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February 28, 2006
Safety a Concern on Streets of Antigua
Cyclist, training for the Commonwealth Games in Australia on the streets of a city in Antigua are concerned about how safe it is to ride their bikes:
Cyclist Neil Lloyd, one of four cyclists involved in an accident with a green Urvan bus in All Saints on Monday is appealing to the authorities for increased police presence on the roads.
Lloyd was amongst four other cyclists, Robert Marsh, Lyn Murray, Ken Jackson and Bobby Simon who were all said to be in training for the upcoming Commonwealth Games slated for March in Australia. Lloyd, Marsh, Murray and Jackson were all said to have been treated at the Holberton Hospital for injuries following the accident. Simon was the only cyclist to have escaped unharmed.
But according to Lloyd, who had been involved in another accident just two week before, it is not the first time that such an incident has occurred and is urging the proper authorities to increase the presence of lawmen patrolling the streets on a daily basis.
Read more here:
ANTIGUA SUN ( 2/1 ): National Cyclists want more road protection.
February 28, 2006 in Cycling News Network | Permalink
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I was very interested in this comment in the article, "This happens very often because the drivers, taxi drivers and public bus operators in particular, here in Antigua have absolutely no respect for cyclists in general".
Lack of respect for cyclists has also been used in Australia as the rationale for why motorists treat cyclists they way they do.
Makes you wonder whether this is a world-wide phenomenon does't it?
Posted by: pedaller | Feb 28, 2006 1:16:47 PM
Nah, what ever gave ya that idea? ( heh, heh ). ;-D
Posted by: Kiril Kundurazieff | Feb 28, 2006 3:38:12 PM
