DORI MONSON

Doesn’t this prove Seattle bike lanes are dangerous?

Jul 28, 2015, 8:34 AM | Updated: 12:51 pm

Trip Volpe was on his way home on a Friday afternoon when he was hit by an SUV in the bike lanes on...

Trip Volpe was on his way home on a Friday afternoon when he was hit by an SUV in the bike lanes on Dexter Avenue North. (YouTube)

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Trip Volpe was on his way home on a Friday afternoon when he was hit by an SUV in the bike lanes on Dexter Avenue North.

Rather than stopping, the driver sped off. Volpe caught it all on his GoPro.

“I’m really just annoyed the guy decided to drive off, instead,” Volpe told KING 5. “At least he could have stopped and have seen if I was OK, and exchanged insurance information.”

Who’s at fault? Listen to Dori Monson’s take

KING 5 reports the 18-year-old driver eventually turned himself in to police.

Obviously, the car driver is a horrible person &#8212 hit and run, on his phone, etc. &#8212 but how does the cyclist not stop or avoid it?

I will tell you that I absolutely would have avoided that collision. I guarantee I would not have hit [the SUV].

If you’re a cyclist, you have to be defensive. If Volpe is as experienced as he makes himself out to be &#8212 unless he was distracted as well &#8212 he shouldn’t have hit that car.

Doesn’t this prove the engineering of these bike lanes are dangerous?

Think about it from the perspective of a driver attempting a left turn. There is a lane of oncoming traffic, a lane of parked traffic, and then a bike lane. It’s difficult to remember that there is a bike lane after a lane of parked cars. It is ridiculous engineering and it proves city engineers don’t know what they’re doing.

It absolutely proves my point that cycling is the most dangerous mode of commuting.

MyNorthwest.com’s Stephanie Klein and Kipp Robertson contributed to this report.

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