Lake Placid and the surrounding environs have been plagued with motorist-bicyclist tensions this summer. <\/p>\n
In an appearance before the Lake Placid Village, High Peaks Cyclery owner Brian Delaney put part of the blame on clueless Canadians. Here’s the treatment in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise<\/a>.<\/p>\n “A very common problem is that people don’t know to single up,” he said. “The bikers need to be educated.”<\/p>\n Delaney said a bicycle coordinator is needed for the area. The coordinator would collect a fee from cycling training groups and clubs, creating an opportunity for education and giving the village an idea of how many cyclists are in the area.<\/p>\n “Let’s say a group from Ottawa comes in; they would have to go through this bicycle coordinator,” Delaney said. “We could charge them a small fee and ask them if they know the rules and regulations of the village.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n It turns out the feuding here is child’s play. Up in Canada, former Ontario prosecutor Michael Bryant has been charged with various crimes relating to the road-rage death of a bicyclist.<\/p>\n According to one account, Bryant sped down the road in his car, intentionally dragging a cyclist and banging him into things.<\/p>\n Here’s the NY Times account<\/a> of the incident, which left 33 year old bike courier Darcy Sheppard dead.<\/p>\n After the collision, Mr. Sheppard apparently grabbed the driver\u2019s side door and held on. Within moments, the police received reports of a Saab<\/a> convertible racing past the fashionable shops of Bloor Street<\/a> with a man clinging to its side.<\/p>\n\n
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