Andrew Bennett and his 4-year-old son were riding a tandem extension bicycle last month when a 16-year-old driver (who witnesses say was busy talking on her cell phone) ran a red light, struck the bicycle, and kept going.
The collision broke Bennett’s back and cracked 4-year-old Robby’s helmet in half. But during an interview last week, Bennett was admirably calm. He praised the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition for bringing attention to the situation, and he expressed his “sincere hope” that “every driver who is distracted and talking on a cell phone while driving around San Francisco” will think “twice about it” and that “the manner in which everyone (especially the SFPD and the media) made this possible becomes the normal course of action in crimes against cyclists in our great city.”
Streetsblog, which has been following this hit and run story, commented that “with more and more people bicycling,
See the Walkup Bicycle Accident Page for more information about bicyclists' right to share the road.
