Senseless bicyclist fatality

[Steve Schoger]

 

On a sad note, and at the request of a client of mine, I want to share the tragic news of the senseless death of his brother, Ray, who was riding his new bike yesterday in his neighborhood and was hit and killed by a 16-year old driver:

 

Steve: FYI, my brother was an avid biker, marathoner and budding triathoner.  He was killed riding his bike in his gated neighborhood on a residential street.  I wanted to let you know as a reminder of how careful bikers need to be...the car always will win.  Please remind your biking buddies as well….

 

Sadly, my brother died yesterday.  I was able to get to New Orleans in time to sit with him for a couple of hours before he died.

 

We're all in shock and disbelief.  He was run over by a 16 year old boy who had just gotten his driver’s license and probably speeding given how far Ray was thrown.  Ray was on the first ride of his brand new bike, in his neighborhood.  It was his 34th wedding anniversary.

 

I'm in New Orleans now but not sure my plans right now, funeral is likely to be this weekend at Lakelawn.

 

Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers.  Ray was a leader in the dental community in New Orleans, teacher at the Dental school, fitness advocate and dad to the best two nieces I could ever have. He was my hero.

 

Be very careful, aware and anticipatory out there, no matter what you are doing…on a bike, in a car, or just walking…life is very fragile and we cannot depend on others to exercise a reasonable level of caution and care.  Let’s all have a great year of riding in 2014 and be able to tell stories about it a year from now!

 

Steve

 

 

[nadir ali]

Steve, 

Thanks for sharing this with us. It saddens and frightens me. 

Often when I am late to join my bike barn group in clear lake I ride in my neighborhood thinking that it is safe compared to the busy clear lake streets. As a group of cyclists we get a bit more respect. However, this can happen anywhere. We all need to redouble our efforts to enhance cycling safety in our communities. 

Nadir. 

"Emotional correctness is a higher order of self regulation than being politically correct"

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[Greg LaDoe]

Sad indeed. 

 

Nadir - How are you?  when are you going to come up and ride with us again?  A couple of us are doing a 200k Randonneur ride this Saturday (Brookshire to Burton and back).

 

Greg

[nadir ali]

Thanks for asking. 

Putting my life back together. 

I moved back to clear lake. I like living there more. Open roads to ride. 

Have been on the trainor mostly because of work and weather. 

I have a check up with my cardiologist on Jan 20th. After that if things are well I want to ramp up training a bit more. 

Hope to see you guys soon. 

"Emotional correctness is a higher order of self regulation than being politically correct"