I know, in my heart, Craig would not be "racing" the truck....the last words he said to me - before he left home the last time I saw him in August - after I expressed for the umpteenth time how much I worried about him on that bike in NYC, was "Don't worry Mom, I'm a safe biker". Craig was smart. He would never put his life in jeopardy. He had too much life yet to live... so many plans for his future, so many thing he wanted to do....

I do know they have found no eye witnesses to the accident. Please if ANYONE saw it , please call the police.

http://rightofway.org/research/cyclists.pdf

I thought the lesson is that you can't really believe killer drivers or the police reports.

but if he was going the wrong way then, and ultimately, its too bad for Craig. everyone complains about cars and people not following traffic rules and being careless.. if your going to be careless on your bike your going to die. what does it matter that there were no witnesses or that it was 4am? if it were a car going the wrong way down a street and it hit someone or something you'd blame the car for being in the wrong place no....?

i ride and i ride everywhere. i've even been hit by cars and everytime it was becasue i did the wrong thing. again, its terrible that anyone dies under such circumstances but wrong choices are still wrong choices.

condolences to the family but i hope everyone learns a lesson here

I am a driver and I am also a cyclist. Just the other day I was coming home from the movies and this idiot on a bike ran the red light and was almost hit by the car in front of me. If the person on the bike was hit and hurt or killed most would have pass judgment on the driver just because the guy was on a bike.

On the other had as a cyclist I must say there are some crazy drivers but I am not exempt from following the laws just like a motorist. R.I.P. to Crag and to the rest of us lets work together on how we can make the streets as safe and possible rather then become a lynch mob. Maybe a web site where we can post ideas and the city could read them. Lets honor the good things that this young man did rather then judge events that we are not witness to.

http://www.cb1brooklyn.org/

also, if anyone remembers Monica Henk, she too was on a motorcyclist coming off the bqe onto flushing avenue, and was a victim of a hit & run. she was killed on April 8, 2007 by someone driving an suv. The driver of the vehicle was never caught. At this time, the best description anyone has about the vehicle was that it was a black SUV. ****update, Police said they believe it was a 95-97(year) black S-10 Blazer missing a front bumper****The accident occurred on the corner of Kent & Flushing Ave. in Brooklyn, New York at about 7am on Saturday, April 7th, 2007.

If you have any information about this accident or the vehicle in question, please contact Dan Henk at (917) 554-1341 or call New York State Crimestoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.

i guarantee justice will be served when video & photo cameras around our neighborhoods & dangerous intersections are installed. it has been successful in philly, downtown baltimore & los angeles.

i lived on the corner of union & ten eyck last year and this is not the only accident that has occured there. it is a dangerous cross street and the speed limit is not enforced by local authorities? there is a stop light at the corner and alot of trucks run the lights late at night. i myself was almost hit by a delivery truck.

family & friends should ask the police to install speeding cameras & video cameras at this corner and other areas around williamsburg, bushwick, under the bqe & along the williamsburg bridge. maybe an organization in craig's name could start the important installation of these cameras. crime in our area is one the rise rapidly.

Since we know absolutely nothing about what happened it is indeed a shame to play the "blame the victim" game. It's also not right to blame the truck driver. Fact is, we just don't know.

Something rather fundamental is missing from the WABC piece...although it may be what is missing is no more than good journalism: A statement by a witness or witnesses.

Bad journalism: "The cyclist was going the wrong way and was racing the truck to the intersection."

Good journalism: "According to (NAME), who witnessed the collision the cyclist was going the wrong way and seemed to be racing the truck to the intersection."

Good journalism: "According to (NAME), the truck driver, the cyclist was going the wrong way and appeared to be racing him to the intersection."

However, inasmuch as the collision took place at 4:15AM, it is likely there were no witnesses. Likely, the reported statement was the self-exculpating statement of the truck driver who would have a reason to hold himself blameless. The WABC piece should have stated, "According to the driver...." (Note the driver was not named.)

Isn't it peculiar that in fatal cyclist-driver collisions, when there is only the statement of the survivor to go on, it is always the dead cyclist's fault?

Consider the killing of 59 year old cyclist/bank examiner Jerome Allen at the driving hands of 23 year old Anthony Tasso, Jr., who had his license suspended and was driving his uncle's Cadillac SUV in Staten Island. There was no witness: the implications of Tasso's reported statements were preposterous...yet they were accepted by the all too credulous and all too willingly credulous police?

The police and the WABC reporter said the cyclist WAS racing the truck. How would they know other than that is what the truck driver said? In fact, the driver wouldn't know: only the cyclist would KNOW he was racing the truck. But for the truck driver to have said the cyclist was racing his truck, then he must have seen the cyclist before the intersection and before striking him. That would suggest the driver was not entirely blameless even if the cyclist was riding the wrong way.

Was there a thorough investigation of the cyclist's killing (as there seems not to have been of Allen's)? Is it possible a truck driver on a deserted street at 4:15AM was speeding and went through a red light? Some do, you know.

By he same token, I have also encountered numerous cyclist who do not obey the traffic laws: running red lights endangering the lives of both drivers and pedestrians; cyclist who do not wear helmets; not to mention the numerous riders who figure eight their way between cars as they navigate traffic; and yes, there are those that ride against traffic.

The profile of this city is changing. Cycling is a change for the better and should be embraced and respected by all. The facts are that city officials and lawmakers must make cycling safe for everyone who lives in this city. The traffic laws should be enforced for both cyclist and motorist! This is serious business and a lot more people are going to die in horrible accidents unless this city takes these changes seriously. They need to put into place the support needed to make cycling work without loss of life, creating systems, laws; an infrastructure and penalties for lawbreakers that reflect the gravity of this situation.

Perfect example: What appears to be the installation of biking lane to Bedford Avenue – great! It is needed and there is enough road there for every one. But, let us see how this works when NYPD/Traffic Enforcement does not establish a presence to enforce a) no double parking on the left side b) drivers giving the cyclist the right of way to that lane and finally c) the speed limit! ( drivers use this route as if were a free way) and the left side of Bedford has intersections that encounter major turning traffic. Should a cyclist get hit on this road they are going to get mowed down!

I can not begin to wonder what happened in these to cases, but I do know that one should die like this and we all as neighbors and citizens should take care of each other by being thoughtful, obey the traffic laws and drive and ride safely – no one is entitled to the roadways!

http://williamsboard.com/topic/48107/&r=41

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-litraf1018,0,3483935.story?coll=ny_home_rail_headlines

Tom Robbins as you can see your illogic is stunning. I rode my bike home over the Brooklyn Bridge the other day at 3 am. Why? Because that is how I get around. I saw plenty of other drivers doing the same.

Thanks for being so sensitive.

It could happen to any of us when we're walking or cycling.

In the absence of witnesses, surely a thorough forensic examination of the scene might yield some clues to what really happened. But are such examinations done routinely unless the driver is drunk?

Instead, because of the police prejudice in favor of drivers, the driver's story becomes the official story. The person who has lost his or her life is silenced forever and in effect blamed for the crash.