Decatur biking accident mobilizes silent community
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For nearly 15 months, a mangled bike frame hung in Dave Matthews' garage, a vivid reminder of the day an 86-year-old man plowed his Buick into him, smashing his face.
Then around 7:30 a.m. on April 30, having just finished an 18-mile ride with a bunch of buddies in Decatur, he received an email. A local cyclist had been killed and the group leader wanted to make sure everyone had gotten home safe.
Paul Taylor was not part of their group; nobody even knew him. But for many riders, Taylor’s death is proof of what they have been complaining about for years: few safe bike paths, angry drivers who view them as nuisances and a perceived resistance of local officials to enforce laws, like the recently passed legislation that requires drivers to move over at least three feet when passing cyclists.
So Matthews pulled that mangled frame off the wall, painted it white and prepared a ghost bike, a tribute installed at the site of a fallen rider.
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