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I don't understand why people keep trying to achieve this. We have had several similar stories of people attempting cycling across the US:
https://www.wrbl.com/news/cross-country-cyclist-killed-in-lee-county-while-riding-from-california-to-georgia/
https://eu.naplesnews.com/story/news/2025/09/15/naples-crash-leaves-bicyclist-dead-hit-and-run-driver-arrested/86163292007/
It also seems that the major cause of death for American competitive cyclesports athletes are getting killed by car while training:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/may/19/gwen-inglis-cyclist-dies-fatally-struck-colorado
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/08/sport/ethan-boyes-death-cycling/
https://www.today.com/news/magnus-white-cycling-team-killed-rcna97356
Because people should be able to move freely? Why are you blaming the victim?
I ride my bicycle from one end of my rural state to the other every year, because I like gravel touring and it allows me to experience the world in a more direct and authentic way.
If some asshole in a truck kills me while I'm out doing this, please shut the fuck up about how I had it coming, 'kay?
Are you blaming the victims here? It sure feels like you're trying to blame the victims.
It's no different than, say, seeing a lot of people die climbing Everest and asking why people still do that. Cause of death, and fault, are irrelevant to the reaction of "hey this is dangerous, maybe don't do it"
The difference is that climbing Everest is inherently dangerous by nature. And there's a ton of things being done to mitigate these dangers.
American infrastructure being dangerous is carried by its design. And yet little is being done to mitigate these issues despite the fact that we very much know how to do that.
Everest will always be dangerous. Traffic should not be.
I think there's a big difference between cycling and climbing Everest. One is something people might do every day just to get by, and the other is an exploitative ritual carried out by the wealthy. You think these cyclists died just because they were going so far? What happened to them could have happened to anyone in that time and place on any given day. We only noticed because they were doing something noteworthy at the time. How many others died similarly but didn't get noticed because they weren't on a publicity stunt? Should we not care about them just because of the stunters? About all the people who have to cross any given busy street on any given day?
The cathedral of St John does an annual "blessing of the bicycles", where they read out the names of the people killed riding bikes in nyc that year. When I went it was like 90% Hispanic names, because yeah, most of the miles and therefore most of the risk is borne by delivery people. They don't make national press.
dude how the fuck did terry fox run across canada ? canada is just as car-centric as the usa and Im guessing it was just as car centric back when he ran than it is now.
Large chunks he was either directly followed BH police cars or by his support team in a car. Plus once he really go going the media hype meant everyone knew.
0 chance that could be repeated today here.
Canadians aren't muricans.
when jt comes to our infrastructure in some parts of canada? TRUST ME we are MORE Murican thsn muricans lol
He didn't. He had to give up about halfway through.
oh I didnt even know about that aspect of the story. Thank TIL.