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Old 10-12-05, 08:44 AM
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Given that almost 100% of night-riders in Houston do not use lights, and the particular part of town where he was hit isn't an affluent place where you'd expect a capable cyclists to live (most of them are educated & middle-class), I would bet money that he had no lights, no reflectors, no reflective vest, no ankle bands. They mostly wear dark clothing as well.

If he had had lights, reflectors, reflective vest, ankle bands he would've been most probably a accomplished cyclist and/or cycling activist, and I would've heard about his death from the grapevine. But, nothing heard yet.

Just an anonymous victim who didn't have a clue what he was doing, and now there are two victims... the cyclist and the driver of the motor vehicle.



Originally Posted by dan828
From the Houston Chronicle:

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory...olitan/3391258



That does seem to be pretty stupid behavior.
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