This is beginning to get really depressing. There have been a lot of emails and subsequent posts regarding accidents involving cyclists today. Looks like it’s about time to mix up a cocktail at the Drunkcyclist World Headquarters.
From: dano
Subject: this is worthy of your attention
Jonny,
This is so terribly sad and horribly [...]

A Warwick man was killed yesterday afternoon while riding his bicycle along Route 1 south between Kings Factory Road and Posser Trail, the police said.
The accident happened around 4 p.m. when a gray Buick Rendezvous sport-utility vehicle traveling south on Route 1 veered off the road into the shoulder, fatally striking Frank J. Cabral, [...]

I’ve gotten a few emails on this on so far:
From: Josh
Subject: suv runs over priest
I doubt you guys want to become a place where cyclists are eulogized, but I thought I’d pass this story along. It seems to be getting out of hand in
Chicago (four cyclists killed in the last month), just like everywhere [...]

Another one that warms the heart.
From: david
Subject: cars rule
Just ask the Beverly Hills PD: digg.com
soundoftheground.blogspot.com

He ain’t lyin’. Check the story:
I was riding to work as a graduate research assistant for my PhD studies at UCLA at around 10:40am Tuesday morning (August 21, 2007). I was westbound on Wilshire preparing to make a [...]

Drunkcyclist contributor Erik B. has a damn good one in the Tucson Citizen. Excerpt below:

The Tucson Citizen was right to champion Tucson’s efforts to create new bike lanes (July 31 editorial “Pedaling away: new bike lanes”), but the Citizen missed the mark on Tucson’s “bike-friendly” status.
Tucson currently has a “gold” designation from the League [...]

Seems I got me a new friend in the Kansas City area.
Good news. That’ll match up well with the century farm my uncle is minding out that way. Yep, I got family out there. Generations of family.
I fired off Our Dear Tony an email earlier today, right about the same time I [...]

Yep. Bikes may be banned from the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail.
Some words:

The Forest Service suggests prohibiting mountain biking where our use is currently allowed on the CDNST. The proposed policy also singles out bicycling as an undesirable use that should be subject to additional scrutiny and restrictions. These include a burden of proof [...]

Moving the ball forward.
New bills passed by the Oregon Legislature will make an already bicycle-friendly Ashland even safer for those who choose to pedal. A bill was signed earlier last week that establishes a “share the road” license plate with the proceeds going to bicycle safety programs.
Another bill will create a safe passing law [...]