The problem: Bikes Colliding with Buses

B' Spokes: I am very concerned about how this cycling accident is being reported here. Previous experience with the Jack Yates and Nathan Krasnopoler fatalities has shown that police were very quick to put the blame on the cyclist and all initial reports said "the cyclist hit the motor vehicle" so the police found/made up something to justify their position that the cyclist was at fault, totally in error. And I will assert that if it were not for the involvement of the cycling community justice would not have been served.

Questionable quotes from the article: <a href="http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/Owner-of-Nacho-Mama-s-dies-in-Ocean-City-collision/-/10131532/16265034/-/522nxc/-/index.html">http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/Owner-of-Nacho-Mama-s-dies-in-Ocean-City-collision/-/10131532/16265034/-/522nxc/-/index.html</a>;
* the bike he was riding collided with a bus
* Emergency personnel determined that a bicycle being operated by an adult male impacted a city bus that was traveling in the northbound bus lane.
. [Note: As far as I am aware this is a bus/bike lane, not a bus only lane.]

So unless we have some evidence that the cyclists was traveling against traffic the reporting is highly suspect. .
ref: bus/bike lane:
<a href="http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/15791/metro-proving-need-for-bus-lanes-on-h-and-i-streets/#comment-150946">http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/15791/metro-proving-need-for-bus-lanes-on-h-and-i-streets/#comment-150946</a>;
<a href="http://www.nctr.usf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/77937.pdf">http://www.nctr.usf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/77937.pdf</a>;

by B' Spokes

Like most people I live a hectic life and who has the time for much exercise? Thanks to xtracycle now I do. By using my bike for daily activities I can get things done and get an hour plus work out in 15 minutes extra of my time, not a bad deal and beats taking the extra time going to the gym. In case you are still having trouble being motivated; the National Center of Disease Control says that inactivity is the #2 killer in the United States just behind smoking. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_nutrition/ ) Get out there and start living life! I can carry home a full shopping cart of groceries, car pool two kids or just get lost in the great outdoors camping for a week. Well I got go, another outing this weekend.
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Also disturbing is that no one is questioning the secrecy of the police investigation, despite the fact that Ocean City Police have a long history of blaming the victim for pedestrian and bicycle crashes. Whether or not the bus driver is determined to be at fault in the investigation, the public has a right to know the driver's identity and whether he or she has been involved in previous crashes or has a disciplinary or traffic record. Regardless of what mistakes were or weren't made by either of the vehicle operators involved, extremely serious mistakes were made by the State Highway Administration in the design of Coastal Highway and there are multiple deaths and even more serious injuries every year because of them.