michael, i read the story about you son above and hope he is doing better. it is so weird that the bike was perfectly fine, no one reported any injuries, but he suffered through all that. even if someone was too embarassed to admit they moved into his way as he was coming by, you'd think they would have at least suffered through some of the same injuries and would have needed to have been carted off the course. whenever i am on the bike path, i see cyclists yell "on your left" and see runners/ walkers/ etc not move or freakout and move the wrong way, and for the life of me, i can't understand why. even if you are participating in a race (or a walk), you need to know that there are other people on the course and, just because you paid an entry fee, doesn't mean you own the world.

On Sunday son was taking his usual Sunday morning bike ride along the lake front. The Gift of Life Walk, Run and Roll event was also being held at the same time. He is an experienced rider and is aware that care has to be taken on shared venues. He rides with the knowledge that he should be prepared to stop at all times. He is also conscience of the fact that pedestrians have the right-of-way.

All this being said, a jogger literally knocked him off his bike. How my son described the events to me were, a women jogger moved to her left when he called out "on your left" when he went to pass her and at the same time seemed to stick out her left arm. The marshal for the event described the events to me is "my son was speeding and ran into a jogger. Witnesses said they heard my son shout something and then go flying off his bike. When I retrieved my son's bike the marshal said that he road my son's bike home from the accident to make sure it wasn't stolen. When I asked as to the condition of the jogger he supposedly ran into I was told that no one came forward to report they had been injured by what turned out to be a very violent "accident".

My Son sustained 16 rib fractures, a collapsed lung, and multiple vertebral fractures. He has been hospitalized now for 4 days. Yet for all the trauma to my son his bike, remarkably was completely intact and showed no signs of damage. Having "run into a jogger" with such force and not injuring or at least knocking her down is unimaginable. Yet nothing happened to her.

The police are calling this a crime. My son was assaulted. I am looking for witnesses to this crime. I ride, my grandchildren ride and hopefully my son will ride again. Attaches against cyclists have to stop. Yes, they are traveling faster than people on foot, but this does not mean the are not aware of their responsibilities.

It's great that there gonna be protected bike lane in Evanston.If will be very helpful for the bikers and there would not be any traffic problem or more number of accidents.They should also impose the speed limit.

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