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Yesterday I took part in the Ride of Silence in San Antonio and must say it was not what I had expected. On the one hand, as far as I know, the person to lead the ride and having the maps of the route never showed up, and, on the other hand, when someone else took over leading it, it can only have looked as a leisurely group ride through downtown San Antonio. I really think the public should have been made aware of what it was about. And since, even with way too few riders [to my estimate not more than 70] taking part, it still proved difficult to stay together, I really think this ride should have had a polilce escort. What about police on bicycles? San Antonio does have them and once I saw one officer om his bike watching us. Why not have them ride, too?
I really wish for next year’s ride to have a far larger number of participants in a police-escorted ride with some way of making the public aware of the goals. And why not try and get into the news? I really think, if invited, the local newspapers and tv-stations would have been there to report.
And why not – to suggest something different but very eye-catching – put up “ghost bikes” wherever a bicyclist has been killed in a road accident? For this, c.f. http://www.ghostbikes.org/.
Safe bicycling to y’all,
Pit
I have not ridden in the Ride of Silence. You make some good points about how this could have more meaning. Maybe you could help organize the ride in San Antonio?
What I forgot yesterday, and I’m sorry about it: I really wanted to thank the guys who took over leading the San Antonio Ride of Silence. They did an excellent job!
Safe bicycling,
Pit
And Rick: thanks for your suggestion. I might do that, but I really don’t want to step on anyone’s toes.
Leading a ride can be tough. Thanks to all of the leaders and organizers. There is almost always room for more volunteers.