Mission Mission

@SFSavage, father of P.D. Bird was tangentially involved in a pedestrian car accident today downtown:

So I left to get shit done today,last day and town. Got on fats bike and hit Hyde,as I'm bombing down the hill this man runs out in road….

— Fat Popi (@SFSavage) October 29, 2013

I miss him by inches,dodge to the inside(behind him) and hear this tremendous SKREEEEECH!!!! then BAM! And the dude comes FLYING NEXT TO ME

— Fat Popi (@SFSavage) October 29, 2013

I slammed on brakes and was one of the first people back to him,he was fucked. Leg at 45 degree angle and bone thru pic.twitter.com/9kmcHbsICl

— Fat Popi (@SFSavage) October 29, 2013

Im not posting the piccture i have of his injury,it was severe. Then the driver was all hyphy,"Fuck him for jay walking!!"

— Fat Popi (@SFSavage) October 29, 2013

I saw a police car 2 blocks back in traffic and sprinted over to inform him. pic.twitter.com/Yk2a2C9wu6

— Fat Popi (@SFSavage) October 29, 2013

By the time I got back to the scene,1-2mins with cops,the guy was bleeding from ear,mouth. unconscious(that i culd c) pic.twitter.com/IuZJbUyeJo

— Fat Popi (@SFSavage) October 29, 2013

Apparently the driver took off before the police got involved. Really hoping the pedestrian is not too badly injured, but it sounds pretty rough. These streets are busy, and I’m hearing about too many pedestrian/car/bike accidents these days. No matter how you’re moving through a street, it’s everyone’s responsibility to be aware of what’s around. I like to think I’m careful as a pedestrian, on a bike and in my car, but we could all use a reminder.

In other news, Curbed reports that the large and confusing intersection at Haight-Gough-Market is getting an overhaul with regards to safety. Good to hear, I was the victim of a hit and run while walking across that street a year ago.

(Pretty sure it’s unintentional.) (They call them “number plates” in Australia.) (For lots more Aussie, see my handy guide.)

[via @spraggster]

Well, I suppose that’s settled.

If you’re sticking to the sidewalk, you may not have noticed them quite as much, but they’re tough to miss when you’re bicycling through the grimy streets of the Mission, as it behooves you to watch where you’re going lest you end up with a rat caught in your spokes and decapitated all over your unwashable jeans.  I mean, pigeons are notorious for not giving a fuck, but you can usually count on them to get out the way before getting squished, as seen in the highly-scientific video below:

My take on the situation?  Prius prevalence.  Without a loud, inefficient, gas-guzzling engine to warn of their approach, electric vehicles are difficult to detect before they get too close, unless you happen to see them directly.  Almost every pedestrian or cyclist has experienced that one time when you just assumed it was safe to cross the street or merge into a lane because you didn’t hear the whiny rumbling of an oncoming electric car, but luckily looked right before stepping into certain doom.

So think about that the next time you’re thinking of purchasing an electric car.  You may think you’re saving the environment, but you’re really pulverizing the poor pigeon population!

Welcome to the Mission.

To be fair, that furniture store was outrageously expensive, unless of course you were in the market for a $2500 couch.

[via @termie]

Well then.

Try some good old-fashioned reverse psychology on them with your own six-pack mural!

Jk, it’s the same one as last time, from a new angle. More here.

Granted, the driver of that red sedan has merely picked a selfish spot to wait in their car, but those two trucks behind him have no excuse. Just because the guy in front of you parks like a jerk doesn’t mean you have to as well! And since these marked parking spots are already enlarged to accommodate your massive gas-guzzlers, there’s really no excuse for failing to stay between the lines. DO BETTER NEXT TIME.

Ok, that’s enough Stanely Roberts for one morning. I’m gonna go listen to ABBA all day to celebrate the Supreme Court’s strike down of the Defense of Marriage Act and last night’s inspirational filibuster in Texas! Prediction: there will not be enough champagne in the city.