A friend of a close friend was killed cycling on Wednesday evening. I never met her, but I can't stop dwelling on the accident. Not many details yet as to how it exactly happened.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...,4221016.story
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08-23-2013, 05:21 AM #1
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Local cyclist killed
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08-23-2013, 06:35 AM #2
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So sorry- we have had several fatalities as well as life changing injuries to cyclists here in RVA..... ):
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08-23-2013, 09:05 AM #3
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I will be riding on that road on Sunday, getting ready to make a left turn.
I do see a lot of unsafe passing in Maryland. Some drivers don't give 3 feet, but more often they give plenty of clearance but they don't wait until they have a clear sight line to know that there is no oncoming traffic, so it's just blind luck that they don't crash into anyone.
Very sad.
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08-23-2013, 02:00 PM #4
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((((((fallstoclimb)))))) I'm so sorry. It's upsetting when someone local is hit, even when we didn't know them.
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08-23-2013, 02:53 PM #5
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(((((fallstoclimb))))) It's so unnerving. I actually just posted my own experience with a friend getting killed while riding in another thread. Such a hard thing to deal with - even when you didn't know the person as the cycling community has always made me feel so connected somehow.
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08-23-2013, 05:41 PM #6
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Ugh. Just horrible.
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