You may remember that Lance Armstrong dedicated a day of this year’s Tour de France to the five cyclists injured in a road accident in Kanata, Canada. We arrived in the country to find that the accused driver faced five more charges relating to the incident:
Ottawa Citizen 27th August 2009
Reactions and comments on cyclists safety appeared in the press the same day:
Ottawa Citizen 27th August 2009
…and more the day following:
Ottawa Citizen 28th August 2009
Helmets, bells, position on the road, bike lanes or bike paths, police action, police inaction - all the arguments and concerns we see aired in the press at home..
Toronto Star 29th August 2009
Obviously mankind the world over has to learn to tolerate and accommodate users of the shared space which is our public highway.
As Lance wrote on his video blog post: “Be safe on the roads.”