CS prof Mark Hill broke his collarbone right there.
On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Mary Mullen <[email protected]> wrote: > In the 1970s a friend of mine fell on the angle tracks on Seminole Hwy. > > I fell on University Avenue where the tracks crossed at an angle near the > Engineering Campus. It had just started to snow, and the tracks were > slippery. Apparently I did not try a right angle crossing. I was lucky > that the cars were stopped half a block behind me, or I probably would have > been run over. Only damage was sore knees and handlebars all awry. I > could > straighten the handle bars, so I went on my not so merry way. > > Mary Mullen > > > On 8/13/13 10:42 AM, "Steve Arnold" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 8/12/2013 10:00 AM, Robbie Webber wrote: > > > >> Although there probably are no longer records of it, those who biked > >> down Seminole Hwy in the late-1980s and early-1990s probably remember a > >> similar cut-out where the RR tracks - now the Badger Trail (!) - crossed > >> at an odd angle. Before I started biking regularly out that way I also > >> remember a lot of people talking about falling on the tracks before that > >> cut was put in place. > >> > >> Is there any regular bike commuter out there that has NOT fallen the RR > >> tracks somewhere in the city or metro area? Not just getting your wheel > >> caught, but also slipping on the tracks or not quite crossing correctly > >> seem to get a lot of people. > >> > >> Mine was falling on Campus Dr (W. Johnson St) in front of Engineering in > >> the rain. I was continuing east down the road because of construction > >> where I normally cut though the Engineering campus. Thought I had made > >> it across the tracks, but my back wheel was still on the tracks and I > >> went down. > > > > My wife went down and hurt herself badly back in the 90s when the rails > > still crossed Seminole Hwy south of Lacy Road in Fitchburg. > > > > There are similar pavement extensions to allow bicyclist to cross tracks > > at right angles at the rail crossing of Fish Hatchery Road just north of > > Badger Road, but the angle of the tracks is not as daunting. > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > -- Scott M. Rose West Point Grey, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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