If you don’t follow professional cycling, you may not know who Dave Zabriskie is. He’s the dude that beat Lance Armstrong on the time trial prologue of Lance’s last TdF. He later ate it in the team time trial and was out of the race. Anyhow, Dave has started a new campaign called ‘Yield to Life‘, here’s a little excerpt of why he started such campaign:
As a professional cyclist I have ridden my bike all over the world, but, sadly, each of the three times that I have been hit by a car has been in the United States; the worst of the accidents was in 2003.
I had just flown back to Salt Lake after my most successful season to date when, on May 23, I was in Millcreek Canyon in Salt Lake City. I was enjoying one of my favorite rides when I was hit by an SUV on the way down. The SUV made a left hand turn directly into me. I flew through the air and landed on the ground, unable to move the left side of my body. After spending a week in the hospital, I left with pins in my wrist and my leg, and some cadaver bone in my knee. The doctors did not think I would ride again.
His Yield To Life website has tips for cyclists as well as motorists and upcoming programs like a Best Route Database, Driver’s Ed Program and a grassroots campaign.
I like this dude’s idea, I think this would benefit bike commuters more than recreational roadies.
Check out his site at www.yieldtolife.org
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