be shared, by all vehicles as
>     designated with signage, policy, posted speed, etc.  The singing
>     highway is one of two of its kind in the United States.  It's an
>     amazing feature that actually adds quite a bit of character and
>     charm to an otherwise fairly boring roadway.  I have friends from
>     out of state who have noted it on social media, it's now part of
>     the Rt 66 experience for the numerous of venturers that explore Rt
>     66 and happen to come upon it; it's a really cool thing!  It is
>     also a fairly short segment of the roadway.  To call for its
>     removal, to me, is quite misdirected, and fails to recognize the
>     primary issue - that of careless drivers.
>     Now, to have the GABAC write a letter, well, look what it has
>     spawned - a letter to the editor of the largest newspaper in the
>     state, basically slamming the cycling community as a bunch of
>     wackos.  As a cyclist, I don't appreciate this.  I speak out of
>     experience of having been on the GABAC in the past, and I can
>     attest that it is a delicate balance to reconcile the relationship
>     between cars and bicycles.  The cyclists have legislation behind
>     them these day, and some times even that is not enough
>     On Nov 27, 2015, at 7:32 AM, Nathan Masek via Bike-racers
>     <bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com
>     <mailto:bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com>> wrote:
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>     Hey guys, so I just read in the paper this morning that the
>     Greater Abq Bicycle Advisory Committee (GABAC) had submitted a
>     letter against the "singing highway" in the Tijeras Canyon in NM
>     333 - is this true?
>
>     If so, would someone from that group care to respond?
>
>     Thx, Nathan
>
>     Sent from my iPhone
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