I rode over into Minneapolis, partly because of wind conditions, partly because I wanted to examine the scene at 15th Avenue SE and 4th Street. There is another one of these newly located to that intersection.
Actually according to the account that I read in the Minneapolis based newspaper there may be THREE new ones of those. This one was a bicycle-dump truck collision, the sort of thing that can never, ever go well for a bicycle. The news account I read did not reach any conclusions about fault but did hint that there was a failure to yield right of way by either the bicycle or the dump truck.My life experience says that dump trucks always have the right of way.
I crossed over onto the west side of the river for the first time this year and rode up the river road on the downtown side for a bit. I stopped in one of the riverside park areas, drank some water and interfered with the image of the Grain Belt sign.
Or maybe I interfered with the image of that tree in the latter stages of leaf bud by including the sign as distraction.Average felt very good today.
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Be careful out there. An issue during both spring and fall -- I think -- is that drivers aren't expecting cyclists to be sharing their streets. I could be wrong.
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