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Reading this post saddened me. Ernie, I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. I always get a little queasy when I hear about someone dying this way.
I think most of us who ride on the road do whatever we can to keep ourselves safe. We wear helmets, ride with traffic, obey laws, use lights and reflectors and just plain pay attention. If you're not sure about the rules of the road, check out this page. The Victoria Police Department also keeps a stack of bike safety pamphlets in the lobby.
Even if you follow all these rules, tragedies, like what happened to Ernie's friend, can happen. We're on tiny bikes and largely at the mercy of drivers in vehicles that outweigh us many fold. Drivers need to remember that bikes are part of traffic. There's no reason to cut as close as close as possible to a bike or to curse at riders. And like cyclists, drivers need to pay attention to the road.
If you're interested in a share-the-road reminder, try this. So cute! I might...
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