[LEMONS] 10.02.2001
Thursday night is the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition's Golden Wheel party at Crissy field. I'ts kinda pricey (the suggested donation at least) but if you can swing it it goes to a worthwhile cause. Kate White and Elizabeth Sullivan from City Car Share are getting an award (something I obviously feel is deserved). Carl Carlsson, one of the founders of Critical Mass, is also being honored.
I was thinking of skipping this, but today I learned that women I work with got smacked crossing Fulton Street leaving the park. As I a) live on Fulton b) ride in the park all the time and c) ride pretty much everywhere I go, this reall hit home with me. She was crossing Fulton when a woman driving on Arguello turned left and plowed into her. It knocked her up on the hood of the car, and her head went through the windshield. Her legs are all bruised up, as is her back, but thanks to the miracle of bicycle helmets, she's not seriously injured...
Which is not to say that it wasn't a serious accident. It freaks me out, what I do is, at times, very dangerous. My daily commute is life threatening. It doesn't have to be.
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