Bicycle Safety

File Under: Only in America

By Jason Varone

12:07 PM EDT on June 19, 2007

Sean Roche of the Newton Streets and Sidewalks blog sends along this sad, bizarre, disturbing item:

A Tennessee dad named Larry Price set up a charity after his son suffered and survived a severe head injury in a
bicycling accident. The charity, Cars for Kids, held a legal street drag race in Selmer Tennessee.
During a “burnout” by a professional drag racer, a car went out of control into
the crowd, killing six and injuring 18. ABC News has a report.

Jason Varone

Jason Varone battles the streets everyday during a 9 mile commute on his bicycle from downtown Brooklyn to the Upper East Side. In addition to his efforts on Streetsblog, he is an artist making work related to the environment and technology. Examples of his work can be found at www.varonearts.org.

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