A 31-year-old bicyclist died after she was hit by a car in San Carlos over the weekend, authorities said Monday.

The crash happened about 10:15 a.m. Saturday, on Holly Street near the Highway 101 overpass.

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Not So Common
Not So Common

I find many bicyclists feel entitled to the road; which is not the best approach when a 3,000 vehicle is the one being challenged.

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AndrewHsu
AndrewHsu

CVC21200: Bicyclists *are* entitled to use the road. And bicyclists are entitled to get to their destination safely. It is the responsibility of the motorist to control their respective vehicle and obey the law.

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Not So Common
Not So Common

Your statement is true, but I guess you feel my statement somehow said something different. Let me clarify my point since you didn't seem to understand. Bicyclists should obey the laws.

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easygerd
easygerd

Because of human error people in cars kill 44,000 people in the US and 1.3 million worldwide. People on bicycles might kill 1-2 other people per year in the US.

The low hanging fruit is clearly to go after dangerous drivers.

Police officers will tell you they can follow ANY driver and within 5 minutes find them violating the law one way or another.

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PeninsulaLawAndOrder
PeninsulaLawAndOrder

Condolences to the grieving family. Every accident brings out the bike coalitions that are tied to the well funded Green movement. We are wondering how exactly the new Administration will dismantle them which they have every intention of doing.

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joebob91
joebob91

Where is this well funded "Green" money? How can I get some of that? When will the Administration be showing up at my door - please give me a heads up.

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Terence Y
Terence Y

Good question, joebob91. I’d expect a few minimum requirements include being a rabid Democrat, being able to talk the talk but not walk the walk while demonizing those who support fossil fuels and being persuasive enough to successfully convince gullible people and governments into giving them money to attempt to control Mother Nature. We can all hope DOGE defunds “Green” money. Drill, baby, drill.

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easygerd
easygerd

He TBot, you need to check with your Russian software programmers to update some code.

The local Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) is not tied to any Green Movement, they are tied to the YIMBY movement. They support parking over bike lanes in most areas and do hardly anything for Safe-Routes-To-School, which would be the number one priority for a real bicycle coalition with sound policies.

Instead the YIMBYs and SVBC even supported that nonsense "California Forever" program out in Solano - a project that again didn't have any bike lanes nor public transportation options:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Forever

best regards,

eGerd - your American AI software.

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Esalinger
Esalinger

I am the San Mateo County Bike and Ped Advisory Council chair. I have been speaking out about the need for a protected bike lane crossing 101 at Holly Street for a long time. I’ve heard finger pointing at others when I suggested that this project was canceled due to widening of 101. When an overpass needs to be longer, it will be more expensive.

The reason I have been speaking out about this is because I know several people who were seriously injured at the same site. And now another fatality. Can we please make sure that this project is built and stop funding infrastructure that prioritizes convenience for drivers rather than the lives of cyclists?

This is heartbreaking. I wonder if a lawsuit claiming negligence that a known unsafe road was not remedied might make this change? I am tired of hearing excuses.

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JustMike650
JustMike650

@ Esalinger

The entire share the road with each other was a fraud from the beginning. We don't live in Vermont suburbs where cars can pass by a healthy distance.

I was riding up Crystal Springs Road in San Mateo trying to stay to the right of the silly three feet barrier that those writing the newest law came up with.

Who can do that - let alone on a curvy street.

That causes cars loitering off your back rear hip and now neither the bike rider nor the driver of the car knows what is going to happen.

Are we not surprised that there are not many more of these types of accidents? Avoiding accidents is pure luck - OR - the expertise and common sense of the driver to GO AROUND. Some of those drivers don't GO AROUND because somewhere they've read in our 5 million laws - that you should never cross over a line - putting yourself in jeopardy of oncoming traffic.

Pure luck is why there are not more fatalities.

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easygerd
easygerd

"Sharing the Road" was the invention of Palo Alto and rich people that really didn't want to share their precious streets with anybody. Palo Alto's nonsense called "Bike Routes" or "Bicycle Boulevards" were the beginning of the end of America's bicycle craze. And as long as the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition doesn't get smarter salaried leadership, this isn't getting better.

Davis - also in California - was smarter and has on many roads the separation of power and speed that is required for safety and convenience of all traffic participants. People do like riding bicycles there. I hear San Luis Obispo is doing better and better. Even Los Angeles is catching on. Not so San Mateo County, they are falling further and further behind.

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