Monday, May 3, 2010

More 'ghost bike' memorials erected around Colorado


It's time Alabamians look outside the state to solve the Bicycle safety issues.
"Vermont had zero fatalities, and Alabama had the most: 22.5 deaths per 10,000 bicycles."



 A “ghost bike” memorial to Marvin “Chip” Webb is shown April 13 in Lafayette. Webb, a Lafayette cafe owner, died after a collision with a bus while riding his bike near Lafayette City Hall.
Photo by JOE AMON/The Denver Post/AP
A “ghost bike” memorial to Marvin “Chip” Webb is shown April 13 in Lafayette. Webb, a Lafayette cafe owner, died after a collision with a bus while riding his bike near Lafayette City Hall.

DENVER - The mountain bike, spray-painted white, is chained to a lamppost at the busy intersection in Lafayette where Marvin “Chip" Webb was hit on his bicycle by an RTD bus. He died the next day.



The bike is adorned with some flowers, a memorial card signed by friends and a stenciled sign that reads “A Cyclist Was Struck Here 4-6-10."

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2 comments:

Yokota Fritz said...

22.5 per 10,000 bikes is horrendous -- that's three times the national rate of motorcycle fatalities (about 7 per 10,000 motorcycles).

clintpatty said...

Maybe fearmongering is accurate.