I am stunned, horrified and saddened by the accident that killed Kristy Gough & Matt Peterson and critically injured a third rider. By a police officer no less.
Police should be required to escort cyclists... just so they see what we have to endure every time we hit the road, what some drivers will do to own "their" road.
Just this last weekend while I was out with a group on a 65 mile training ride, a woman in a very nice Mercedes came up behind us, honked and yelled something through her window. At the red light she rolled her window down and told us she was doing that for "our safety". Yeah... if you want to keep us safe.. STAY AWAY FROM US! Her voice was sincere, and I'm sure she meant it.. but was this how she was trying to "protect" us?.. really, is that what she thinks "protecting" us really is??? How about staying as far from us as possible???
Drivers... please be careful. Yes, there are those righteous cyclists who think they own the road.. but I'll tell ya what.. it's probably because they've been buzzed one too many times by you drivers... we aren't really going to hold you up. You do have a gas pedal and you will get there in time.
And riders.. please be careful out there! These three riders were riding on the correct side of the road, on (as I've read) a road with a bike lane which is highly travelled by cyclists, in single file and they still got killed. Brutally killed I may add.
As least they died doing what they loved.
Please be safe out there...
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