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Mid Hudson Times, Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Safe riding
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Critical Mass bike rides promote safety in the city’s streets
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Participants of the City of Newburgh’s Critical Mass, which took place on May 31.
By ILYSSA DALEY
W
hile riding his bicycle, Mole
Morgan was hit by a cab driver
twelve years ago while riding down
First Street in the City of Newburgh.
“Then, I got whacked,” he says.
After the car pinned his bicycle against
the curb of the street, Morgan flew over
the handlebars of his bike and nearly
missed a pole.
“When I came down, I hit a big piece of
metal,” he explains.
Bloodied and fuming, Morgan tried to
take down the car’s license plate, but it
sped away.
“My head was bashed up, and so was
my elbow,” he says. His shoulder was
injured so badly that it required surgery.
Morgan is lucky. Hundreds of cyclists
are annually killed by motor vehicles.
According to the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, there were
783 traffic fatalities involving cyclists in
2017. It can be estimated that more than
40,000 people are injured every year.
As an act of protest, cyclists began
to organize Critical Mass bike rides,
informal cycling events that occured
on the last Friday of every month. The
first event occured in San Francisco,
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Naomi Hersson-Ringskog
Critical Mass riders make their way down Broadway.