South Australia: Silent ride ‘a reminder’ of cyclists’ road deaths

Posted by admin on 05/19/07 in Ride of Silence

ABC Online: Silent ride ‘a reminder’ of cyclists’ road deaths

About 100 cyclists are riding from Adelaide city to Glenelg, in the south-western suburbs, in the first Ride of Silence in South Australia. The ride is based on an American event intended to bring attention to road deaths involving cyclists. There have been four such deaths in South Australia so far this year. Sam Powrie from the South Australian Bicycle Institute says many of the cyclists have experience with accidents involving cars. “The Ride of Silence is really just a quiet gentle reminder that those injuries are still with us, those deaths are still with us,” he said. “We all have an ongoing responsibility to ensure that they don’t continue.”

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