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• conflicts between bicycles and autos and poses a danger for less experienced bicyclists who might unintentionally weave into the path of oncoming autos. Others believe that they are safer riding on sidewalks, which in fact increases their chance of being hit by a vehicle pulling out of a driveway and creates conflicts with pedestrians. In San Leandro, the'legal age limit to ride a bicycle on a sidewalk is 12 years or under. Drivers were considered at fault 27% of accidents involving bicycles. The most common cause was failure to yield to bicycles followed by failure to stop at required stop locations. City records also show that 17% of the bicycle accidents had indeterminable cause. The accident figures reflect reported accidents only; bicycle- related accidents tend to be under- reported especially if they do not involve bodily or property damage. Table 2 lists the streets where bicycle accidents occurred between 1992 and 1995. The following streets had three or more reported bicycle accidents during the four -year period: East 14th Street, Bancroft Avenue, Washington Avenue, Marina Boulevard, Hesperian Boulevard, Doolittle Drive, San Leandro Boulevard, Estudillo Avenue, and Callan Avenue. The accident locations on these nine streets are shown on Figure 4. Photos of East 14th Street and Bancroft Avenue are shown on Figure 5. Locations with no existing bike lanes sustained the highest number of bicycle accidents. As shown in Table 2, East 14th Street had the highest number of bicycle accidents - -22 from 1992 to 1995. The accident reports for six accidents on East 14th Street were reviewed to see if hazardous features exist. The accidents occurred at 143rd, 145th, and 146th avenues. These accidents were attributed to human error; the causes were bicyclist riding on the wrong side of the street, riding on the sidewalk, riding under the influence of alcohol, swerving out of the travel lane, and driver pulling out of the driveway and driver opening the car door without looking. 1.9 Support Facilities Bicycle support facilities help encourage the use of bicycles by making them more convenient and pleasant: They include bike lockers or racks, clothing lockers, showers, restrooms, 11