Ghost Bike Appears, Fades Out on Linden Street
An all-white bike was locked to the tree where a local biker was killed in a summertime crash, and disappeared about as quickly.
If you have seen a white bike locked to a post or tree in your travels, you have seen a ghost bike. They are memorials to cyclists who have been killed, and intended to raise awareness about bike safety. One of these memorials briefly appeared at the intersection of Linden Street and Weston Street, where where cyclist Alexander Motsenigos lost his life after he was struck by a passing truck one afternoon this summer. According to the Swellesley Report, it was there on Sunday, and gone on Monday. A memorial was set up at the site during the week following the crash, and passing cyclists and fellow Pan-Mass Challenge riders stopped to pay their respects to Motsenigos. He was hit by a truck as both were traveling northbound on Weston Road …
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Vineyard Worker
12:27 pm on Saturday, November 17, 2012
LOOK at my display, oh and make sure to pay attention to the road at the same time! If ghost bikes are so effective, we should make a law to have one on every road to insure there will be no accidents. Or would we need a ghost bike every 1/4 mile? What is the ratio of effectiveness for ghost bikes? Trust God, not ghost bikes. more ›