Some disturbing news out of Lafayette, California, where police arrested a 52-year-old man for allegedly pulling a gun on a cyclist. Read the story here.
The days are gone when a roadside hazard meant poor road and path conditions, bad visibility or even barking dogs. Now we have motorists recklessly refusing to share the road, some even forcing cyclists off the road or into a collision.
The Bicycle Civil Liberties Union, a nonprofit in the Bay Area determined to ensure equal access and safe accomodations for cyclists, lists some discouraging cases from 1998 to 2008 where cyclists have clashed with drivers. And these are just some of the ones reported. Check out this list of cases .
We put ourselves at risk every time we go out there. But we do it because we love the scenery, the challenge and the positive effect it has on our health. None of us should have to fear for our lives from someone like Roy Ragas, who, according to records with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, has a criminal history made up solely of traffic offenses.
In 1992, he was twice arrested in Boulder on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. CBI records show he was arrested the following year for failing to appear in court on one of the drunk-driving charges.According to court records, Boulder County prosecutors in 2005 dismissed a misdemeanor charge that Ragas was driving without a valid license.
I hope here in California, if found guilty, he gets the stiffest penalty available.
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