Bicyclist Dies
 

A 71 year old woman who was a Villager died as a result as a collision with a tractor owned by Down to Earth on Morse B'lvd. She was @ fault

So sad. Be safe out there.

Beyond sad ... and happened so fast. Have to always always pay attention on the cart paths and elsewhere. All it takes is a flash.

And remember an accident we would have bounced back from when we were 18-19, is now fatal--

I stopped riding my bike on the multi modal path over a year ago. It's just too dangerous for me. I feel bad for this poor woman. RIP

If a cyclist runs every stop sign, they may make it safely through any number between 0 and ∞ with the latter being the popular expectation of the rider.

Regardless of the circumstances of this tragedy, this should be taken as a lesson by all, particularly cyclists. As a cyclist I will never win in any collision or almost any other kind of incident regardless of my age. As a consequence, I would never think of riding on a road unless I was in a group, and I always stop and look both ways at stop signs (apparently unexpectedly to a couple of golf carts -- were they not paying attention or assuming that cyclists usually blow through stop signs?).

The paradox is that cyclists are presumably riding for exercise yet they don't want to expend the extra effort to regain momentum after a stop.

MMP had nothing to do with it. Failure to yield and keep you’re self out of harms way. Yes very horrific accident that could of been avoided.

I read that article on V-N early this morning.

For what it's worth, my experience with the V-N is that the reporters get their stories from police reports (which are in the public domain).

The "reporters" then cut and paste from the digitized reports, forming an article "worthy" of being published on their employer's website.

Just how factual is the report?

The FHP investigated the accident.

Whom did the investigating officer interview? The injured party, bystanders, the tractor operator.

One statement shown in the report, if we are to believe V-N, is

"The report noted she had failed to yield the right of way to the tractor.'

I see posters suggesting that the injured party was at fault.

After all, we non-cyclists know that those fools that ride bicycles NEVER yield and NEVER stop for stop signs.

Shame on you people, the woman is dead, she certainly can't defend herself.

But IF she was at fault, why berate others for saying so? Tragic and sad, at fault or not.

So, are you the spokesperson for ALL non-cyclists?

What statistics are you citing with your claim if in fact you are truly the non-cyclist spokesperson and can state that fools that ride bicycles NEVER yield or NEVER stop?

Seriously? Think about how ridiculous that sounds!

You've never seen me on my bike and I ALWAYS stop and I ALWAYS yield.

So, you are completely wrong in your statement.

It is still a very tragic situation.

With proper precautions, MMP riding is much safer than riding the streets imo.

Not sure if I read it right, is someone saying that drivers should assume that bicyclists are going to blow through stop signs and otherwise disregard road regulations?

We know that drivers are not going to that. Very sorry, but my thinking is if you are going to ride and if you are going to disobey the rules of the road, you can expect to be hit and its consequences.

Yeah, we rode our bikes one time on a busy MMP and that was enough.

Now we put our bikes in our SUV, drive down to the Fenney area, and ride on the many trails that allow bikes but DO NOT allow golf carts. We can now enjoy our bikes again.

I’ve seen a whole lot of cyclists in TV, and now I know for certain I’ve never seen you!
You are a rare bird indeed.

I must state for the record my reason for stopping is twofold, one that my bicycle is not equipped with any suspension (the transition from MMP to the street is a little bumpy) and the other is that I also suffer from vertigo, so sowing down to avoid the bumpy part make a me a little unstable so I stop then start again!

Can you provide more info where those trails are? :)

One area in the Southern Oaks is from the Everglades rec center. Simply go out to the right of the softball fields is a MMP, from the you can ride them. Also, you could park by the food trucks then ride it from the other side. I ride on them often.

This situation with this villager is sad.
This past Sunday at 430 pm someone on a bike(no helmet) took a face plant on the pavement on Morse just north of Rio Grande
Guy was badly hurt. Please look twice. Ride safe!

Just watched two different people riding blew thru the first stop sign coming out of a neighborhood, one car made a emergent stop so they didn’t hit them. Then ran the red light as if only people on the road. I was hoping this tragedy would give some a wake up call, but NO:pray:

Would you know where I could download a Fenny map of bike baths? I have a bike rack and want to try them out.

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Today's Daily Sun stated she blew through a stop sign and collided with a heavy duty vehicle.

She was at fault but I am always sad that a person lived that long and gets killed in an accident. :cry:

A heavy price to pay for a mistake.

There are two of us, I also STOP and Yield, laws of physics state I will always lose otherwise!!!