19 yo cyclist hit by SUV and killed crossing Veirs Mill Road just SE of Rockville

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December 29, 2015 at 3:19 pm #1043551

Steve O
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@glennpstevens 130456 wrote:

There are beg button activated pedestrian signals at the cross walk but it is more than a little funky and if I remember correctly they only activate the signals for crossing 1/2 of Veirs mill at a time: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0601165,-77.0893749,3a,75y,161.85h,77.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sz5o-wFmacwaOJdRUXYV_pA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

I’ve been looking at the street view for a couple of minutes, and I do not see any signals for the car traffic. I see the beg buttons, but what do they activate?

December 29, 2015 at 3:36 pm #1043554

Mikey
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@Steve O 130479 wrote:

I’ve been looking at the street view for a couple of minutes, and I do not see any signals for the car traffic. I see the beg buttons, but what do they activate?

Another example of road engineers killing pedestrians/bicyclists

December 29, 2015 at 10:27 pm #1043588

glennpstevens
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@Steve O 130479 wrote:

I’ve been looking at the street view for a couple of minutes, and I do not see any signals for the car traffic. I see the beg buttons, but what do they activate?

I think the street view image is from just before they actually hung the signals but they are indeed there (or were the last time I used that crossing.)

December 29, 2015 at 11:38 pm #1043596

MoCo_Cyclist
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@glennpstevens 130517 wrote:

I think the street view image is from just before they actually hung the signals but they are indeed there (or were the last time I used that crossing.)

This trail crossing has always been dangerous – even with the flashing lights activated by the beg buttons.

Police issued 72 tickets for failing to yield at this intersection during a 2.5 hour sting several years ago… Sounds like they need to return.

http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/18824/pedestrian-sting-finds-frequent-driver-lawlessness/

December 30, 2015 at 3:28 am #1043610

jopamora
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His work place is raising money for funeral and memorial costs.

January 12, 2016 at 4:43 pm #1044925

kevlittle
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So sad

January 12, 2016 at 6:03 pm #1044936

Steve O
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The Washington Post ran an article on Dec. 31 that discussed how extremely dangerous that crossing is, including this:

The crosswalk — where a bike and pedestrian trail crosses Veirs Mill Road in Montgomery County, about a half-mile northwest of Randolph Road — is considered so risky that Tuesday a county police officer sent a report to the state that more or less said, “I told you so.”

July 10, 2017 at 1:20 pm #1073121

glennpstevens
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The state finally put a better signal at the intersection of the trail and veirs mill red: http://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2017/07/new-traffic-signal-enhance-safety-maryland-route-meets-commuter-trail/
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