[Carfreeliving] letter to editor about sonoma murders

[Joshua Hart]

sent to chronicle this morning:


Editor-  With the third cyclist killed by a drunk driver in Sonoma 
County in less than a year, it is time to start asking deeper questions 
than the CHP spokesperson interviewed for your article could muster, 
"people who ride their bikes on these country roads usually know the 
risk and assume the risk."  This is not the message that should be 
coming from a public safety official.

Drunk driving threatens the lives of everyone- those who choose to 
bicycle, walk, or drive.  The Bay Area's ultra-mobile culture seems to 
be suffering from a basic lack of respect for the lethal nature of 
motor vehicles, resulting in tragedy after tragedy.  Bicycling and 
walking on our public roads is a basic human right.  If cyclists are 
being killed by reckless, drunk individuals, and law enforcement is 
putting the onus on the victim, surely none of us are safe the minute 
we set foot outside our homes.

Josh Hart
Vice Chair, Bay Area Bicycle Coalition




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