Then there’s this,
from today’s front page.
Now the article
focuses on one cyclist who was killed,
likely running a light, but I refer you to
this gem buried within:
“The number of
cyclist deaths per capita for New Mexico was
second only to that of Florida from 2010 to
2012, and 50 percent higher than the
national rate, according to the state
Department of Health. How many, one might
wonder, were caused by a cyclist’s
decision?”
I grow weary of
the lazy inductive reasoning on the part of
people who write the newspaper with
something to the effect of “I saw a cyclist
run a signal, therefore all cyclists run
signals and deserve what they get.” But this
is a staff member who is too lazy to do a
simple Google search. Doesn’t take much
effort to know, that of the few
comprehensive studies of motorist/cyclist
collisions, the single greatest cause of
those collisions is “cyclist overtaken by
vehicle from the rear.”
Robert L. Browning
II
From: Bike-racers
[mailto:bike-racers-bounces@mailman.swcp.com]
On Behalf Of John Vance via
Bike-racers
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2015
4:59 PM
To: Nathan Masek
Cc: NM Cycling
Subject: Re: [NMCycling] Singing
Rd on NM 333....GABAC is against?????
Mentally
unstable people write letters to the
editor all the time. Sometimes newspapers
publish them. I wouldn't worry too much
about it.
Ok,
so here is my position on the
subject. I am a bike racer, I've been
racing for over 25 yrs. I am also a
transportation planner by profession.
My
feeling is this - yes, drivers face
many distractions and are quite
irresponsible and in some cases,
downright dangerous and worse,
criminally negligent to the peril of
innocent cyclists. That being said,
the roads must be shared, by all
vehicles as designated with signage,
policy, posted speed, etc. The
singing highway is one of two of its
kind in the United States. It's an
amazing feature that actually adds
quite a bit of character and charm
to an otherwise fairly boring
roadway. I have friends from out of
state who have noted it on social
media, it's now part of the Rt 66
experience for the numerous of
venturers that explore Rt 66 and
happen to come upon it; it's a
really cool thing! It is also a
fairly short segment of the
roadway. To call for its removal,
to me, is quite misdirected, and
fails to recognize the primary issue
- that of careless drivers.
Now,
to have the GABAC write a letter,
well, look what it has spawned - a
letter to the editor of the largest
newspaper in the state, basically
slamming the cycling community as a
bunch of wackos. As a cyclist, I
don't appreciate this. I speak out
of experience of having been on the
GABAC in the past, and I can attest
that it is a delicate balance to
reconcile the relationship between
cars and bicycles. The cyclists
have legislation behind them these
day, and some times even that is not
enough
Hey
guys, so I just read in the
paper this morning that the
Greater Abq Bicycle Advisory
Committee (GABAC) had
submitted a letter against
the "singing highway" in the
Tijeras Canyon in NM 333 -
is this true?
If so, would someone from
that group care to respond?
Thx, Nathan
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