Presumably fearing car traffic, a Massachusetts cyclist avoided the bike lane and rode on the sidewalk. A Mercedes SUV driver plowed into the sidewalk and killed him anyway. mass.streetsblog.org/2024/09/24/s...

SUV Driver Kills Bicyclist On Memorial Drive in Cambridge - Streetsblog Massachusetts

The state's Department of Conservation and Recreation, which owns Memorial Drive, has ignored serious warnings about safety hazards at the site of the killing.

I literally wouldn't commute by bike if there didn't just happen to be a bike trail that goes by my apartment and my office. Every dedicated bike commuter I know who takes streets has been hit at least once.

ffs

“Sorry folks we got a pobody’s nerfect situation heah,” said State Trooper Rory O’Hanihan, before giving the SUV driver a ride home