ride of silence
Today is the Ride of Silence to honour cyclists who have been killed or injured on public roadways. If you ever ride a bike on the street, I encourage you to find a ride to join this evening.
This year, Chris's mom was killed by a driver, I was hit by a car (very minor injuries) and Jennifer was hit and ended up with a broken leg and thumb. Additionally, a woman was killed here in Austin a month ago. I encounter hostility from drivers every time I ride to work. If the Ride of Silence makes a difference for one driver and helps them see us and think differently about bikes on the road, then it will be a sucess.
This year, Chris's mom was killed by a driver, I was hit by a car (very minor injuries) and Jennifer was hit and ended up with a broken leg and thumb. Additionally, a woman was killed here in Austin a month ago. I encounter hostility from drivers every time I ride to work. If the Ride of Silence makes a difference for one driver and helps them see us and think differently about bikes on the road, then it will be a sucess.
posted by little b @ 9:28 a.m.
1 Comments:
At 6:42 p.m.,
Anonymous said…
Faced with another harsh realty of a friends dad dying of cancer, let us honor those whose lives have been taken from a....."loop of idocies" that we will never be able to control. Make no mistake.....these people honor us in so many ways. This could have been any of one us who regularly ride to work. The odds increase every time we ride, but that only results in a paradigm of numbers. Let's pause for a moment and think about odds. These individuals as a numeric value represent a large piece of all of us is in that cog. Make no mistake, however, they represent much more than this.....they are friends, family, riding partners, unknown cyclists that, belong to a "club" of sorts. We take for granted the guy who flips us off as he passes cause he feels threatened on "his" road. I have lost people to this idiocy and absurdity, but continue to ride because it is such and important part of our lives. Let's not forget the chain that is woven in the event that a "club" member is taken from our circle. We are members of a elite group that is "above" others because we burn wattage and calories instead of petrol. We belong to sponsored race teams, casual riding clubs and weekend warriors. All in all, we are one...tunkashala.
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