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Shootout Group Bike Ride Commentary for 3/8/08, Tucson, AZ
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Today’s ride started at 7 AM with Ralph Phillips of Fair Wheel Bikes give us a little talk before the ride. Last week the group had a little run in with a police officer that decided to drive head on toward the lead group of cyclist to get them to pull over. Consequently, it caused a chain reaction within the group and a few cyclist went down hard. Although there were no major injuries there were a few trashed bikes and a few people pretty banged up.
So Ralph started out by telling everyone to ride safe and obey the traffic laws. Plus inform us about an upcoming meeting. There is a meeting about the incident with the police officer that drove head on toward the Shootout on 1/1/2008 this Wednesday March 13, 2008 from 6 to 8 PM at Himmel Park Library conference room. The meeting is located one block south of Speedway and one block east of Tucson Blvd. Please come to voice what happen.
Today’s ride was steady and fast. It is the first Shootout in many years where I did not stop to take a drink until the top of the sprint hill. There was no time for hydrating during the ride. There were a group of about 10 guys in a rotating pace line hitting it hard on the front of the peloton.
Some of the big guns out on the ride today were Rob Alvarez, Gord Fraser, Jimmy Ricatello, and Matt Cooke.
Cyclist do have rights. There is a good book called Bicycling and the Law: Your Rights as a Cyclist
If you have an incident on the road and need legal help call a fellow cycling attorney Scott Biaggi by going to his website at www.VeloLaw.com.
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March 8th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
The police report for this incident is available at http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com
–Erik Ryberg
March 8th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Thanks Erik. Would you be interested in doing a post on http://www.ride-strong.com about rights of a cyclist?
-Tyler Ford
March 8th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Erik, I could not get that link to work. Can you forward me another?
March 9th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Alicia, if you want to send me an email I can email you the report. (go to tucsonbikelawyer.com to get it.) But I just checked the links and they seem to be working, so maybe try again?
Erik Ryberg
March 10th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Looks good riding in Tucson. I was there for business in last June and I gotta say it was too hot for riding, at least for me. Anyhow, I’d like to join riding with you guys! Looks very good.
March 11th, 2008 at 8:09 am
Geez. This is what the Tucson Citizen says is up next:
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/79232.php
A rider witnessed an unmarked car videotaping the Shootout this Saturday; apparently it was in fact the Sheriff’s department.
But of course they claim there was no video camera on the vehicle that caused the crash the week before.
Still not sure why the Sheriff’s department would think it’s appropriate to run cyclists over.
March 11th, 2008 at 8:10 am
I’d also like to add that if the Sheriff’s department wants to cite individuals for relieving themselves in public, it makes no sense to crash out the group. The persons urinating are already stopped.
March 12th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
According to http://www.TucsonBikeLawyer.com:
Sheriff’s video to be shown at 5 PM, not 6 PM at BAC Meeting
The Bicycle Advisory Committee has a separate enforcement meeting at 5 PM before each regular meeting, which is at 6 PM.
December 22nd, 2008 at 10:33 am
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