Tom Thomas, 68, an avid cyclist, was on his bike in the left-hand turn pocket of Monte Vista Avenue, waiting to turn onto Richton Street near the Montclair TransCenter on Thursday, Feb. 24, when a motorcycle hit him from behind.
It isn't frequent that one reads about a motorcyclist killing a bicyclist. It sounds like it was a pretty hard hit.
If Thomas had a red light, then the motorcyclist should also have had a red light.
Accident approximately here.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0956...7i16384!8i8192
Lots of median strip barriers.
I'll be curious if a more complete report comes out. Unfortunately, as with Advocacy & Safety, the news blurbs have terse details.
The only thing that I can think of that would bring a motorcycle into a left turn lane with a red light at moderate to high speed is if the motorcylist was using the left turn lane to pass cars with the intention of going straight.