I just found out a good friend's sister was killed training for a Triathelon. She was biking in the morning and hit by an SUV. One of our Oregon swimmers was similarly killed earlier this year. Every time I read about a Triathlete it seems somewhere in the story they had to spend a year recovering from when they were hit by a car. Is this as common as it seems? I don't know what we can do,but it seems we should do something.
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Accidents happen but I do notice an awful lot of cyclists riding right on the fog/lane line. If I am driving close to it I could hit many of them with my mirror and still be in my lane...that is just stupidity on the cyclists part. However, no matter how careful you are while riding a bike you are going to be passed by thousands of cars and one is bound to make a mistake sooner or later (and that is assuming that you don't make a mistake somehow and make the odds even worse).
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Accidents happen but I do notice an awful lot of cyclists riding right on the fog/lane line. If I am driving close to it I could hit many of them with my mirror and still be in my lane...that is just stupidity on the cyclists part. However, no matter how careful you are while riding a bike you are going to be passed by thousands of cars and one is bound to make a mistake sooner or later (and that is assuming that you don't make a mistake somehow and make the odds even worse).
