crash in south miami, please keep the injured in your thoughts!

[mimitabby]

wow, they were going really fast!
I hope they all heal fast and the SUV driver gets more attentive.

[Kimmyt]

I don't know, that article sounds an awful lot like, 'bad cyclist, your fault for getting hurt'.

I mean, the comment about how it's not safe to ride bikes at high speeds on that road? What is the speed limit for cars? From what I see, the speed they were riding is a moot point. The large size of their pack should have given them just as much visibility as a car, and they sound like they were going the speed of a car, so.... why does it rub me as though they are trying to blame the cyclists? Although it does seem as if they maybe should have used more caution considering the parked cars, it's really hard to tell what really was the situation there because articles always slant things one way or another.

Anyway, I really hope everyone is okay... I shuddered at the hand under the tire thing!

K.

[short cut sally]

I had to reread the article where it said that vehicles were parked in the bike lane due to construction...I would think that would play also in to the accident. Hopefully all the involved bikers are going to be okay with no long term problems, and that there will be safer crossings for vehicles and riders once this construction is done.

[ehirsch83]

Mimi- they were going fast, but that is the speed of sprints in the crits, the crits average around 26-27mph. Florida is flat, and races are fast!(that group ride was a race training ride).

It also rubbed me the wrong way how they seemed to blame the cyclists- they also said that they haven't decided who is to blame yet, well hello the cyclists were on the main road, the car pulled into oncoming traffic!

All of us down here are just hoping that everyone is ok. My team is seeing if there is anything that we can do to help those who have been hurt.

[Tiffany]

First and foremost, I hope everyone comes out okay. That is a tragedy for sure.

The only thing I have to add to the discussion of who's fault or how fast should they be going is this ... The cyclists should only travel as fast as the posted speed limit. In neighborhoods, sometimes the speed limits are 25 mph. If that is the case, then that's how fast the cyclists should have been traveling ... period. Now if the speed limit was 35 mph, they would have been traveling at a speed that is acceptible.

[Pedal Wench]

My BF lives and rides in Miami, but wasn't part of that ride or club. He said that the first report he said definitely blaimed the cyclists. It's sad, especially since people were so seriously injured. I can't believe that they're not charging the driver - if you can't see an approaching peloton of 40 riders, you have no business pulling out into the lane.