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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=100560900-03072008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Does anyone have news about a potential fatality from last
month's Critical Mass?</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> sdcbc-bounces@bikesandiego.org
[mailto:sdcbc-bounces@bikesandiego.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Eric
Converse<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:02 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
j.eldon@sbcglobal.net; Jon Perkins; SDCBC@bikesandiego.org; Gene
Carman<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [SDCBC] Why you should look both
ways.................<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman,new york,times,serif">Why
not make right turns on red illegal? They are in all of the European Union
(unless stated otherwise on a sign) and in Montreal.<BR><BR>Or, why not a full
stop in every direction (especially, where there is a high density of ped/cycle
traffic like near the 56 path). Can't this be
done?<BR><BR>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_turn_on_red<BR><BR>Eric<BR><BR>
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Original Message ----<BR>From: John Eldon <j.eldon@sbcglobal.net><BR>To:
Jon Perkins <admin7@cox.net>; SDCBC@bikesandiego.org; Gene Carman
<gcarman@san.rr.com><BR>Sent: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 9:08:32
AM<BR>Subject: Re: [SDCBC] Why you should look both
ways.................<BR><BR>
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vAlign=top>I have two recommendations to make walking (and occasionally
cycling, such as in this mis-engineered case) safer: 1) permit right turn
on red from the curb lane only, never from additional right turn only or
right turn optional lanes; 2) deploy more red right arrows.<BR><BR>John
E.<BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 7/2/08, Gene Carman
<I><gcarman@san.rr.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV id=yiv156076790>Consider this, there is never a safe controlled
time that a cyclist can leave the 56 bike path at those intersections to
cross the street to the rest of the bike path.
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