[TriLUG] [OT] TriLUGger on the news

[Warren Myers]

I try to ride as much as possible in daylight - and I have a headlight and
rear flasher for night riding.

I've seen the aftermath of some pretty nasty collisions, and am happy I
haven't ever been in one.

WMM

On 5/22/07, Scott Chilcote <scottchilcote at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Dave Sorenson wrote:
> > It's been my experience at numerious accident scenes that that is how
> > L.E.O.'s interperet the law. YMMV. I however choose to ride as far to
> > the right as possible when I'm riding as I know which vehicle will "win"
> > when a bicyclist trys to enforce their "right" to use the road. It
> > probably comes from seeing too much blood and brain tissue on the
> > road... I don't miss that part of the job.
> >
> > Be safe!
> >
> > Dave
>
> It may seem like a lot of blood and brain tissue to an emergency
> responder, but out of the millions of people who travel our roads well
> under 1000 cyclists are killed every year.  The majority of those are
> not serious bicycle commuters.  An average of 16.5 cyclists per million
> die every year in the U.S.; for motorists, it's 19.9 motorists per
> million.
>
> The most dangerous situation for bicyclists appears to be riding in the
> late evening without lights and reflectors - and none of the serious
> cyclists I know do that.
>
> Some interesting information regarding the safety of bicycle commuting
> is here:  http://www.kenkifer.com/bikepages/health/risks.htm
>
> But on the other hand, there's no reason to relax, either.  Ken Kifer,
> who compiled the information on that web page, was killed while cycling
> by a drunk driver.
> --
> Scott C.
>
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