Car vs. bicycle

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Rusty Murry/Herald-Tribune

Misty Anderson, 29, of Nevada, kneels over her twin sister Kristi Dagget, of Nevada, and tries to comfort her while Vernon County Ambulance District personnel prepare her for transport after an accident at the intersection of East Walnut and Lynn streets in Nevada about 2:30 p.m. Friday. Dagget was traveling eastbpound on Walnut on a bicycle and received minor injuries after being struck by a northbound 2000 Chevrolet Lumina driven by Twyla Holmes of Nevada. According to Nevada Police Officer John Foster, both drivers stopped and both thought they had the right of way. "They were both wrong," he said. Dagget was transported to the Nevada Regional Medical Center. There was no apparent damage to the car, but the bike appeared to be ruined.

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Actually there is a stopsign on Lynn. So the bicycle should have the right of way.

-- Posted by sam floor on Sat, Mar 3, 2012, at 9:52 AM
I think a bicycle safety course sounds in order. I had a kid go right in front of me yesterday & she had a stop sign & never stopped, never looked! I about hit her!!

-- Posted by kcchiefred on Sat, Mar 3, 2012, at 10:15 AM
In this case tho, the car had a stop sign and the bike did not. Can't see how the bike did not have the right of way. Too bad this story doesn't have the details. I know the twins, I hope she is OK.

-- Posted by sam floor on Sat, Mar 3, 2012, at 11:48 AM
with the great warm weather more Bikes are out there on the road, so all vehicle drivers need to watch out for them. Old or young , it's great to see more bikes out on the road Bycycle safety classes at the school should be a must yearly..

-- Posted by theoutsider on Sat, Mar 3, 2012, at 2:32 PM
It is very unfortunate that this accident had to happen; I hope that the injured young lady heals quickly and the driver of the vehicle is okay.

Everyone needs to be reminded that as drivers we need to be watchful of pedestrians, motorcyclists, bicyclists, other vehicles, people riding mopeds or motorized wheelchairs and even kids & teenagers playing near the streets. This advice goes vice versa as well.

Common sense does go a long way and it doesn't hurt to refresh your memory by picking up the Missouri Drivers Guide and reading over Chapter 7 "Sharing the Road" or better yet if you have children make sure you instruct them on this before you send them out on the street. This is available on line by going to the Missouri Department of Revenue website (http://dor.mo.gov/pdf/Chapter7.pdf) and I would imagine they have books at the local Drivers License Bureau as well.

Personally I have seen numerous young children riding their bikes to school totally oblivious to the fact that there are cars driving on the streets; not stopping at intersections to see if traffic is coming or just driving down the middle of the street.

-- Posted by howaboutsometruth on Mon, Mar 5, 2012, at 10:56 AM
There is one motorized wheelchair that goes down the middle of the street after dark with no lights. I wonder how they keep from getting hit?

-- Posted by sam floor on Mon, Mar 5, 2012, at 1:56 PM
Bikes lead the way all the way. A gas powered vehicle should always yield to people powering themselves. Gas powered vehicles are money pits, not good for the environment, and have created a lot of obese people. Driving a car is very easy and takes very little talent. Walkers, runners, and cyclist should always get the right of way. How hard is it to slow for a few seconds and let these people pass? It's not hard at all, this country has become lazy in such a way they don't even have the patience to let someone who's not burning gas have the right of way. Truly how hard is it to drive a gas motor? As a pro cyclist I am biased but driving a car is a privilege not a right. End of story.

-- Posted by vcbill on Mon, Mar 5, 2012, at 11:13 PM
Nicely put firefire, I agree.

-- Posted by Quand on Tue, Mar 6, 2012, at 7:51 AM
I, myself, have hit a child on a bike because both of us failed to pay attention. Granted there were 3 cars parked on the side of the street when it happened blocking my view. Even though it was an accident I was labeled at fault because I was an adult in a car. Thankfully the child was not hurt even though her head shattered my windsheild. This is not something that I would want to happen to my worst enemy, I thought I had killed that precious little 9 year old. When I see an individual on a bike I almost freak out, but I have learned to pay attention to all of my surroundings, animals and humans alike. So please people, when you are out operating your motor vechile, take a few extra seconds at that stop sign because you never know what someone else is going to do.

-- Posted by cloud_nine on Tue, Mar 6, 2012, at 11:36 AM

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