vision2020@moscow.com: Re: bicycle fatality

Re: bicycle fatality

Bill London (london@wsunix.wsu.edu)
Thu, 1 May 1997 08:23:43 -0700 (PDT)

I, too, have been thinking a lot about Deborah Budwig--especially about
the sanitized obituary version of her death (in a "car-bicycle accident").
This certainly makes more obvious the need for the Palouse Trail,
but it also makes me want to name the trail for Budwig, not a car dealer
who died in a car crash. Vent. Rave. Grumble.
BL

On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Lois Melina wrote:

> I've been thinking a lot about the recent death of Deborah Budwig. I think
> all of us who bike the Pullman highway know that it could have been any of
> us. Two thoughts occurred to me:
>
> 1. a memorial ride from Pullman to Moscow to call attention to the number of
> people who bike that road and the need for cyclists and auto drivers to be
> vigilant. (But this requires organization and I'm not sure I'm up for it.)
>
> 2. having cyclists wear a black arm band on their left arm (the side the
> cars are on) during the month of May.
>
> If you think #2 is a good idea, I will do some spreading of the word. If #1
> appeals, someone else will have to organize it.
>
> Lois Melina
>
>


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