John, Haven't read the times (didn't think they had released his name yet) but I am friends with Mike and Sue. I spoke to Sue's mom earlier today....Mike had...
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Aug 27, 2008 5:46 pm
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Darien Times states...... The 39-year-old cyclist was traveling north on Ponus Ridge, near Greenley Road, when he was struck by a southbound car attempting...
There is a motor vehicle law in Connecticut that a car passing a bicycle must clear the bike by 100 feet before making a right turn. The car in New Canaan...
Does anyone have a copy or know where I can get a copy of that? I was actually just on the CTGov site under transportation and I couldn't find a copy? Thanks...
This does not answer your question, but this paragraph on Bicycle's sharing the road woth cars is directly out of the CT DMV....Connecticut Drivers Manual -...
Ok found this at Conn General Assembly Website http://www.cga.ct.gov/ Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use Section 14-242 Turns restricted. Signals to be given...
Nice work Johnny! _____ From: John Ercolani [mailto:johnercolani@...] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:41 PM To: 'Martin Iselin'; John O'Fallon Cc:...
A reminder that this will be our last week at the regular time and for the regular route of the Cos Cob ride, leaving at 6:00 sharp from Dave's Cycles. ...
Okay, it's obviously the law is on our side. However, the sad reality is 1.) when new laws are passed up in Hartford, they seem to go unheeded by local police....
Thanks to John Niesyn for his suggestion about a different musical option for the Tanglewood event. I looked at the idea of Music Mountain many years ago. This...
I know its not an official ride, but I wanted to add John Ercolani to the list of folks being thanked for leading evening rides this season. The Tuesday night...
I started riding with a mirror on my bike a few years ago and I'll never go w/out it. Â It's no guarantee of accident free riding, but it does allow you to see...
I unfortunately saw the aftermath of the accident around 10am on Saturday. There were 3 police cars and a couple of passenger cars at the scene. It appears to...
Whenever I'm in my car and approach a cyclist from behind I turn on my emergency flashing lights to alert the drivers behind me. It's a simple thing. I've...
John Taufen
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Aug 28, 2008 12:38 pm
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Again, I wanted to thank everyone for making the Wed Night Ride a great success in 2008. Last night's season-ending bash attracted 18 of us to Al Deluca's...
Jeff is right ASSUME NOTHING. Always signal, never trust that a motorist will signal his/her real intention; motorists often do not signal for cyclists and...
Ray Rauth
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Aug 28, 2008 1:36 pm
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I'm agree with Steve about mirrors. I've used one for maybe fifteen years and would no more want to drive a bike without one than drive a car. It's uncool, but...
Ray Rauth
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Aug 28, 2008 1:48 pm
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For a number of years, I've thought with the number of members we have, we could find a group who would be willing to spearhead an effort to increase safe...
As the weekday season official ends I will thank ride leader Greg Ziebell and all of you other guys for giving a newbie into road biking such a great and hard...
It is so true that most police dept. are clueless. For example, (to make a long story short) after a confrontation with a Saab convertible in Westport there...
Greg Ziebell
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Aug 28, 2008 4:23 pm
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I've been using a mirror for about 15 years. I have experimented with handlebar (bar end) mounts, helmet mounts and eyeglass/sunglass frame mounts. Helmet...
Hi Nancy, About 6 years ago I became aware of a series of PSAs created by the Bicycle Coalition of Maine that were created by them to educate motorists and ...
Hi, Those PSA's were redubbed a number of years ago by the CT Bike Coalition. I believe that the DOT still has a copy of same. Ray _____ From:...
Ray Rauth
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Aug 28, 2008 8:26 pm
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I have this additional advice for dealing with oncoming traffic: Many years ago I was a driver for UPS and we were told that, to avoid accidents, we were to...
Drew, Thank you for yet another summer of awesome leadership at the Thursday night ride. Sadly I was only able to do your Thursday ride once this year (for ...
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Aug 29, 2008 12:36 pm
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I do the same thing when I'm running......I stare at drivers until I'm sure they've seen me. Mike [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Just a quick note to those who are joining me for the Dam Ride tomorrow; rain cancels the ride - now, the good news - - at mile mark 19.9 miles there is now a...
The eye contact trick also works when driving in Italy! Sent from my iPhone On Aug 29, 2008, at 12:14 AM, John Niesyn <JohnNiesyn@...> ... [Non-text...
I grew up cycling in Queens where I learned to deal with assorted urban hazards, including aggressive motorists, car doors flying open into traffic, etc. etc....
