Posted on 12/10/2020 9:38:57 PM PST by BenLurkin
A group of cyclists were riding and had a Subaru hatchback "safety car" assigned to trail them when they were hit about 9:30 a.m. on southbound U.S. Highway 95 near Mile Marker 36, according to Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Travis Smaka.
A southbound truck "entered into the group of bicyclists, some of them were traveling behind the safety vehicle, they were struck, the safety vehicle was also struck as well as some the bicyclists in front of the safety vehicle," Smaka said.
The five cyclists were pronounced dead at the scene, south of Boulder City and north of Searchlight. One bicyclist suffered critical injuries and was airlifted to University Medical Center, officials said.
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Btw, with all the attention this got and as bad as it was with 5 fatalities, they never once stated if the bicyclist were in the #1 lane or the #2 lane, and in fact never stated once if the bicyclist and or their so call, Safety vehicle" were on the shoulder, past the solid white fog line. I find that very odd they completely left that information out. Legally it won't matter much for the truck driver, but from an investigation standpoint, as it's critical to the investigation to establish where everyone was at point of impact. I say this because they darn well where the safety vehicle and the bicyclist were at the point of impact. So it's pretty odd they neglected to mention if those people were in, or partially in the #2 lane at point of impact or if they were all on the shoulder where they should have been. Why they didn't reveal this is inquisitive and a bit suspect in my mind.
"...the attitude on display here..."
"...Thanks for the update..."
No one blamed them rather there were comments about how some bicyclist will put themselves in grave danger. Such as in this story.
At #127 and I stated: Bicyclist who ride with a couple of feet from 4,000++ pound vehicles traveling at 40,50,60 or 85 mph are simply ignorant, nutz, have a death wish and are likly suicidal.
I've seen the results of people going under the wheels or struck by what is essentially 4,000 pound hammers. It's really ugly and a terrible way to die.
And I stand by the above!
The thousands of miles in which I’ve done just that will disagree with you
I moved to a place where riding is difficult due to narrow roads, more hills than I like and ignorant people like way too many on this site.
They seem to forget that the Free in Free Republic doesn’t give them full rein to criticize whatever they personally don’t like
Btw, I'd never suggest anyone do that unless it's an emergency/breakdown etc...Even for a car, stopping along side a highway/freeway, out of lanes, to make a call can end in death and often does. Again, it's legal to stop there, but the occupants are often dead right.
"But I got behind one once and it took me an extra minute to get where I was going. And he was wearing bright colors."
I once got into it here with someone who insisted that she did not need to be able to stop within the distance she could see down the road as long as she was obeying the speed limit. When I showed her the DMV manual from her state, she refused to believe it. "If the speed limit says 80 mph and I can only see 50 feet because of fog, I can drive 80."
Is there any information on who he was driving for? Ping me if anyone knows.
What a sad story. But we are now in a country that thinks any kind of drugs are fine.... Oh, as long as it’s not cigarettes you know, cigarettes’ are bad for you and causes death from second hand smoke and all....
"...DMV manual..."
I would expect someone who rode as you would say exactly what you said. Thousands of miles with no accidents....?
"...info on who he was driving for..."
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