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JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,364 posts) Thu Aug 16, 2012, 04:55 PM Aug 2012

Blind Metro attorney hit by bicycle in N.Y.

Source: Detroit News

A prominent attorney for disabled rights and the face of Michigan's pedestrian safety campaign is recovering in a New York hospital after he was struck by a bicyclist while walking in Central Park.

Farmington Hills-based lawyer Richard Bernstein, blind since birth, wrote on his Facebook page that he suffered a fractured pelvis and hip and other injuries to his face and body in the collision Monday.

Bernstein, a marathon runner, was walking in a pedestrian path, wearing bright colors, when the bicyclist hit him from behind. The cyclist was traveling about 35 mph, police said.

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120816/METRO/208160393#ixzz23kBDMjN1

Read more: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120816/METRO/208160393/1409/metro/Blind-Metro-attorney-hit-by-bicycle-N-Y-

Bernstein won't be running in the New York marathon this time. No news in the article on the condition of the biker or his bike. Not real good at sharing the path, I guess.

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Blind Metro attorney hit by bicycle in N.Y. (Original Post) JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2012 OP

Fucking bikers! Iggo Aug 2012 #1

Being a biker myself, one that obeys vehicle safety, R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2012 #7

That's an insult to real bikers... -..__... Aug 2012 #8

No shit, huh. Iggo Aug 2012 #10

Sometimes those bikers are just psycho-cyclers, beeping their little horns to move off the trail. Dont call me Shirley Aug 2012 #2

Richard Bernstein and the whole Bernstein family are the good guys in this area. MrScorpio Aug 2012 #3

there's a trend of racing or high speeds in urban environments that's worrying CreekDog Aug 2012 #4

lovely KT2000 Aug 2012 #5

He seems to be dressed and groomed in typical attorney attire in the photo slackmaster Aug 2012 #6

On local (Detroit) TV, they showed his face in the hospital JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2012 #11

35 mph?! frylock Aug 2012 #9

Iggo

(47,565 posts)

1. Fucking bikers!

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Original post)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 05:06 PM

Aug 2012

R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)

7. Being a biker myself, one that obeys vehicle safety,

Reply to Iggo (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 06:27 PM

Aug 2012

I would agree that there are a lot of effing bikers.

Unlike the effing motorists, who are ticketed more for being effing motorists; I would put very good money on it that effing bikers tend to get away with it more.

-..__...

(7,776 posts)

8. That's an insult to real bikers...

Reply to Iggo (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 07:16 PM

Aug 2012

Iggo

(47,565 posts)

10. No shit, huh.

Reply to -..__... (Reply #8)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 08:14 PM

Aug 2012

Biker...

Cycling Enthusiast...

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)

2. Sometimes those bikers are just psycho-cyclers, beeping their little horns to move off the trail.

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Original post)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 05:17 PM

Aug 2012

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)

3. Richard Bernstein and the whole Bernstein family are the good guys in this area.

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Original post)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 05:21 PM

Aug 2012

May Richard get well soon.

CreekDog

(46,192 posts)

4. there's a trend of racing or high speeds in urban environments that's worrying

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Original post)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 05:22 PM

Aug 2012

I usually defend cyclists, especially those cyclists in dense cities.

but recently I have had more close calls with cyclists than in a long time. there have always been lots of riders here, but more close calls in the past year than 10 years before that.

KT2000

(20,587 posts)

5. lovely

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Original post)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 05:56 PM

Aug 2012

that is shared by bikes and walkers. As a walker, the bikers speeding on the trail make for a fun afternoon - NOT. The mix of leisurely walkers and speeding bikes does not work well.

slackmaster

(60,567 posts)

6. He seems to be dressed and groomed in typical attorney attire in the photo

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Original post)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 05:59 PM

Aug 2012

Not Metro at all.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,364 posts)

11. On local (Detroit) TV, they showed his face in the hospital

Reply to slackmaster (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 17, 2012, 07:53 AM

Aug 2012

He looked like a hockey player from the losing team. Face generally rearranged.

But, also, not Metro.

He has plastic surgery and long rehab in his future.

frylock

(34,825 posts)

9. 35 mph?!

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Original post)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 07:32 PM

Aug 2012

that's like world class speed on a cycle. i hope the guy has a speedy recovery, and the cyclist sounds like a real dick, but i don't know that i'm buying the estimate of 35 mph.

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