Are we fed up with the killing of our people yet?

Are we fed up with the killing of our people yet?

Bike Auckland

Can we call an end to the ‘open season’ on the members of our community who choose to ride a bicycle, please?  Enough is enough.  Three and now one more make four in a week.  These are people.  Fathers, sisters, school friends…

Riding a bike is here to stay.  It’s been around for a long time.  It is becoming more popular again.  And it will continue to grow.  Thankfully.

You have every right to be on the road.  You have every right to expect safe passage.  I look forward to hearing the coroner’s findings.  They won’t come soon enough.

Ignore the ranters.  The uninformed opinion.  These situations always bring these people out into the open.  Helmets were introduced to protect.  Hi-Viz is now the expectation.  The focus is constantly on the vulnerable.  How about we try lower speed limits?  Or completing the regions cycleways?  Or removing parking from prime arterial real estate to make room for cycling?

What are you going to do about it?  I hope joining your local cycling advocacy group is on your list.  Regardless of  your cycling tribe, the only way forward is to speak with one voice.  And not a voice that tells us that we need to improve our behaviour.  A lot of things need to happen, but apologising for being on a bike is not one of them.

Regardless of the your cycling tribe, the only way forward is to speak with one voice.  And not a voice that tells us that we need to improve our behaviour.  Alot of things need to happen, but apologising for being on a bike is not one of them.

Mark Bracey, Chair, Cycle Action Auckland.

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