Cyclist killed days before city to upgrade notorious bike lane | Local News | The Seattle Times
Yet another poor Seattle bicyclist takes one for the team, in the name of cyclists' "rights". Rather unceremoniously killed by a delivery truck while riding her bike, well within an established, legal bike lane. An established, legal bike lane that is affectionately known within Seattle cycling circles as "the lane of death."
This particular street, our 2nd Avenue, is a steep downhill one-way to the waterfront. This bike lane runs down its left side, and cycling traffic has the right-of-way. It's steep enough to be able to really haul some ass...
So, in this particular case, a delivery truck turns left into a business to make a delivery and collides with the overtaking cyclist. So, the question is - in what sane world do we compel turning traffic to turn across a through lane? A through lane that we have given the right-of-way?
Cyclists' "rights", in this case, have well and truly trumped plain old common sense. Nowhere else would we expect to see this level of absurdity, where a turning lane crosses a through lane, with no controls of any kind. What sort of people come up with this nonsense? Whoever they are, the blood of this poor young lady (and many more like here), is on their hands.