[Theodore R.]

What a horrible and senseless loss of life!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I gave up triathlons for this very reason.

Just because it is legal for bicycles to share the road with cars, doesn't make it smart.

[Between the Lines]

He could do little but yell Hobbs' name until ambulances arrived on the scene.....Thornton met Hobbs in Tech's Campus Crusade for Christ. The two also taught a Bible study group ...

A time to pray, not yell.

[nothingnew]

What a horrible and senseless loss of life!

Yes, it's horrible. OTOH, I live in Durango CO, named the "Mountain Biking Capitol of the World", and there are many "bikers" who pay no heed to the laws of riding on public roads. Don't know all the details of this story, but I get really tired of "bikers" who think they're impervious and not covered by the laws of road use...and really tired of them riding three or four abreast throwing me the bird when I honk and then pass them. Just some of my experience. Sad this guy got dead.

FMCDH(BITS)

[taxed2death]

"Reports also indicate Hobbs was riding to Thornton's left inside the westbound lane."


...inside the westbound lane.

180 lb rider, 22+ lb bike / versus 5000 lb truck.

perhaps the cyclist would be alive today had he been following in the tiremarks of his friend who was not riding inside the traffic lane.


Just a thought.

[Max Combined]

"Reports also indicate Hobbs was riding to Thornton's left inside the westbound lane."

Not a good idea to ride in the lane in Texas.

My brother was hit and killed on his bike along a very wide road in Georgia. Nothing was done to the guy who hit him, who did stop and call the police. The guy driving the car was shaky as far as his driving history and some other facts in his background, but there were no witnesses, other than the driver.


I used to ride my bike 18 miles to work from Higganum to Wallingford, CT. For a good deal of the ride, I rode on a section of road about 12" wide outside of the white line marking the edge of the road. Those cars were whizzing by awfully close. I, too, was training for triathlons.

[THEUPMAN]

We live outside a collage town and often have cyclists on the roads.
I have stopped many of them, to try and explain that it's not a good idea to dress in camo then hit the roads.

The colorful outfits and broken patterns may stand out in the city full of gray concrete. But put them against the background of fall leaves or spring buds and they disappear.

[AdSimp]

I am not implying that this has much to do with this particular story, but maybe someone here knows the answer to this question: If a cyclist is at fault for an accident, will his auto insurance pay? How come I never hear about liability coverage for bicyclists?

(As I become more and more republican, I have more assets I have to protect, don't you know.)

[af_vet_1981]

"As soon as I saw him get hit, I instantly called 911," said the witness, who said he then stepped on the accelerator. Reaching speeds up to 80 mph, he followed the pickup allegedly driven by McInroe, a construction worker who was assigned to a company vehicle matching the description of the one that crashed into Hobbs. "I just did it without thinking," said the witness. McInroe was arrested at about 11 p.m. Monday at his home, the truck parked outside with damage to its front right area. McInroe, according to Lubbock County Jail records, was in custody Wednesday on charges of failure to stop and render aid. Bond was set at $100,000.

Give him a fair trial and a fast hanging.

I think it is unwise to ride bikes on the road with killers and without bike lanes.

[deport]

the sun set at 6:25 p.m. Monday.

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Not the smartest thing to be doing at that time even though they may have been legal otherwise. Texas law requires a red reflector and many use a red blinking light also. Even with pedal reflectors and the other relectors it is still hard to see someone on a bike until you are upon them at night.

[Lady Heron]

I lived in an area that had a very busy road that cyclist used daily. It was very dangerous place for them to come to ride, two lane road with no shoulder, but they did in great numbers. My fear was that I might hit one of these stupid people and ruin my life(I saw several others hit some of these guys during the years I lived there or at least the aftermath of the hit, bicycle crumpled and guy lying on the ground with emergency workers standing over him). I can't stand stupidity nor cyclist that use these type of roads any longer.

The thing that really pissed me off about the whole situation was that this area had 2 large parks and a small one within 5 miles that they could have ridden in. This is not about riding but how much they can take over and show they own the road. Though I am sorry for him, I have long since lost my tolerance for the situation, cars and bikes do not mix. Not only is he dead but an other guys life is ruined, when finding a good park to ride in was an easy choice.