The City has received a complaint about Mr. Hersh's ghost bike

The headline should read instead, "The City has received a request to take down Mr. Hersh's ghost bike". There is new information. [Posted 9.24.09 @ 9:42am]



From an email it was stated:

Normally, when we receive calls on these things, we try to contact whoever put it there to talk with them about removing it since it is technically not legal in the right-of-way rather than just removing it ourselves.

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Today is World Carfree Day

From their site:

Every September 22, people from around the world get together in the streets, intersections, and neighbourhood blocks to remind the world that we don't have to accept our car-dominated society.

If it's impossible for you not to drive today, please take extra special care to share.

A teenage texter who killed talks on video, Part 1 of 2

Texting is deadlier than drinking and driving - Utah toughens their law

From NPR.org:

"In terms of accident risk, you're more likely to be hit by someone who's text messaging than someone who's drunk," Strayer says. "And that's a pretty alarming statistic."

Head to NPR.org to listen to the audio and more importantly, to watch the entire video.

More about the Reggie Shaw case & video, and Utah's tougher law at saferoads.org:

The new law, which took effect in May, penalizes a texting driver who causes a fatality as harshly as a drunken driver who kills someone. In effect, a crash caused by such a multitasking motorist is no longer considered an “accident” like one caused by a driver who, say, runs into another car because he nodded off at the wheel. Instead, such a crash would now be considered inherently reckless.