Hit and run driver nabbed

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Permalink Reply by Neil Alexander on April 7, 2012 at 10:54am

Great video. Crap bridge.

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Permalink Reply by biker1 on April 7, 2012 at 10:54am

great to see some very pro-active road users assist the cyclist and the police also being extremely helpful.

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Permalink Reply by PeterT on April 7, 2012 at 11:55pm

+1

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Permalink Reply by Tony Ascenso on April 7, 2012 at 1:34pm

great to see someone (in this case a driver) getting what they deserve... 

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Permalink Reply by Bob Moore on April 7, 2012 at 2:52pm

The Bicycles May Use Full Lane sign is a new sign in the US , replacing Share the Road signs. Gives a much clearer indication of what sharing means. RMS should consider introducing it here.

That bridge certainly looks scary, wonder what the speed limit was? The lanes look pretty wide, so wonder why no bike lanes marked. Would you ride right in the middle of that lane? Lucky the car had a soft bonnet.

http://www.car-free.org/wordpresspw/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Bicy...

http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009/part9/part9b.htm

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Permalink Reply by noelbike on April 7, 2012 at 4:11pm

Thanks for the post Michael O. We all love it I am sure.

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Permalink Reply by Michael O'Reilly on April 7, 2012 at 4:57pm

And it's given me an earworm all afternoon...

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Permalink Reply by Neil Alexander on April 7, 2012 at 5:56pm

And now I'll have it all night...

But seriously, it was great that someone put the lyrics up on that video because I have never been able to understand that song.

Trouble is, I still don't understand it!

Very boppy though... as the commenter says, if I wasn't tied down I'd be dancing.

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Permalink Reply by Bob Moore on April 7, 2012 at 4:53pm

Reading about this on the local Bethlehem news it said the footpath you can see on the video was a temporary one while the proper one on the outside was closed for repairs. You can see the temporary barricade, which was on part of the roadway. So the lane was narrower than it normally is. I guess that makes it easier to take the lane, but you would think the road authorities might have done more to make it safer for cyclists, like a temporary lower speed limit. But the paper went on to say drivers treated the bridge like a raceway.

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