Route 1 Side Trail Dangerous for Bicyclists, Pedestrians
Local bicyclist involved in accident advocates for better bicycling conditions on Route 1.
Belle View resident Mark Murphy bikes to and from work. Every day, he rides through a side trail where Richmond Highway crosses the Capital Beltway at the gateway to southern Fairfax County. On Jan. 4, Murphy was hit by a car entering the Hampton Inn parking lot on his ride home from work. “The driver didn’t see me riding along the trail, although I had on a reflective vest and two headlights. I didn’t see his turn signal, if it was on,” Murphy said in a blog post on the Fairfax Advocates for Better Bicycling (FABB) blog. “When his car turned towards me, I slammed on my brakes but couldn’t get out of his way in time and when he hit me, I flipped up onto his car’s hood.” Murphy suffered minor injuries as a result. He was frustrated by the …
Michalle Baird
9:56 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Gee, reading this article and then the comments that follow makes me wonder if all the folks making a comment read what I read. Where the person was hit it is a bike/ped trail -- not a road or highway. Sure there are some bicylcist who don't signal and some who weave through traffic -- just like there are people driving cars who don't signal, speed, look both ways or maintain brake lights, head … more ›