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Ride of Silence

Throughout the country on Wednesday, May 17, people will be riding their bicycles quietly as part of the Ride of Silence, which honors people who have been killed or injured in bicycling accidents throughout the country.

The St. Louis version of the ride will start Wednesday at the Missouri Historical Society Building in Forest Park. Cyclists are asked to arrive between 6:30 and 6:45 p.m., and the ride will begin at 7 p.m.

The St. Louis version of the ride will have additional signficance because of the July 2005 accident that killed Michael Katz, a retired attorney who was a regular on rides in the St. Louis area and because of the recent death of Michael Pohlman, who died after suffering a heart attack during a ride near Edwardsville, Ill.

Let's hope the Ride of Silence succeeds in honoring the memory of those who died and in raising motorists' awareness of cyclists on America's roads.

Roger 0 comments 1:43 PM