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

[Righteousbabe]

That is just terrible. I hope everyone involved will recover and learn from this tragedy. I will keep these cyclists in my thoughts.

I agree that the article is slanted. Even though the article mentioned the driver failed to yield to the right of way, I was bothered they included comments in the article like, ''This is not a safe place to ride a bike at high speeds...It makes it dangerous for everybody," and "Neighborhood residents said it's possible the driver's view of the roadway was obstructed by a row of cars parked in the street's bike lane. The cars have been parked there during renovations to the apartment complex's parking lot." Those comments were included not just to inform the reader...they were included to cast doubt. This seems to happen a lot. Whenever I see a news story about a motorist/cyclist collision, there are always excuses as to why the motorist did not see the cyclist. You even see these excuses used in court cases involving these types of collisions. But when the collision involves a motorist/motorist...people seem to see it more black and white.

And I have to agree with what Tiffany said, too. I am not sure what the posted speed limit is in the area of the crash, but cyclists need to obey the posted speed limit. Even though what ultimately should determine who is at blame (motorist failing to yield to the right of way), speed of everyone involved will go into the accident report. I ride at White Rock Lake in Dallas a few times a week...it is a very popular place for local cyclists to train. But everyday I am out there I see cyclists not obeying the rules of the road (posted speed limits, stop signs, yield signs, etc.). A lot of cyclist seem to think the rules of the road do not apply to them, yet they want motorists to respect them out there? There is even a sign posted at the lake at a stop sign reminding both motorists and cyclists that cyclists are granted the same RIGHTS and DUTIES as a motorist...but most of the cyclists blow through that stop sign while cars wait. While I agree that most motorists don't understand/don't care about the rights cyclists are granted on the road...cyclists are a big part of the problem, too.

I apologize for my rant. I have been doing a lot of thinking about this lately. I keep hearing about more and more collisions between cyclists and motorists. And recently I had a bad incident happen to me at the lake that involved a motorist (who was also a cyclist!)...so these issues have been on my mind.