{"id":44215,"date":"2013-10-09T18:18:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T01:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=44215"},"modified":"2013-10-09T18:40:55","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T01:40:55","slug":"teen-on-bike-collides-with-jeep-officials-stress-bike-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/10\/09\/teen-on-bike-collides-with-jeep-officials-stress-bike-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen on bike collides with jeep, officials stress bike safety"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The collision happened around 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8 on Avenue R-8 and 45th Street East in Palmdale. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 A 16-year-old boy who crashed his bicycle into a vehicle Tuesday afternoon was injured but expected to make a full recovery, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The collision happened around 3 p.m. on Avenue R-8 and 45th<\/sup> Street East in Palmdale, according to Deputy J. Heald of the Palmdale Sheriff Station.<\/p>\n

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The teen was on a “fixie” bike and not wearing a helmet when he collided with this jeep, authorities said. Neither speed nor alcohol was a factor. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The vehicle, a Jeep Wrangler, was headed eastbound on Avenue R-8, while the teen was pedaling westbound on R-8, Heald said. The teen was attempting to turn onto 45th<\/sup> Street East when the collision occurred.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bicycle was making a left turn and turned in front of the vehicle,\u201d Heald said, adding that the incident underscores the importance of youths wearing helmets and practicing bicycle safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe safety issue is they\u2019re buying fixie bicycles,\u201d Heald said.<\/p>\n

A \u201cfixie\u201d or fixed-gear bicycle has no freewheel mechanism. The pedals are always in motion when the bike is moving, so the rider can never stop pedaling and just coast.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you coast the pedals keep turning, so you\u2019ve got to keep moving your feet or take your feet off the pedals,\u201d Heald said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFixie\u201d bicycles are usually modified with no brakes, so stopping is very difficult.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only way you can brake is either drag your feet or try and peddle backwards, which is pretty hard,\u201d Heald said. The Palmdale Sheriff Station is hoping to conduct outreach on bicycle safety at local schools, Heald said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll have a deputy come out and talk to the kids about not taking their brakes off and wearing their helmets,\u201d Heald said.<\/p>\n

For a complete list of bicycle safety tips from the California Highway Patrol, visit http:\/\/www.chp.ca.gov\/html\/bicycleriding.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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PALMDALE \u2013 A 16-year-old boy who crashed his bicycle into a vehicle Tuesday afternoon was injured but expected to make a full recovery, authorities said. The collision happened around 3 p.m. on Avenue R-8 and 45th Street East in Palmdale, according to Deputy J. Heald of the Palmdale Sheriff Station. The vehicle, a Jeep Wrangler, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":44216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44215"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}