I live in Portland so that I can write headlines like this.
The O got the photo of the day: The mayor exchanging information with a cyclist who ran into the back of the city-owned Prius he was driving.
Here’s the story, as told by mayoral spokeswoman Amy Ruiz: The mayor was driving the Prius, accompanied by his police liaison headed to an anti-bullying event at Lincoln High School. He planned to turn left on SW 4th, but stopped for a pedestrian who was crossing the street and then felt a bump on the back right side of the Prius. It was Tasis Bernie, a bike-riding Portlander who had crashed into the backside of the Prius and fell over into the street! (Side note: The O profiled Bernie a few years ago, apparently for having a lot of tattoos.) The mayor gave her his information as another cyclist stopped and helped haul her bike out of the street. Bernie’s knuckles were scraped up, but other than that, she seemed okay and pedaled away under her own power.
Ruiz says the mayor has given his account of the crash to the city’s risk management division, which deals with accidents involving city-owned vehicles.
I am trying to resisit making inappropriate comments regarding the Mayor’s tweet that “It’s true; I was rear-ended by a woman on a bike today, while in my city Prius. Fortunately, she’s ok” but so hard to resist jokes….. can’t stop self….. must…resist…..the only way I can avoid a joke about the mayor’s first time getting rear-ended by a woman (not that there is anything wrong with that) is to make a joke about Weiner’s weiner but those are getting old… must…. gain…maturity….
Only in PDX
I almost saw a car-on-bike hit on my Vanc. Ave. commute this morning. With the return of good weather, it feels like there are easily twice as many bikes on the main routes, and 3-4 times as many at rush hours, so it isn’t surprising to me that there’s going to be more contact out there.
Bikers, watch for cars! Their drivers are often stupid, not looking for you, or both!
Cars, watch for bikers! Cyclists are often stupid, not looking for you, or both!
did you know that cyclist Tasis Bernie is a weiner eating champ too? http://www.byronbeck.com/home/585-wieners-up-hot-dog-eating-contest-at-the-original.html
@ byron, did you know your mom is a wiener eating champ?
Every day on Vancouver is an adventure. Well, you do get your choice of consequence–contact with other bikes, cars, construction gravel or construction trucks–so it is a make-your-own kind, I suppose. Isn’t that where your slam piece got nailed by a car, CC?
Also, please sync up the lights from Killingsworth down through Shaver, stupid city. Also, get out of my way, slow bikers.
@ tsw, aye & +1, it starts to feel like a car commute in summer, but it’s still a billion times better.