[SDCBC] Bicyclist killed in Mira Mesa

[Big50_1@yahoo.com]

I've been following this unfortunate story since it occurred since I lived in Mira Mesa at one time and rode a ten mile circuit on the streets many a night.  There is a real need to get night bike safety info to the parts of the county that have heavy immigrant populations.  I can't tell you how many times in Escondido at night that I have caught movement out of the corner of my eye as I drove along that turned out to be an unlit bicyclist whizzing by the car.  I had gone by before I knew they were there.  Because I'm a cyclist I have a great deal of empathy for bicyclists.  When I'm around them in a car I take responsibility not to damage them.  But I wonder how many people are hit on bicycles in the county that do not turn up as fatalities that are in a similar situation?  Being older, I do my riding almost always in the day because of this very issue (Midnight Madness in San Diego being the exception).  I don't want to get killed by a situation that is totally
 preventable (running a red light at night on an unlit bike, WOW, even typing that sent up a chill).  -- Lee
       
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