Article: <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070416-1350-bn16bike2.html">http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070416-1350-bn16bike2.html</a><br>
Aerial photo: <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Montezuma+Road+at+Collwood+Boulevard,+San+Diego,+CA&sll=32.841796,-117.269474&sspn=0.007698,0.009828&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=19&ll=32.77007,-117.08601&spn=0.001926,0.002457&t=h&om=1">
google maps link</a><br>
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<br>From the aerial photo it appears that on eastbound Montezuma there
is a bike lane to the left of the right-turn-only lane that goes to
Collwood Boulevard.<br>
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According to the article, the police said "Fudge had moved to the left
so he could continue straight on Montezuma". I would think that
means he moved into the bike lane that is to the left of the right only
lane, except the police also said the driver clipped Fudge "when the
motorist started to make a right turn on Collwood". That suggests
Fudge may have been going straight from the right only lane, and was
not in the bike lane to the left of the right only lane, or that the
driver made the right from the through lane to the left of the bike
lane.<br>
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In any case, the most significant factor appears to be... "The driver had the sun in her eyes, police said."<br>
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The good news is that though he will miss a few days of work, he "is expected to make a full recovery".<br>
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If nothing else, let's all remember to take extra precautions as appropriate when riding into the sun.<br>
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Serge<br>
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<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/16/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mike Berry</b> <<a href="mailto:mberry2@cox.net">mberry2@cox.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I ride through this intersection every day
and I hate, hate, hate it….</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="maroon" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: maroon;">Mike Berry</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;"></span></font></p><br>
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