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    Image of jcjcjc jcjcjc
    12/14/09

    In reply to Brooklyn DJ Killed on Bike
    I have no idea if she was wearing a helmet, or if it would have helped her if she wasn't, but this is still a probably a good time to think, if you bike without a helmet, about how dangerous it is. Wear a helmet. No matter how amazing of a rider you are or how much your hipster friends will give you shit for it, just wear a helmet.

    A girl was killed in D.C. fairly recently in a similar scenario -- a garbage truck made a right turn into her -- and it is one of the most dangerous positions to be in on a bike. Cars and trucks aren't used to looking for anything but pedestrians in the crosswalk when they make a right turn (or even a one way to one way left turn). If you're not in front, then get behind. Ride safe, everyone.
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    12/14/09

    @jcjcjc: Really, folks. This is true. Those cars and trucks don't care about you. Wear a helmet. Please.
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    12/14/09

    @lostarchitect: I rock my Specialized helmet at all times. If you don't want to look like a dork they make cute "hipster" ones now but whatever, wear one. And you must be defensive especially when there is a right turn possibility. I always assume someone will just turn in front of me because, more often than not, they will.
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    12/14/09

    @lostarchitect: And furthermore, their killing you usually won't even result in a ticket. You are on your own, protect yourself.
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    12/14/09

    In reply to Brooklyn DJ Killed on Bike
    Actually, Hamilton, I'm thinking keep an eye on this one. Greenpoint was one of the areas with the erasing of the bike lanes. I wouldn't be surprised to see some lawsuits come out of this is this was the case.

    I also wouldn't be surprised if it would be the City who would be absorbing any payout and not those within the community who was pushing for the erasing in the first place. NY Politics is really infuriating.
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    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    12/14/09

    @The Real JR: She was struck at Nassau ave @ McGuinness, which was not one of the erased bike lane areas. But still a valid point.
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    12/14/09

    @Hamilton Nolan: Ah, good beans. I didn't see the cross streets in the article.
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    12/14/09

    @Hamilton Nolan: McGuinness is an insane road to even drive on. I always made a note to myself to never bike on it. I'm not sure if she was more on Nassau or McGuinness, but a lot of those Greenpoint streets are tight and traffic aggressive. It sucks and I'll be dusting off my long neglected helmet...
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    12/14/09

    In reply to Brooklyn DJ Killed on Bike
    Petty in what way? The first thing I thought of after seeing the headline was "Was there a bike lane there?"
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    12/14/09

    @The Real JR: Agreed.
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    12/14/09

    @The Real JR: Me too.
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    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    12/14/09

    @The Real JR: I just meant the HIPSTER JEW WAR tone of the whole bit, but yes, you make a good point.
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    12/14/09

    @The Real JR: Came here to post just this. A bike fatality doesn't make a debate about bike lanes seem petty at all.
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    12/14/09

    @The Real JR: There is not...and it's a fairly narrow street and has been the site of other cyclist accidents before. People drive too fast towards McGuinness and the BQE entrance. and McGuinness has also had more than one bicyclist fatality in the past few years.

    So yeah, maybe we should ask those dead people how they feel about bike lanes?
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    10/31/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Biden was the most inscrutable choice, ever, for VP. Instead of "change" Obama brought out an old hack, who had trouble with both truth telling, even during the campaign, and with inserting his foot into his mouth. Oh, to know what kind of negotiation that was, to get him on the ticket---except, perhaps to allay terrified old white guys who feared a woman and a (half)black man on the ticket would bring on the apocalypse. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    apparently I am in the minority, but I love Joe Biden! I think he's like the lovable Steve Urkel of the White House. He comes in, says stupid stuff, knocks shit over, and is like "Did I do that?" Oh Joe. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Joe Biden is everything thats wrong and fucked up with congress. This dope won his seat in the Senate when he was 29 and has never had another job until being VP. He has learned about as much about how the country works from his perch in DC as Palin learned about Russia from staring at it. He is walking proof we need term limits.

    And he doesn't drink. I don't trust people who don't drink, unless they've already been alcoholics. #joebiden
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Why is it that I feel compelled to defend Gawker's subject matter against the editors/writers at least once a day lately?

    Either this new crop of staff writers is utterly fucked, or the editorial direction has taken a nosedive, or both.

    Is there some negative correlation between the quality of stories and the quality of AJAX/CSS? #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: From where I'm standing, it would appear to be a positive correlation. It's a good day when I get tripped up by fewer than five unresponsive scripts, infinite waits for comments to load or what have you. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @romulus: The site gets prettier, and the content gets lamer. Just callin it as I see it. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: Oh yeah, I didn't mean to quibble. I agree that the site gets fancier all the time, but features seem to break often. I should have added before that it could well be my OS and browser causing headaches most readers don't experience. And in all fairness, I haven't been reading long enough to judge contemporary content against the past. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Not sure what point you're trying to make, Amrita... that you think Cheney's worldview makes some sense? That Cheney was initially popular, before everything he did brought his popularity rating to a low of 28%? I love it that Biden is willing to call a moron a moron. This is a ridiculous post. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Oh, and if you're trying to poke fun at Vice Prez Biden for weeping during the debate when he spoke about his first wife and baby daughter who died, well then, that's just messed up. #joebiden
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    10/31/09

    @Conchie Birdie: One might argue that it was the worst kind of political hackdom for him to bring them up expressly to show his "empathy" side and try to squeeze a tear out of his plastic-surgeryized eye slots. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    I'm absolutely NOT a supporter of ANYTHING Dick says... but, Good Lawwd, Biden, Bin Laden will always BE a part of the issue. I'm sorry, I guess if you had the prez saying this I could understand... but, uh, Joe? Nope.

    That being said, why are we posting crap from Fox News anyway - I thought we weren't supposed to take this stuff seriously?
    #joebiden
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