BIKE: Baby vs SUV

[Lane S. Wimberley]

I am somewhat skeptical whether this is real or fake.  After poking
around on local news sites and searching on Google, I haven't found
even a trace of this -- but then, that could certainly be an
indication of my ineptitude than proof that it didn't happen.

I hope it didn't happen.  It would truly be horrifying.  And, if it
didn't happen, then I think inventing these sorts of stories is an
incredibly idiotic, and harmful to our efforts (such as they might be)
to better the world for cyclists (and, by cycling).

-Lane

Invasion of Piracy writes:
> I am not sure of the validity of this, but it was on 
> another forum:
> 
> <paste>
> I have followed the arguments on CL against both 
> bicycles and SUVs and abstained for some time now. It 
> is after the attrocities that I saw this afternoon, 
> that I choose to speak up.
> 
> This afternoon, as I cruised down Beecaves, I was 
> slowed down by emergency vehicles tending to an 
> accident. I tried not to look, but failed, as this 
> yellow blob beckoned me from the corner of my eye. 
> 
> What was it???
> 
> It was the little cart on wheels that attaches to a 
> bicycle to bring the not-yet-mobile child along for a 
> ride. 
> 
> Where was it???
> 
> Crammed in the wheel of a Suburban.
> 
> I have yet to get over the shock of this site, but am 
> writing to say that we, fellow Austinites, must learn 
> to live together. We live in a city that welcomes 
> bicyclists, motorcyclists, SUV drivers and such. We 
> must learn to share, as that little child who was in 
> the yellow cart may never learn to do. 
> 
> Please share the roads of Austin.
> </paste>
> 
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