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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just after 7 p.m. Saturday, police say they responded to the collision in Marion County on Hwy 64 near milepost 5. According to investigators, the bicyclist, Harley Austin, 42, was riding south in the bike lane on Hwy 164 through the intersection of Talbot Rd SE when Hammons, who was driving a Dodge Ram 3500, turned onto the highway and collided with Austin.

Why is there a bike lane on a highway?

To be clear, I'm not taking the side of the driver. Fuck people with unnecessarily huge vehicles. I side with cyclists almost 100% of the time. But this just sounds unsafe.

To me, a highway means speeds in excess of 50mph. That isn't a place where we should have a body unprotected sharing the road.

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