West Vancouver - Dear Editor:From time to time we hear of accidents involving buses that end in tragedy. Recently I witnessed one that didn't.A bicyclist was travelling down 15th Street in West Vancouver and turned east onto Marine Drive.
West Vancouver - Dear Editor:From time to time we hear of accidents involving buses that end in tragedy. Recently I witnessed one that didn't.A bicyclist was travelling down 15th Street in West Vancouver and turned east onto Marine Drive. For some reason he thought it would be safe to drift all the way to the curb lane right in front of the eastbound 250 bus that was headed toward the bus stop. If not for the alert driver, that bicyclist would have been a tragic smudge on the pavement. His family and the bus driver would have been left to deal with the trauma.I am glad our communities support public transit and expanded bicycle lanes. And I appreciate every bicyclist I see reducing their eco-footprint, getting some exercise and making their way safely to work. But on that particular stretch of Marine Drive I've seen aggressive bicyclists on three separate occasions: one shoving another biker off his bike while on the road, one yelling at a car driver who may have cut him off and this last one either not seeing a bus (they are kind of big and well-lit) or just thinking he had the right of way.Please take care out there, especially in the dark and wet, when on a bike. Thank you, bus driver, for being alert and getting the rest of us to our destination on time.Jonn BramanWest Vancouver
