A judge has thrown out a lawsuit by six bicyclists who claimed the city of Seattle created unsafe conditions when it opened a streetcar line. As soon as Seattle's South Lake Union Trolley (S.L.U.T.) opened for business in 2007, Seattle cyclists started crashing around the tracks at a regular rate. It turns out the gap in the street for the trolley tracks -- 44 mm -- was just wide enough to catch their tires and flip their bikes. Reacting to the epidemic of crashes and a protest ride by cyclists ...Source: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/04/12/judge-dismisses-cyclists-suit-against-slut-tracks/
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