I've never been so afraid to ride on the road

[salsabike]

zoom-zoom, I am sorry. That's devastating.

[OakLeaf]

I'm so sorry, zoom-zoom. Hugs and healing thoughts to you, the families and the witnesses.

[Crankin]

I understand how you feel. I started a century 2 years ago, where 2 women got killed. We were just far enough back, that we didn't see it happen, but we knew something bad had happened. We had to re-route ourselves and at the 40 mile mark, I let my attention wander a bit and hit DH, which ended our ride. We learned about what had happened in the support van, that took us and our damaged bikes back. I saw those women in front of me, picking up our packets. It is quite likely that we would have been victims or very near the crash, if DH had not stopped to pee at mile 15.
I was really shaken up and had some acute stress disorder symptoms for a couple of days. I have not done a big organized ride since. It didn't stop me from riding my normal routes with my friends, alone, or leading groups (small), but the incident totally made me lose my desire for large events.

[lauraelmore1033]

That's so awful! Dealing with very similar feelings myself these days...

[Crankin]

I knew that I certainly did not want to stop riding, and I also knew the symptoms were normal. Plus, this was all over the news, locally and nationally, so it was like talking about it/seeing it discussed helped me process. I took some short, fun, easy rides for about a week, and then I was back to normal.

[zoom-zoom]

I'll be headed to our shop ride in a couple of hours. I'm hoping that will help knock me out of the funk. I've been angry today. Apparently the motorist contacted an attorney and has turned themselves in as of noon today. The attorneys' statement is disgusting. I know it's their job to try to make their client pitied and not look at fault...but they're claiming the responsibility lies in the event (which I help organize) not providing adequate safety measures (like, what...closing 145+ miles of road to traffic or hiring snipers to take out moron motorists who can't give cyclists a safe passing distance?) and the lack of marked bike lane. Because a 6" painted lane would have prevented their client from failing to control his truck...right. Several witnesses saw this guy driving aggressively, even before the incident and afterwards. After he hit her, dragged her a ways, then sped off without stopping.

[ZoneFive]

I live in Lake Orion, and while I didn't know Susan Cummings, this hits pretty close to home on a lot of levels. I've only seen this update from the Freep; do you have any more news?