http://www.metafilter.com/tags/bikesafety Posts tagged with 'bikesafety' at MetaFilter. Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:12:43 -0800 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:12:43 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/65345/Ghost%2Dcycles%2Dfor%2Dthe%2Drest%2Dof%2Dus "<i>A <a href="http://ghostbike.org/">Ghostbike</a> is a junker bike that has been painted stark white and afixed to the site where a cyclist has been hit or killed by a car driver.</i>" Not as cleverly done as Seattle's <a href="http://ghostcycle.org/">GhostCycle.org</a> <small>[<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/43972/Ghost-Cycles" title="MetaFilter: Ghost Cycles">noted</a>]</small>, but it's intended to cover all of North America. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.65345 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:12:43 -0800 bicycle bike bikesafety collision cycling ghostbicycle ghostbike ghostcycle ardgedee http://www.metafilter.com/43972/Ghost%2DCycles <a href="http://ghostcycle.org/">Ghost Cycle</a> is a group in Seattle raising awareness for bike safety by displaying whited-out old bikes in places where cars have hit cyclists. They've also got an ingenious use of Google Maps to <a href="http://www.ghostcycle.org/allghostcycles.php">show you all the spots where accidents have been reported</a> and where they've placed a ghost cycle, <a href="http://www.ghostcycle.org/gs/33.html">like this one</a>. They also compile <a href="http://www.ghostcycle.org/statistics.php">statistics on their reports</a> ("<em>1 in 5 accidents were hit and runs</em>"). tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.43972 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 22:00:32 -0800 bikesafety cycling mathowie