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Drivers are at-fault in 90% of cyclist and pedestrian fatalities. (report, p. 25)  •  In 40% of fatal car/bike crashes the driver was drunk. (source)

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#1 2012-02-18 15:04:09

MichaelBluejay
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Driver charged in hit-and-run of cyclist James Collins

Austin American Statesman wrote:

On July 14, an unidentified driver hit bicyclist James Collins around 1 a.m. at 1100 block of Lavaca Street. The suspect vehicle never stopped nor returned to the scene.  Collins was rushed to the emergency room for treatment of injuries after he was thrown from his bicycle....[Gabriel Gracia] [sic] is charged with failure to stop and render aid, a state jail felony.

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/austin/7-m … un-suspect

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#2 2012-02-18 16:39:40

Donald Lewis
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Re: Driver charged in hit-and-run of cyclist James Collins

The way I read the story they did some substantial detective work to find this loser.  Way to go!

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