[SDCBC] Fwd: Re: Speed Bump Accident - More Info

[Tom Lettington]

Additional information From Kathryn Law as posted on the Triathlon List:

>Dear Tom,
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>I am on the maillist for the Triathlon Club of San Diego.  The 
>victim was a Tri Club member, and these messages were posted to the 
>list (which is public).  As you'll see in the second message, 
>apparently there is some lack of definition as to whose 
>responsibility the road in question is.  Hope this information will 
>be useful to you, and if you feel it's appropriate, I'm sure it's 
>okay to forward to the SDCBC list.
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>Re: Patrick Daubner Bike Crash
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>Posted by: "Patrick and Elizabeth Daubner" 
><mailto:PDAUBNE1 at san.rr.com?Subject=%20Re%3APat%20Daubner>
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>Sun Apr 1, 2007 11:22 pm (PST)
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>Thanks for all the nice thoughts and calls. Pat is not in the best
>shape... he shattered his pelvis, broke his collar bone, and has
>many cuts and bruises everywhere including his face and head.
>Judging from the shape of his helmet the impact to his head was
>severe. His leg is now in traction with surgery planned later this
>week after a determination that there are no internal injuries. We
>don't know too much about the accident as there were no witnesses and
>he has no memory of the event. He was found unconscious. We think
>it was an unmarked speed bump as you descend Artesian/Zumaque Rd.
>(Sante Fe area)
>He is really not up for visitors... but once again thanks for all of
>your kindness.
>Elizabeth
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>Re: Pat Daubner - ALL, PLEASE READ
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><mailto:trishag92129 at yahoo.com?Subject=%20Re%3A%20Pat%20Daubner%20-%20ALL%2C%20PLEASE%20READ>Posted 
>by: "Tri Shag"
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>Mon Apr 2, 2007 8:58 am (PST)
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>Dear Elizabeth and Patrick
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>I am shattered to hear about this. I am sorry and saddened. I have 
>been contemplating painting the speed bump right next to the Lusardi 
>State Park, at the bottom of the hill on Artesian, going to Zumaque 
>(the first speed bump). In September of last year, I crashed 
>descending down Artesian descending about 35mph, the same location 
>you have described. I was found unconscious and ended up at Palomar 
>Medical Center. I also experienced several bruises, concussion, 
>memory loss, vertigo, and more. Luckily I did not break any bones.
>Currently, I am in debate on claims against the County of San Diego 
>for negligence, not having marked the speed bump in any form 
>whatsoever. At first the county claimed that the street was private 
>and maintained by the Rancho Santa Fe Association. I wrote a letter 
>to RSF Association only to learn that their part of the property is 
>60-100yds in. I went back to the County of SD. I am still trying to 
>learn who maintains the street. The county is claiming they only 
>maintain a part of it, blah, blah, blah...
>So far no one has taken responsibility for maintaining the road.
>If anyone in the club has any ideas on how to pursue this, Please 
>let me know.
>Good luck with your recovery.
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>Matias Negatu
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>On 4/2/07, Tom Lettington 
><<mailto:tlettington at san.rr.com>tlettington at san.rr.com> wrote:
>Caution and a word to the wise:
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>On my Sunday morning ride, I came upon the scene of a bike accident
>that was attributed (according to the Rancho Santa Fe Trooper at the
>scene) to the cyclist hitting a speed bump at a high rate of speed
>and losing control.  The identity and condition of the rider are not
>known to me but he/she was taken away from the scene by ambulance.
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>The site of the accident was near the bottom of the grade on south
>bound Artesian Road (Thomas Bros. 1168 H4) before the locked gate
>that blocks free access to switch back north on Zumaque Street and up
>a steep grade to Las Colinas.
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>This popular and scenic east/west route between Rancho Bernardo/4S
>Ranch and Rancho Santa Fe traverses private roads which bear warning
>signs about limited access. The speed bumps in question are rather
>sharp and are not marked in any way.  They are very hard to
>see.  High speeds are easy to achieve coming down the Artesian Rd grade.
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>While the Trooper mentioned did not attempt to prevent my group from
>traversing the private road (in fact he even used his remote to open
>the locked gate for us), he did warn us that we were on private land
>and that we should exercise caution as we were "on our own" if we
>happened to get into any kind of difficulty.  In this case I guess we
>cannot complain to CalTrans about the lack of makings on the speed bumps.
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>I'll ride there again but - to quote a police Sergeant from a popular
>TV program - "be careful out there".
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>      - Tom
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