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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Originally posted by lefty
Road biking is simply dangerous. Blaming the cyclist is like blaming the wind for a trapeze accident.
You road bike long enough, you WILL get injured.
You are correct to a certain extent...however, a cyclist that does not wear reflective clothing, rides on the lane line, and does not adhere to traffic signals is placing him/herself at much greater risk. If I hit a cyclist in an intersection because he/she failed to stop at the red light is that his fault or just an inevitable side effect of cycling?
Originally posted by lefty
Road biking is simply dangerous. Blaming the cyclist is like blaming the wind for a trapeze accident.
You road bike long enough, you WILL get injured.
You are correct to a certain extent...however, a cyclist that does not wear reflective clothing, rides on the lane line, and does not adhere to traffic signals is placing him/herself at much greater risk. If I hit a cyclist in an intersection because he/she failed to stop at the red light is that his fault or just an inevitable side effect of cycling?
