COUNTY, OSCEOLA PARKWAY IS ALSO NOW SHUT DOWN JUST EAST OF 535 BECAUSE OF A FATAL CRASH.
GETTING 535 TICKET YOU 192 AND
HEADED EAST FROM THERE.
LIKE YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH STEVE.
DRIVERS MAY BE THE ONE WHO TAKE
UP MOST OF THE ROADS BUT WE
CANNOT FORGET THE BICYCLISTS.
>> LAST YEAR IN CENTRAL
FLORIDA, 149 CYCLIST KILLED ON
THE ROADS, REMINDER OF RISK OF
RIDING BIKES AND FLORIDA ROADS.
>> MANY REMEMBERED WITH
MEMORIAL HOLY GHOST BIKE.
NEWS 6 INVESTIGATOR MIKE
HOLFELD EXPLAINS THE PEOPLE
BEHIND THE SPIKES DO NOT THINK
THE CURRENT RULES ON THE ROADS
ARE GETTING RESULTS.
>> CENTRAL FLORIDA CYCLISTS
STANDING SILENT IN TRIBUTE.
PAINTED TWO WHEELER, A GHOST
BIKE REVIVED A ROADSIDE
MEMORIAL FOR ANOTHER LIFE LOST
TO CENTRAL FLORIDA DRIVER.
THE VICTIM RETIRED MARINE
DAVID.
>> I FEEL LIKE WHEN I’M OUT ON
THE ROAD I FEEL LIKE A SITTING
DUCK.
>> MICHAEL LEADS THE CYCLING
RIDE NEAR ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
THAT AREA IS CONSIDERED A SAFE
ASPHALT PATH BECAUSE IT
INCLUDES A DESIGNATED LANE FOR
LOCAL CYCLISTS THAT ARE SUNDAY
MORNING THIS PAST JULY DAVE’S
CUSTOM THREE WHEELED BIKE
BECAME AN UNINTENDED TARGET OF
A DISTRACTED DRIVER ON THAT
ROAD.
>> HE WAS IN THE BIKE LANE IN
WHICH A.
>> HE KNEW HIM AS PART OF THE
CYCLE TEAM.
>> I WAS JUST HORRIFIED.
IT IS JUST TERRIBLE.
>> IS IT WORTH THE RISK?
>> RIGHT NOW, NO IT IS NOT.
>> SURPRISING CONCESSION FROM A
BIKE SHOP OWNER BUT A SIGN OF
THE TIMES.
>> SHE WAS TEXTING.
>> CENTER FOR LAST YEAR ORANGE
COUNTY ALONE REPORTED EIGHT
BIKE FATALITIES FOLLOWED BY
VOLUSIA COUNTY WAS SEVEN
FATALITIES AND IN 2019 THE
PATTERN CONTINUES.
JUNE 2 TWO WHEELER SLIPPED ON
THE SIDEWALK PART OF THE GUT
WRENCHING SCENE IT’S A 18 MONTH
OLD AND HER PARENTS HIT WHEN
THE DRIVER JUMPED THE CURB ON
MAITLAND BOULEVARD AND EATON
PARK.
>> NOTE PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO .
THE CHILD.
>> TIME MEMORIAL FOR THE LITTLE
GIRL WHO DID NOT SURVIVE.
>> I WAS ON THE SIDEWALK.
SHE WAS IN A SAFE CARRIER WITH
A SEATBELT ON AND WE HAD DONE
ALL THE RIGHT THINGS.
>> RIDING A BIKE HAS BECOME A
HIGH RISK GAMBLIN CENTRAL
FLORIDA NO MATTER WHAT YOUR
SKILL LEVEL.
>> NEXT THING YOU KNOW WHAT WAS
AIRBORNE.
>> 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE HE ENDED
UP WITH SEVEN BROKEN RIBS IT
WAS NOW THE CAR IT WAS A HOLE
IN THE ROAD.
>> THEY SAID I TUMBLED 10
TIMES.
>> HE RECORDS SHOW FLORIDA HAD
MORE THAN 6500 BY CRASHES LAST
YEAR.
149 BICYCLISTS DIED ON OUR
ROADS.
>> NEW AT RISK IF YOU’RE RIDING
A BICYCLE AND A ROADWAY WITH
VEHICLES.
>> VETERAN ORLANDO POLICE
OFFICER MARK LEVY HAS SERVED IN
THE DOWNTOWN BIKE UNIT FOR THE
LAST SEVEN YEARS.
>> CYCLIST YOU HAVE THE SAME
RULES IN THE SAME RIGHTS IN THE
ROADWAY AS A MOTOR VEHICLE
BECAUSE ON THE ROADWAY CYCLIST
IS CONSIDERED A VEHICLE WALKS
BIKE RIDING IS NOT ONLY SEEN A
SURGE IN RECREATION BUT IN
TRANSPORTATION WHICH IS WHY
CITIES LIKE ORLANDO ACCOMMODATE
THE BIKES WITH THOSE BIKE LANES
BUT THE TRAVEL STILL REMAINS.
THE RIDER AND MOTORISTS MUST
SHARE THE ROAD AND OBEY THE
LAWS SIDE-BY-SIDE.
GETTING RESULTS COME OUT MIKE
HOLFELD, NEWS 6.
>> THANK YOU.
TROOPER STEVE IS HERE NOW.
WE TALK ABOUT BIKE SAFETY A LOT
AND YOU STRESS IN YOUR SEGMENTS
ASKED TROOPER STEVE.
WHAT DO THE STATISTICS SAY TO
YOU?
>> BREAKS ME HARD.
THAT ONE SEGMENT WITH THAT
LITTLE GIRL.
TRYING TO KEEP IT TOGETHER.
WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO
THIS STUFF.
WE ARE SHARING THE ROADS.
I THINK DRIVERS NEED TO
REMEMBER THAT.
IT IS NOT JUST THEY ARE
TRAVELING.
IF THE BIKE IS THERE YOU ARE
SHARING THAT WITH THEM AND YOU
JUST DON’T HAVE THE AUTOMATIC
RIGHT OF WAY BUT SAME THING
APPLIES TO THE BICYCLISTS AND
ANYTIME YOU PASS A BIKE FLORIDA
LAW REQUIRES YOU TO GIVE THEM
THREE FOOT OF CLEARANCE.
HOW OFTEN DO WE SEE THAT?
REALLY.
WE WERE TALKING A SECOND AGO
BEFORE IT CAME UP.
EVERY MORNING WE HAVE ROUTINES
AND SEE THE BICYCLISTS OUT
THERE AND YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE
OF EACH OTHER.
>> I MAKE MY DAUGHTER RIGHT IN
THE SIDEWALKWHICH HE GETS MAD
ABOUT BUT THAT’S OKAY RIGHT?
>> PERFECTLY FINE AND NO ISSUE
WITH STUFF LIKE THAT.
I ENCOURAGE IT.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO TRAVEL ON
THE TRAVEL LANE AND IF THERE IS
A BIKE LANE THAT IS WHERE YOU
WERE SUPPOSED TO BE.
IT IS NOT IN AND OUT AND ALSO
IF YOU’RE BICYCLISTS THE SAME
RULES TO THE CARS ALSO APPLY TO
YOU.
AT THE END OF THE DATES LOOKING
OUT FOR EACH OTHER BOTH THE
DRIVERS AND THE BICYCLISTS AND
PLEASE WEAR YOUR SAFETY
EQUIPMENT.
JUST BECAUSE IT’S A BICYCLE
DOES NOT MEAN YOU’RE NOT PRONE
TO INJURY.
LOOK AT THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS
JUST TALKING.
HE HAD A HOLE IN THE GROUND AND
THAT GROWING UP HE WAS A BIG
CYCLIST AND HE FELL AND HAD TO
GET ROTATOR CUFF SURGERIES AND
A LOT OF CYCLISTS HAVE HAD TO
GET INJURIES.
WE DON’T WANT PEOPLE TO BE
AFRAID TO RIDE YOUR BIKE.
BEAUTIFUL BIKE TRAILS HERE IN
CENTRAL FLORIDA.
>> LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES ARE
DOING SO MUCH TO ENHANCE
WALKING AND BIKING AND JUST
GETTING OUT THERE WE ARE TO