Since the 1930′s, London and other cities in the UK used pedestrian guardrails. If you haven’t been there and seen them, here is a pretty good picture from the Daily Mail. Click this to make it bigger As you can see, in some places, they are on the sidewalk and line entire streets. In other places,...
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This is a map of something being called a “trail extension” between the Cady Way Trail and Colonial Drive. Shows Trail Stop Signs It was constructed last year with a completely clean slate. Property was condemned, the old street was torn up and rerouted, new drainage piping and curbing was installed as well as a new...
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Motorist – "Hello, killed anything?" Sportsman – "No, have you?" Found in the transportation section of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Display caption: Like railroads, trolleys, buggies, horses and ships, automobiles kill and injure people. In 1913, more than 4,000 people died in car accidents. But the 1930s, more than 30,000 people died every...
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FBA needs your help to continue efforts to veto HB 971.  A letter was sent to Governor Crist May 17  signed by FBA Board president David Henderson.  FBA representatives will be meeting with Chuck Drago, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, later this week to provide supporting arguments...
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Source: Autoblog (see the rest of this graphic here) “Accident” is a term we use to avoid responsibility for the behavior that causes crashes. Drunk driving is not an accident. Cell phone use is not an accident. Distracted, aggressive and irresponsible operation of a vehicle is not an accident. Failure to use due care is not...
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The following is the text provided for the OPD Bulletin. If you would like to duplicate it for your local department, contact me and I will send you the text and illustrations. Many thanks to Officer Edgar for his assistance on this! (Page 1) It may not look right because you don’t see it very...
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Demetree Drive in the Waterbridge subdivision The situation is pretty bad,” he said. ”To add anything to that will get some people killed.” — Travis Killgore, vice president of the Waterbridge Homeowners Association (1997) I’ve always thought that the bike route from Lakemont to Glenridge was dumb. even before it existed. The bike lane...
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The USDOT blog features some anti-texting PSAs from AT&T. I followed some links that led me to this program by CTIA (the association of wireless companies): I realize that teens are a huge risk group with texting. They’ve always been a huge risk group with simply driving because they have notoriously poor judgment. As goes...
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…fuel and time. They also increase emissions, wear and tear, noise and, of course, frustration. We all know how cyclists feel about them. In recent years they’ve infested our neighborhoods as they’re increasingly used to compensate for bad motorist behavior. Gary Lauder has another idea. What do you think? Here’s an interview with Lauder on CNN, too.
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I’ve had two “where’s the video camera when I need it!” moments in 2 days. Yesterday Brad Kuhn (the ED of the new Central Florida FBA chapter) and I were riding back from Maitland on Denning when we witnessed the most bizarre stupid-cyclist-trick I’ve yet seen. The cyclist was riding just right of center in the...
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