http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Cyclist-dies-after-collision-on-way-to-Mondays-Bomber-game-262779761.html

 

 

It is a shame that he was killed. 

 

There is a very nice AT route that by-passed the Pembina-bishop bridge if you go along plaza drive and keep going past the MCC/Ten thousand villages, goes under the bridge, then hooks into D'arcy drive. I took this route to the game, but did not take it after. I was thinking about it, but kinda got in the flow of traffic and just carried on along Pembina with a few other cyclists, including other members of this message board. 

 

I don't think I will do that in the future. Too much to risk to shave a few minutes off my return trip.

I think most motorcyclists consider themselves sharing the road with cars and there is a mutual respect.  Too many cyclists (not all ofcourse) feel they have a moral superiority about riding and look down on drivers.

I think it's even less about cyclists not following the rules of the road so much as they are aggressive when they have right of way not taking into consideration that they are so much more vulnerable than a car. Doesn't much matter who had right of way if you get hit by a car, the guy on the bike is going to take the worst of it. Need to be more cautious just because on a bike you have more ability to stop and change direction. It's like anything else you do in traffic, pay attention and use your head and you are more likely to avoid problems