Friends of Cycling

If you are in Kalamazoo, you may be aware that there is a boil water advisory in certain areas right now. Although it's really more of a "go to the store to buy as many gallons of water as possible" advisory.

Nevertheless, I was completely unaware of this advisory at the time I filled up my water bottle for a short ride yesterday. As of now, I am happy to report no ill effects and that I am completely normal.

Or at least as normal as I was before I drank the water.

However, until one of our friends told us about this, we were completely unaware. In fact, the link above was not even for our area. The advisory for our area was posted on the Facebook...which both my wife and I have utterly and completely abandoned.

Why am I telling you all of this?

I'm glad you asked.

In an effort to be more informed and possibly save my family from life threatening mutations, I was browsing the news on mlive last night when I came across the following headline:

Cyclist hospitalized after being struck in downtown Ann Arbor

A cyclist was hospitalized after being struck by a car in downtown Ann Arbor early Sunday. 

Police were dispatched about 1:20 a.m. March 18, for a report of an injured cyclist at the corner of Huron Street and Fifth Avenue, Ann Arbor Police Sgt. Mark Pulford said. 

The victim, a man in his 20s, was transported to the University of Michigan Hospital, Pulford said. 

His condition is currently unknown.

Further details were not immediately available.    

There aren't too many details at this point. And it's usually best not to make early assumptions, especially given the fact(s) that this occurred around 1 am after St. Patrick's Day, and shortly following UofM's NCAA victory.

What's most important, is that we hope everyone involved is ok - and it is always encouraging to see the public outcry of support for the cyclist and for safer streets:

If there are too many accidents with vehicles, then maybe...just maybe...it's the vehicles we don't need. And heaven forbid we bring the kids...

Did you see these parents carelessly endangering their children?!? Just in case you missed it, here is a closer look:

Bohica_2 is right, let's not think about it...I don't even want to think about what kind of an impact that would have on our children.

See what makes dutch children the happiest in the world

Not to mention the fact that not a single adult, or child, was wearing a helmet.

Sometimes, it's better just to leave things the way they are.

And finally, I'll leave you with one last comment for the day:

We can only hope, Barry Dingle, we can only hope. Stay safe out there.

Clay