This is a terribly tragic story. Please< everyone who is in a hurry to get home on Friday, stay safe and think of all of us commuters as part of your family. Whether we're on a bicycle, motorcycle, minivan or running for a train. If we take care of each other by expecting the unexpected while we drive we can save lives. I hope I never lose my life in a senseless motor vehicle accident. God bless the family of the cyclist. Peace to the drivers and 1st responders. You're in our thoughts and prayers.

We All know,

These Bicylist,Now are all over the place.

With as menny cars on the road to-day.

Please give me a break.

They even made room on the road way for them.

Enter on your own risk..

Cycling on the roadways has become incredibly dangerous due to the proliferation of electronic gadgets that deter a motorist's attention from the task of safely operating a four to six thousand pound metal mass moving at high rates of speed.  Cell phones, mobile internet devices, GPS mapping, etc., etc., all of which combine to make our roadways more dangerous.  While these devices may or may not have been a contributing factor in this incident (though I won't be surprised they were), they certainly pose a threat to the safety of ALL people (cyclists, pedestrians, motorists, road crews, etc.) using our city streets and highways.

I have been a cyclist for more than 25 years.  I am also a husband and a father of two teenage children.  I am, among many other things, a son, a cousin, a coach, a volunteer, an adviser and a friend to many people.  An event such as the one that happened on Camino Tassajara touches the lives of many, many people.  Each time I go for a ride, I am keenly aware of the risks that exist and pray that I don't become a victim of some idiot behind the wheel doing something stupid (e.g., sending a text message).

As a point of reference, the athlete who was killed was also a father of two young children and a husband.  Now, because of the actions of an inattentive (or incompetent) motorist, a father will NEVER return to his family.  Life as they know it will NEVER be the same because somebody got behind the wheel of a car and lost perspective.

Unfortunately, far too many drivers see cyclists only as obstacles - impediments to their perceived "unfettered right" to the roadway.  Equally troubling is the fact that this mentality stretches way beyond this one incident - it's indemic in our "pedal-to-the-metal", "get-out-of-my-way", "I-want-it-now", "enter-on-your-own-risk" (thanks, Wally1, our iliterate contributor) society.  When will this madness end???  People!  Take a deep breath and RELAX!  So what if you're fifteen minutes late for dinner - you'll get over it.

Share the road.  Show some care and concern for others.  The life you save may be your own or that of someone important to your life.

Cyclists can also do more to keep themselves safe.  Too many seem to have an attitude that the road belongs to them and the motorists better behave.  The problem is that drivers are people too, who are not perfect and can get distracted or make errors.  When that happens with two cars, it's only a fender-bender.  Cyclists also do stupid things, with some feeling they should be treated like cars when it suits them, and not when it doesn't (like in running through lights or stop signs).

For example:  There is a lovely trail that parallels Danville /SRV Boulevard for most of its length.  But many cyclists see it as beneath them to use it, and insist instead on riding in heavy traffic on the road.  They are entitled to do that, of course, but it clearly increases risks.  Other cyclists will pass slow-moving cars on the right through intersections, oblivious to the possibility of a right turn by the driver who can't see them in his blind spot.  If a crash results in that case, it is the cyclist's fault.

"Share the road" goes two ways.  Ride defensively and smart, give up the attitude, and we can all be a little safer.  The absolute last thing a driver ever wants to do it hit a cyclist.

"Some people, anxious to get through the crash site, kicked pieces of the victim's bicycle out of the way as they passed, Kincaid said." - Not that this sentence actually makes sense (unless you're Fred Flinstone, how do you kick something on the road while driving a car), but I'd like to know what really happened here before I call out a bunch of ugly commuters.

I saw that accident. It must of just happened when I went by. I stopped to see if anyone needed help but a woman said they had it covered.

I drive on Camino Tassajara every day to and from work. You get people who drive 20 miles an hour or people who drive 80 miles an hour on that 2 lane highway. I also see these same drivers on their cell phone. I thought that was against the law?!

There is even this gold Honda that I encounter ever so often that drives erratically. I have called the local PD on her several times but she still drives crazy.

I see many bikers on that road. It is not safe for them to be on that road. There is no shoulder, no bike lanes, and no sidewalks. I always have said that the city needs to make that road wider. To make it safe for people to pass and bikers.