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Hey tricky, it would be much quicker for you to just type "I have a butt where my head goes." It would make the same point.

To onetrickydude: You're right. Absolutely right. How dare those bicyclists ride their bikes on your roads! Good gracious - they really interrupt your texting time while driving. And gosh, they may actually make you have to pay attention while talking on your cell phone, laughing it up with your friends about ramming your 4000 pound death barge into those completely defenseless annoyances you call bicyclists - all so that you can arrive to your destination 13 seconds earlier. After all, bicyclists are for wadding up and throwing away like sheets of worthless paper. Anyone who dresses in that stupid looking spandex stuff is a cissy, too. They deserve to die.

My God, man - you are an idiot.

Thank you for showing your ignorance.

Ryan Shell

this may be one of the most ignorant posts I have ever read. Do you think people purposely orphan their kids and widow their wife just to wear spandex? That is like saying you can't understand why people cross the street, how dare they get on the road, they deserve what they get.

Onetrickydude - I think I saw that tiny little brain of yours rolling down Wendover. May have been a fly turd - can't be sure. Let's make a rule, no more submitting comments while you're coming down off of your crack high.

Comments such as these do nothing but display ignorance. I’m not going to pretend all Cyclists follow the rules of the road like they should, but the same can be said for motorists. A lot more Motorists kill cyclists by doing stupid thing then vice versa. Also Bikes have been around much longer then motorized vehicles, they don’t pollute, they are an excellent workout and a wonderful way to explore an area. When things like this happened they should be a time for people to open there eyes and realizes we all share the road, like it or not. And for someone that thinks you can get a good biking workout in a park please have them go to Country Park and try to get a 20 mile ride in, after lap two you’ll be willing to risk it on the road.

I have just recently gotten involved with cycling as I have joined the world of triathlons. The things people have done are amazing- I have had people on 2 lane roads yell things at me, or swerve dramatically around me and throw things at fellow cyclists. I stay as far to the right as physically possible without riding on the grass and I average around 20+ mph. So I shouldn’t be holding anyone up. Cycling isn’t going away. Even if this cyclist was riding in the middle of the road the person driving clearly wasn’t paying attention. The only way this was not her fault is if she was passing the cyclist with 3 feet clearance and the person just fell over or jutted out in front of the car, which from an experienced cyclist isn’t likely. Also if that was the case- why did the person driving keep going? At least this man died doing something he enjoyed and had a passion for. It could have been any one of us… but we can’t let fear keep us off the roads. Ride on!

@onetrickydude: I don't normally say this sort of thing to people online, because I don't support being a spineless twit who hides behind a computer and the Internet, but...

I cross my fingers, and hope that you suffer some profound loss in your life some day, you witless piece of trash.

That is easily the most ignorant thing I've read online this year.

Rampant idiots grace these pages.

@Truthteller: You, sir or madam, are an absolute moron.

Pro-protection, I, too, have lots of questions about the "rear-ended" the bicycle as previously reported and the "driving left of center" and that the vehicle "had heavy damage to the driver’s side of the windshield and hood."

It certainly doesn't seem to add up at first blush.

First let me say that there is NEVER any viable/pertinent excuse for not stopping after being involved in a collision on a roadway.

My questions about this incident include:

1. Is there a hill and/or curve in the area of the accident?

2. Is there a road to the left? Was the cyclist preparing to turn left, and if so did he have his arm extended signaling a left turn? Had the cyclist come to a complete stop in the roadway before turning left or was he simply "cruising" to the left (and left of center) to make a left-hand turn?

3. Did the driver of the motor vehicle sound his/her horn (not lay on the horn but a simple honk) to signal that the motor vehicle intended to pass the cyclist?

4. Did the cyclist have good hearing? (I know he played in a local musical group, but had he abused his hearing through too much exposure to loud music?) Was the cyclist perhaps listening to music with the use of an earpiece thus diminishing his hearing ability that day?

5. How long are the skid marks left by the motor vehicle?

6. WHY did the driver not stop?

To be clear this isn't a racial issue it's a social issue here . . . but since you bring into the this blog racial issues, I'm sure this was an unplanned accident . . . unlike most black crime where they stalk thier victims. Society needs to be alert to the real criminals in our society.

Really? Someone's always picking on the "black man" right? Grow up and get a life. You make no mistake once the police are certain this female (black, white, hispanic, asian, whatever, whomever) is the suspect they will have her picture and name plastered all over the news, as they should. Who in the hell thinks it's OK to hit someone and leave? A cruel person with no heart or soul and I don't care what color she is or where she's from, she deserves to be punished to the fullest extent of the law, not because she had an accident, but because she left a man to die! It's just sickening, no it's down right disgusting! I'm not a big fan of bikes being on the road, but they have as much right to be on the road as everyone else. I'm always careful, you know why? Because I'M BIGGER THAN THEY ARE WHEN I'M IN MY CAR! Have some respect and be more cautious people. When did people get so mean and pushy, so demanding of they're "right" above everyone else? Well I'm going to incorporate some mean here myself.... I totally agree with Zippy idiots runith overith in this section!

Joe - there is a distinct difference here. This person has not been charged with a crime to this point. We don't publish the names of suspects in crimes unless there are outstanding charges. Should that come down today - we'll have her name and mugshot as soon as we can get it.

First of all maybe all they have done is found the abandoned car and maybe they found that it was registered to a female. There is still no word about who was driving it at the time...for all we know it could have been a black man or woman. (Last time I checked a female could be black or white) For kicks and giggles though let's say this female is not black, does color make a difference? It shouldn't because regardless this was a horrible accident where somebody died!! Oh and just in case you don't know an accident is defined as a unplanned event nobody wanted this to happen. For the record you say that all you only brought up this up to ensure people are being treated equally but by making that comment you are trying to do just the opposite.

How do you know she is not african american?

Could be Chinese, or Mexican. Does it really matter? Why does it matter? She could be green. How did this become a race issue.