Personally I feel that what should have been a fight to get a proper response to notification of a hazardous condition was somehow changed to a fight that all Iowa roads must be hazard free for cyclists and the later can clearly not be supported. Also as someone who is involved with bike events I don't understand why someone from RAGBRAI was not stationed at the hazard or at least used some orange spray paint on the hazard.
I don't intend to be unsympathetic to the tragedy or to cyclists in Iowa but I see something that does not seem right on both sides of the discussion. What to do now that things have wandered so far off course I have no idea, both sides have a valid bee in the bonnet.
I wish all concerned the best in resolving this issue.