Cycling and Hit and Run Drivers

[rubysoho]

Even if it isn't the majority of people it is still scary to know there are people out there who joke and laugh about hurting cyclists. I think quite a few would never actually do it.

That said, are there places where it happens more frequently? I ride in a county of over 1 million people and every day I feel like the majority of drivers are kind and respectful.

But in my university town where the population was 14k when the school was not is session... I know of quite a few riders who have been clipped by cars and I know of at least two people, including the captain of the cycling team (I think), who have been killed because of "inattentive" drivers.

I spoke to a cyclist the other day who told me a story about cyclists on a fund raising tour that were harassed by motorcyclists and it ended up in a nasty, tangled mess. Motorcyclists! You'd think of everyone on the road this group would be especially kind to cyclists! It happened in a more rural area of the state.

The very fact that there are people in this world who think opening their car door into a cyclist is a funny prank (happened to a friend from school) ... is more than messed up.

As for comment sections, there are a lot of trolls in this world and the anonymity of the internet brings out the worst.