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Permalink Reply by Tom A.K. on October 4, 2014 at 4:39am

Strange,
that life ,
can change,
in a flash.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on October 4, 2014 at 9:58am

Very sad news.

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Permalink Reply by Bobby's Bike Hike- Chicago Tours on October 4, 2014 at 12:05pm

that's so unfortunate

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Permalink Reply by Craig S. on October 6, 2014 at 3:04am

Lincoln is a college town, there are bikes everywhere and bike riders in Nebraska have always suffered at the hands of car drivers.

I grew up in west Omaha, Nebraska, riding my bikes all over the then country roads, out to the Platte river and other points elsewhere. I can't tell you how many times I was run/forced off the road, suffered shit thrown at me and endured countless epithets from drivers.

I'm always amused at the level of whining here about the city drivers and the temerity of drivers invading the sanctity of the bike lanes and whatever.  Go ride in Lincoln or Omaha for awhile where there isn't traffic control every block and neighborhood streets are treated as raceways.

Jeff Schneider said:

One Lincoln cyclist has also been killed, and two others injured (one severely) by drivers in the last month alone.  This medium-sized city hasn't had to deal with so much violence against cyclists before.  They are just now discussing ghost bikes, rides of silence, etc., things we in Chicago already know too well.

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