Gothamist: Ghost Bike Mysteriously Knocked Down, Mangled

Jerky

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:17:59 -0500

It was NYPD tow truck that killed him, no charges. Does anyone actually believe he would ever be found at fault??? Even if he was pulling hits off a crack pipe while Ray Kelly was blowing him in the front seat with with a pipe bomb and copy of the Koran next to him, the NYPD would call it an "accident".

VanessaNYC

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:29:31 -0500

What I mean is, your comments have been much kinder and saner lately. I like the new you.

VanessaNYC

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:28:28 -0500

"#8 - He's been Dead 2 years and it's not really a memorial as much as a gentle reminder and a warning to not let your guard down against killer cars." Babyhitler, Have you been going to church, or something?

JacqueMehoff

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:43:44 -0500

those 2 years the Dr. could have been helping lots of people. that's just a mess of traffic signals there, arrows, lines, curbs hopefully a car hits the lamp post and it hits the driver.

babyhitler

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:17:51 -0500

#8 - He's been Dead 2 years and it's not really a memorial as much as a gentle reminder and a warning to not let your guard down against killer cars.

sj

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:43:39 -0500

I just want to put it out there that if I should die on a road somewhere, whether as a pedestrian, bicyclist, motorcyclist, or car driver, please everyone have the class to NOT put up some stupid roadside memorial where I die. That's what cemeteries are for. If everyone put up memorials where others died, that's all we'd ever see.

NannyState

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:40:27 -0500

If you memorialized everybody who fell everywhere, you'd soon feel like you're living in a graveyard. A week or two is long enough for these memorials. After that, it's better to do something very discreet or just take it to a different venue. It's a shame that this biker was killed and little else came of it.

InfoMofo

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:33:55 -0500

I guess... it's a dangerous intersection.

rachelblue

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:32:04 -0500

I didn't realize that ghost bikes were a worldwide movement. It's a shame there isn't a similar movement to honor pedestrians -- certainly the ghost bike is a more powerful image than those sad dried flowers you see tacked up to poles, or those "A PEDESTRIAN WAS KILLED CROSSING HERE -- BE ALERT -- CROSS WITH CARE" on Queens Boulevard.

Toby von Meistersinger

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:24:03 -0500

Whoever hit it is obviously guilty of hit and run. The sign is city property.

thefacts

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:11:13 -0500

The person is dead a year and this memorial is still there on public property? Morbid! People are killed in public all over NYC and the makeshift street-memorials are usually removed after the funeral. Time to move on.

Jen Chung

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:16:37 -0500

I do not believe the police tow truck driver was ever charged--I believe it was called an accident, but I'll have to look up some things to check.

babyhitler

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:14:10 -0500

that ghost bike should have worn a helmet.

shaunnehill

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:12:31 -0500

Your just asking for it riding on that thing. What kind of bike is that anyway?

interlard

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:06:48 -0500

Can Gothamist tell us what happened to the driver of the vehicle that killed Carl Nacht? Was there a penalty for plowing your truck into cyclists? The problem with many of these news articles is the lack of follow-through on the story. If "justice" was done, it's sad but shit happens. If there's no justice and the police are apparently allowed to kill innocent people with impunity, we have a big problem on our hands.

cwbuecheler

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:02:23 -0500

It certainly doesn't look malicious, no. If you leave something standing in one place in this city for long enough, it's going to get banged up. In a way, it helps to illustrate the exact problem that the ghost bikes are trying to bring to light.

Nick S

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:48:42 -0500

Yeha, the tone of this article is as if someone did this maliciously...my first reaction was "drunk asshole hit it and drove off"

eyekantspel

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:44:11 -0500

It looks to me like someone drove into it. I guess now we need a ghost ghost bike.