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Bicycle Accident on AIA Gulfstream

  PAY ATTENTION AND AVOID HITTING BICYCLES Here is a collection of new stories that  I was riding in an Uber the other day and boy was the driver anti-bicyclist. She and her friends who live on A1A are trying to ban ALL BIKES from AIA. She said the following, in no particular order She cannot get out of her driveway due to the large number of bicyclists Bike Riders go 5 mph and ride right in the middle of the lane obstructing traffic Bikes run red lights Bikes swerve into traffic Bicyclists are arrogant Bicyclists are entitled What got me really interested was her assertion that an accident on January 4th 2024 was caused by 8 bicyclists leaving the right (correct) side of the road and crossing the center line and then hitting the vehicle. This was not what I had heard. I had heard that an older lady driving a KIA SUV had crossed the line and hit 8 bicyclists. How could her account be so different than what I heard? Well, I decided to do some research. It turns out that yes, th...
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  Light Pollution and What Seagate Can Do I recently received an article from the Guardian discussing the issue of light pollution. This has been a particular concern of mine for the past 15 years when I first noticed the prevalence of additional ornamental lighting in Florida. At first, I thought it was nice and accented the landscaping and architectural features. After a time I spotted a trend to light up our neighborhoods without regard to utility or aesthetics. The advent of bright white LEDs has made this worse as the cost of lighting, which used to be quite high, is now so cheap that bulbs burn from dusk to dawn.  Safety is often quoted as a requirement for more light. Lighting, that is not well designed, does nothing for our safety when bright lights blind us and render unlit areas even darker by comparison. The gradual adjustment of our eyes to darkness is not allowed to happen. Motion detecting lights are much more effective in deterring intruders as they surprise the...
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