Old 10-18-19, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by mr_bill
So just wondering, on any “sidewalk” anywhere?

You’re lookin’ good
In your wedges and “bike” shorts
But watch your step
This isn’t a fashion course

(p.s. Cary didn’t crash “head on,” they clipped handlebars. There is NO evidence that speed was a factor. Lexington plans to post 15 mph speed limit signs, but Cambridge, Arlington and Bedford...? And Lexington’s “Burma Shave” signs predate the crash.)

-mr. bill

Never actually got the details on the crash and I now see it was coincidence that I first saw the Burma Shave signs right after it, thanks for the info. I'm having a hard time imagining clipping handlebars at a slow speed, AND landing hard enough to be killed under those circumstances. I seem to recall the initial reports were they were going in opposite directions--is that not true?
I can see why Lexington would be more prone to putting the speed limit on--that stretch by the old Lexington train station is a lot of people going in different directions on foot, in cars and on bikes.

I think the pedestrian equivalent might be to tell people to wear sensible heels.
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