Comments on: Cyclist Injured in Crash on the Wiggle

By: meligrosa

meligrosa — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:37:10 +0000

By: EL

EL — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:31:13 +0000

What? It’s usually only hours after a collision, where there’s an update or a follow-up article where SF Streetsblog reveals that the driver is at fault. Here we have a witness, and it’s been over 24 hours, and it’s an intersection where bicyclists routinely disregard the 4-way stop. Hmmm…. No update yet.

By: Robo

Robo — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:11:10 +0000

Not putting blame on anyone here, but…
I go thru there everyday (I live 2 blocks away) and routinely see other cyclists blowing the stop signs at Haight, even when there are cars stopped already, and even when I stop, wave my arms, whatever. Not all, but too many do this. Besides being dangerous, it’s just plain rude and uncivilized. Cars and buses at this intersection usually stop, or at least attempt to. many cyclists don’t even slow down to yield r.o.w.
It’s really bad PR for cyclists when they’re not civilised enough to yield to cars stopped in the intersection.

By: CBrinkman

CBrinkman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:45:27 +0000

Glad that it seems the cyclist wasn’t seriously injured. Both Wiggle intersections on the Haight are dodgy. Thankfully neither was going so fast that death occured.

Slow speeds save lives.

By: Alexei

Alexei — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:50:14 +0000

Hum. Four way stop. Wonder if either one stopped.

By: Peter Smith

Peter Smith — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:39:05 +0000

Here’s a link to the crash site on Google Maps Street View.

This is what the cyclist would have seen just as he was about to enter the intersection (minus the bus in the picture). It’s a small downhill.

p.s. i vote for a timestamp on each post tacked onto the end of the date stamp.