NAC: Ride of Silence tomorrow

[LL - NY]

One of my college buddies (and room mates and team mates) was mauled by a
cellphone toting motorist that decided to blow off a cop in a closed course
section of a bike race that he was in the year after he graduated from WPI.
He's now living life with his right leg 60 mm shorter than his left leg.
Driver received a failure to yield and failure to obey violation. Andrew
nearly died (he's okay now, but he's still pissed, he lives it every day).

I've had many a near miss, totally empathize with you there Brett. My
support is fully behind the ride(s).

LL - NY

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com>wrote:

> Most of you don't know this, but last year I was struck by a car while
> biking to work and broke a bone in my hand.  I was in front and to the
> side of him for more than half a minute at a traffic light.  When the
> light changed green, I made a left turn and he went straight from the
> left turn only lane, striking me in the process and knocking me off my
> bike.
>
>  The driver received a $50 ticket, which he probably got out of,
> given that I wasn't allowed to come to the hearing where he contested
> the ticket.  I received a trip to the ER, 3 doctor's visits, weeks out
> of work, nightmares, and two casts over the course of 5-6 weeks on my
> dominant hand. I consider myself fortunate that I fell away from the
> car, and not under.
>
> When I was injured, I was astounded at the sheer number of people I
> knew who had at least one friend who was also injured in a crash with
> a car.
>
> Tomorrow evening, all around the country, there will be a Ride of
> Silence to commemorate bicyclists injured or killed by drivers.  Full
> details can be found here:
>
> http://www.rideofsilence.org/
>
> ...including state-by-state ride locations.
>
> Please- if you have a bicycle in good working order, a helmet, and
> lights (you should have all of these if you ride anyway), I ask that
> you attend a ride near you.
>
> Thank you,
> Brett
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