Stay safe out there.

Wow, that is terrible.

I do a lunch loop about 4 days a week that I ride the shoulder on the Diagonal from Niwot Rd back to Boulder. Reading stuff like this spooks me about being on the roads.

My heart goes out to them, this shouldn't have to happen.

That's just awful and so sad. On a totally selfish note, I was just about to head out the door on a loop that includes crossing the diagonal on 63rd. I know it's irrational, but now I'm kinda freaked out about doing it.

I know I am always taking a risk when I leave the house (whether it's for a run, a bike ride, car ride to the grocery store, whatever), but I wonder if I should stay off the roads w/ my bike. More spinning class? Or maybe, we need to get MORE bikes on the road...get drivers to pay more attention and ALWAYS be on the lookout for us.

I ride through this intersection every day on my commute to work. It's definitely scary, cars doing 70+ and then having to stop at a red light on little notice. I don't ride the diagonal(119) anymore as I've witnessed too many drivers using the shoulder/bike lane as a bale out when they need to go from 75 to 0 as the lights turn red and they don't have enough room to stop. It can be a hairy stretch of road in a car, but especially scary on a bike.

Try the back roads instead of the highway. 75th street has far less traffic and a nice wide shoulder now. Either way be careful out there...

another reason why i prefer trails to roads... you would think riding roads are safer, but i'd much rather go up against a narly trail than against a truck...

Crap! So that's what was going on to cause the traffic jam I hit today. I thought a truck got stuck on the tracks is all. Really sorry to read about this and condolences to the family and friends of that woman.

Stay on trails. Actually I ride through there on my bike commute too and I HATE that section.

Ed E

I so sorry to hear that happend.That sux big time. being from Nyc i fig all the years i have been riding i would get hit there Nooooooooooo i moved t o OKC 10 years ago for 9 months and bamm i got hit there and fliped over the dudes hood. That was a shock for me. Again sorry to hear that happend there.

My wife and I saw this and freaked us out. Hate to hear about anyone loosing thier life to a motorist, let alone a mack truck. WTF.

OT but.......
Does Colorado have a death penalty? Just curious.