TWO CYCLISTS ARE KILLED EACH DAY IN THE UNITED StATES AT THE HANDS OF DRIVERS. FROM ROAD DESIGN TO THE WAY CRASHES ARE INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED, OUR TRANSPORTATION AND LEGAL SYSTEMS ALL TOO OFTEN FAIL PEOPLE ON BIKES. WE LOOKED AT DATA FROM RIDERS LIKE YOU, THE MEDIA, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO FIND OUT WHY—AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. T H E L O S T THE STATE OF WHA T ’ S L E F T It ’ S N O D O E S T H E PLUS LIST YOUR SAFETY BEHIND ACCIDENT PUNISHMENT Vision Zero: Remembering Perspectives from 5 harrowing How word choice F I T T H E How Close Are riders who have 5,325 BICYCLING stories of riders creates a culture CRIME? We? P. 52 been killed. P. 36 readers. P. 38 run down on the of victim blaming. What really Streets of the road. P. 40 P. 41 happens to Future! P. 54 drivers who kill 8 Things You cyclists? P. 44 Can Do Now P. 56 Icons: Peter and Maria Hoey JUNE 2017 • BICYCLING.COM 35 THE LOST LIST OF THE ESTIMATED 1,600 CYCLISTS WHO WERE KILLED BY DRIVERS IN 2015 AND 2016, THIS LIST REPRESENTS JUST 36 PERCENT OF THEM. THEY WERE MOTHERS, BROTHERS, FATHERS, DAUGHTERS, SISTERS, SONS. HERE ARE THEIR NAMES. Abdul Aziz ❘ Abigail Dougherty ❘ Adel Mikhail ❘ Ag ustin ❘ Dennis Jurs ❘ Dennis L. Lowe ❘ Densel Theye Jr. ❘ Dev in Westberry ❘ Johnny Ray Johnston ❘ Jonathan Petsas ❘ Jonathan Reber ❘ Paul Dang Pham ❘ Paul Graham ❘ Peggy Hillman ❘ Elizondo-Valverde ❘ Aiden Lupo ❘ Al Gorman ❘ Alan L. Ruth ❘ Federly ❘ Dieu Van Nguyen ❘ Dillon Dassinger ❘ Dominic Young ❘ Jonathan Hernandez ❘ Joni Beaudry ❘ Jorge Penny Verdeck ❘ Peter Evans ❘ Peter Krichman ❘ Peter Loretta Alejandro Gonzalez ❘ Alexa Cioffi ❘ Alfred Zaldivar ❘ A llen Mongillo ❘ Don Meilike ❘ Donald Neu ❘ Donald Pinkerton- Covarrubias ❘ Jorge Leyva ❘ Jorge Solorio-Arroyo ❘ Jose ❘ Peter Murphy ❘ WE weRE SONS ❘ Peyton Knowlton ❘ Phillip Brumm ❘ Alonzo Cota-Alvarado ❘ Alvin Colon ❘ Amanda DeVito ❘ Donald R. Culton ❘ Donna David ❘ Donna Holliday “Bizzy” Luna ❘ Jose Antonio Resendez ❘ Jose De Jesus Ruiz- J. Geisinger ❘ Phillip Shourds Jr. ❘ Philo Ragni ❘ Pissanuk Phillips ❘ Amber Harrington ❘ WE weRE MOTHERS ❘ A min Clark ❘ Donnell Kiwone Eason ❘ Douglas Alton Foreman ❘ Villanueva ❘ Jose Felix Ortiz Plascencia ❘ Jose Martel ❘ Jose Jonathan Tansavatdi ❘ Priscilla Vallejo ❘ Rafael Macias Hopkins ❘ Anand Singh Asi ❘ Anastasia Ciolpan ❘ Anastasia Douglas Kania ❘ Douglas Oliver Benton ❘ Drew Schmidt ❘ Ruiz-Villanueva ❘ Joseph King ❘ Joseph Lamothe ❘ Joseph Herrera ❘ Ralph Myron Roane ❘ Ralph R. Conrad Jr. ❘ Ramiz Kondrasheva ❘ Andres Hulslander ❘ Andrew Fang ❘ A ndrew Duane Darling ❘ Duane Johnson ❘ Dum Gurung ❘ Dung Nguyen Myers ❘ Joshua Edward Duncan ❘ Joshua White ❘ Joyce Smith Hamzagic ❘ Randall Reyes ❘ Randolph Stephenson ❘ Randy Ray Gerard Malizio ❘ Andrew J. Nowak ❘ Andrew Russoniello ❘ ❘ Earl Lee Rhodes ❘ Ed Brophy ❘ Eddie Galindo ❘ Eddie Ray ❘ Juan Sandoval ❘ Judy Grossman ❘ Julio Torres ❘ June Whedon Robinson ❘ Raphael D. Sagarin ❘ Raymond Berson ❘ Raymond Andrzej Kurkowski ❘ Andy A. Whitener ❘ Andy Heines ❘ A ngel King ❘ Edgar Cosico ❘ Eduardo Castillo ❘ Edward Angi ❘ Elias ❘ Justin Knorr ❘ Justin Murray ❘ Karen McKeachie ❘ Karl Brown ❘ Raymond Thomas Cochran ❘ Rebecca Ann Landrigan Preciado ❘ Anita Kurmann ❘ Anita Louise Froeba ❘ A nna Rios Bonilla ❘ Elijah Allen ❘ Emilio Simon ❘ Emily Akins ❘ Frederick Vanderwyk ❘ Karla Kalene DeBaillie ❘ Kather ine Smith ❘ Reed “Bart” Rutledge ❘ Ricardo Aguilar ❘ Richard Rodriguez ❘ Anne Davis ❘ Anthony C. Galanopoulos ❘ A nthony Enrique Zamora ❘ Ephrain Mateo-Morales ❘ Eric Badger Slattery ❘ Kathleen Walker ❘ Keith Habenicht ❘ Kelly Boe ❘ “Ricky” Montoya ❘ Richard Alley ❘ Richard B. Navarra ❘ Oliver ❘ Anthony Saluto ❘ Antoine Touma ❘ Arthur A. Bell Jr. ❘ ❘ Eric D. Taylor ❘ Eric Garcia ❘ Eric Gilbert ❘ Eric Ramlow ❘ Er ic Kendall Dontrel Savon Jackson ❘ Kenneth Najarian ❘ Kenneth Richard Brill ❘ Richard Tom ❘ Robert Agne ❘ Robert Anderson Arthur Ebilane ❘ Ashley Block ❘ Ashley Thames ❘ Austin Snider Jr. ❘ Eric Steven Glasnapp ❘ Erik Alsaker ❘ Er nest Vieira ❘ Kevin Collins ❘ Kevin Fletcher ❘ Kevin Jiang ❘ Kev in ❘ Robert Clowder Jr. ❘ Robert Dickey ❘ Robert Horton ❘ Rober t Gilliam ❘ Autumn Fuller ❘ Barbara A. Calhoun ❘ Becky Sheehan Smith Jr. ❘ Ernest William Davenport ❘ Eugene Conroy ❘ Matthews ❘ Kevin Thomson ❘ Kevin Unverzagt ❘ Kimberly K. Kirn ❘ Robert Philips ❘ Robert Seymour ❘ Robin Ann Lachman ❘ Benita Diane Burks Gunter ❘ Benjamin Gregory ❘ Benjamin Eugene Gregory Thornberg ❘ Eugene Howard Rotberg Wyatt ❘ Kristina Cherie Goodrow ❘ Kristopher S. Smith ❘ ❘ Rod Bennett ❘ Roderick Bennett ❘ Rodolfo Tejedor ❘ Roger Meyer ❘ Bernard Etapale ❘ Bernard Jones ❘ Bernard Lavins ❘ ❘ Eugene Letendre ❘ Ezekiel Goodwin ❘ Fernando Gamboa ❘ Krystle Ann Klain ❘ Lance Torrey ❘ Larry Martinez ❘ Lawrence Haar ❘ Roger Roux ❘ Roger Villegas ❘ Ronald Alexander ❘ Bill Davis ❘ Blaine Kingenberg ❘ Blas Balderas Castro ❘ Bob Fernando Olivas ❘ Forrest Holmes ❘ Francisco Cruz ❘ Frank Lacroix ❘ Lawrence Smith ❘ Leah Sylvain ❘ Lee William Morel Ronald Corey ❘ Ronald Filepp ❘ Ronald Knowlton ❘ Ronald V. Lewis ❘ Bradley Miller ❘ Brandi Mendoza ❘ Brandon Dumond Towers ❘ Franklin Ling ❘ WE weRE faThers ❘ Fred A nton ❘ Leonard Williams ❘ Leslie Ronnigen ❘ Licio Alex Portillo ❘ Johnson ❘ Ronald Wayne Winter ❘ Rosamaria Ruminski ❘ Rose ❘ Brandon Ortmann ❘ Brennan Rube ❘ Brian “Buzz” Climis ❘ (Tony) Nelson ❘ Fred Figueroa ❘ Frederick Lonas ❘ Fr itz Lisa Knudson ❘ Lisa Kuhn ❘ Lisa Kuivinen ❘ Logan Lipton ❘ Peters ❘ Ruben Wharton Vanegas ❘ Ryan Franklin ❘ Ryan Brian Guerrero ❘ Brian Silva ❘ Brian Tomazic ❘ Bridget Dawson Philogene ❘ Gabriel Lossett ❘ Gabriella Vallinis ❘ Gannon Logan Snedeker ❘ Lorenz John (Larry) Paulik ❘ Ly nn T. Hoffman ❘ Ryan Matthews Hodder ❘ Sally Campbell Edwards ❘ Brock Eugene Mosher ❘ Brock McCann ❘ Bruce Leo Kehrer Allen Hejlik ❘ Garth White ❘ Gary Lowman ❘ George Kaufer ❘ Bemiller ❘ Lynne Frances Rosenbusch ❘ Michiko Day ❘ Maciek ❘ Santos Escobar Villatoro ❘ Sara Tonnemacher ❘ Saul Lopez ❘ Schneider ❘ Bryan Scott Goforth ❘ Bryce Douglas Caudell ❘ Gilbert Gutierrez III ❘ Giovanni Cali ❘ Giovanni Nin ❘ Glenda Malish ❘ Madio Jalo ❘ Madison Baird ❘ Mandeep Singh ❘ Manuel Scott Elliott ❘ Scott Erickstad ❘ Scott Hanni ❘ Scott Koch Bryon Arnold ❘ C. Nelson Schlatter ❘ Calvin Sapp ❘ Cameron Taylor ❘ Grace Harken ❘ Grace Petrelli ❘ Gregary Wade Franck Enrique Mendoza-Hernandez ❘ Manuel Olavarria ❘ Maohamed ❘ Sean Kevin Rey ❘ Sean Ryan ❘ Sebastian “Angel” Fragoso Jr. ❘ Curran ❘ Can Reng Ma ❘ Cara Cox ❘ Cari Widmyer ❘ Cairo ❘ Gregory Dominguez ❘ Gregory Jensen ❘ Gregory Stout ❘ Hans Faqay Mungani ❘ Marcia Deihl ❘ Marcus McCoy ❘ Margaret Sergei Musatov ❘ Sergio Reynoso ❘ Sergio Tapia ❘ Shane Joseph Castaneda ❘ Carlyon Jones ❘ Carol Eckert ❘ Caroline Joseph Pfab ❘ Heather Lough ❘ Heather Loughlin ❘ Heather Bengs ❘ WE weRE sisTers ❘ Margaret Miland ❘ Margaret Farrell ❘ Shane Swope ❘ Shawn Melby ❘ Shay Swords ❘ Shelton Dawn Wortham ❘ Casey Ellis ❘ WE weRE brOThers ❘ Cesar Miller ❘ Henry Peter Kuen ❘ Heriberto Ruiz ❘ Hoyt Jacobs ❘ Rugg ❘ Margo Symmonds-Lavanway ❘ Maria Crozier ❘ Mar ie Berel ❘ Sophia Campbell ❘ Sophie Stultz ❘ Stacey Bown ❘ Machuca Jr. ❘ Chandler Ray ❘ Charles Adkins ❘ Charles Hussein Yunus ❘ Inoe Dejesus Padilla ❘ Irene Diane Szczesniak Kent ❘ Mario Esquivel-Flores ❘ Mark Heigel ❘ Mark Heryer ❘ Stanley Marshall ❘ Stephen Arthur Guiney ❘ Steve Chatters ❘ Blackledge ❘ Charles Hawkins ❘ Charles McGuire ❘ Charles ❘ Irineo Martinez Martinez ❘ Isidro Razo ❘ Jack Allen ❘ Jacob Mark Hinkel ❘ Mark Jacoby ❘ Mark Robinson ❘ Mark Snopek Steve Perry ❘ Steven Garcia ❘ Steven James Lewis ❘ Steven Michael Phillips ❘ Charles Startup ❘ Charles Taylor ❘ Kato ❘ Jacob Schertz ❘ Jacob Thomas “Jake” Brewer ❘ Jaimes ❘ Mark Wendling ❘ Martin Curran ❘ Martin Greenough ❘ Marsh ❘ Steven Ortiz ❘ Sunkashka Soch ❘ Susan “Suze” Kilner Charles Vinson ❘ Chester Tela ❘ Christian Regan ❘ Chr istine L. Guadalupe ❘ Jamal Morris ❘ James Aaron Hope ❘ James C. Martinaino Pozos ❘ Marvin Rucker ❘ Mary Hasty ❘ Mar y ❘ Susan Cummings ❘ Suzanne Joan Sippel ❘ Suzi V. Ramage ❘ Nash ❘ Christopher Allen Jerkins ❘ Christopher Jerome Nielsen Jr. ❘ James Chadden Jr. ❘ James Gantt ❘ James Gregg ❘ Massengill ❘ Mary Wilk ❘ Maryanne Casalinouva ❘ Mashaylin Tadeusz Grabala ❘ Taeyon Richard ❘ Thanh Nguyen ❘ Thomas Shearer❘ Christopher Moshe Elliott ❘ Christopher Thurber ❘ James Hernandez ❘ James Loomis ❘ James Neidrauer ❘ James Green ❘ Matthew Billings ❘ Matthew Buck ❘ Matthew Driggers A. Santoro ❘ T homas Fazio ❘ T homas Galvan Munoz ❘ T homas Christopher Watson ❘ Chuyuan Qiu ❘ Clare Rhoades ❘ Clay Paiva ❘ James Pica ❘ James S. Thomas ❘ James Schneider ❘ ❘ Matthew Matteson ❘ Matthew von Ohlen ❘ Matthew Weede ❘ Palermo ❘ Thomas S. Landry ❘ Thuc Van Nguyen ❘ Timothy Charles Triolo ❘ Clepatrick Palmer ❘ Clifford Gouner ❘ Clinton Jameson Kennedy ❘ Jamie Lynn Cody ❘ Janice Wendling Maurice E. Minter ❘ Melissa Ann Fevig-Hughes ❘ Melissa Aloysius Holden ❘ Timothy Binau ❘ Timothy Canada ❘ Wayne Pannell ❘ Colby Garrett ❘ Crista Contreras ❘ Cr uz ❘ Jason Hearty ❘ Jason Holden ❘ Jason Markley ❘ Jason Michael Gravatt ❘ Michael Alfano ❘ Michael Anthony Curley ❘ Michael Timothy Kelly ❘ Timothy Michael Kelley ❘ Todd Barajas ❘ Cantu Alegria ❘ Cruz Gamez ❘ Cynthia Arsnow ❘ Cy pr ian Salisbury ❘ Javier Burgos ❘ Jealousis Pereria ❘ Jef f Aubrey Cory Tafoya ❘ Michael Grimwood ❘Michael Harmer Todd Steward Ballard ❘ Toedoro Arredando-Diaz ❘ Tomas Preut ❘ Dale Kimpton ❘ Damon W. Collins ❘ Dan Wilson ❘ McGrath ❘ WE weRE daUghTerS ❘ Jeff Potts ❘ Jef f rey Dav id ❘ Michael John Balfe ❘ Michael Keeler ❘ Michael McDermott ❘ Brewer