Opinion article in NYT on cycling deaths:
I remember a trip up into Amish country when I was a kid to pick up a load of lumber. There was the normal slowing down to get around a horse and buggy from time to time. But then we came up on a lone bycyclist. Dad slowed down and passed. But he passed the way most people do and just sort of got over a little and rode on by. I, being a kid and fresh with knowledge and ideas of how things ought to be, gave him a bit of a lecture as to how the bicycle has the same right to the road as a car. You are suppose to pass wide in the other lane just as if you are passing a car. Yada, yada. Whatever....
My take away from this article: "avoid harm by assuming that every driver was “a mouth-breathing drug addict with a murderous hatred for cyclists.”" or joggers.
I have a copy of SI I've been hanging onto since 2008. It has an article (http://si.com/vault/article/ma...MAG1141118/index.htm) about Hope Solo and the bull **** she had to put up with from her teammates when she had the nerve to speak the truth about their loss in the 2007 world cup. But something that struck me even back then was the almost casual mention of her friend who was struck and killed by a motorist while jogging.
**** happens. People are generally not held responsible for these fatalities. They are just accidents afterall. The message is clear. Runners and cyclists are solely responsible for their own safety. Be careful.