For the past several years, Florida has been the state in which a cyclist has the greatest chance of being killed by a motorist.
That point was underscored, for me, by a story that came my way. The other day, Deputy Sheriff Frank Scofield was training for a memorial ride to honor 9/11 victims when he was--you guessed it--struck from behind.
The motorist who ended his life on a county road blew through a stop sign. But that motorist wasn't a "good ol' boy" in a pickup truck or some drunken sunburned youth. Rather, the driver in question is 75-year-old Lajos Toth of Lake Helen.
The road where Deputy Scofield took his last ride is County Road 415 in Volusia County. You might the collision "hit home" for me because Volusia is the county directly south of the one in which my parents live. Just about every time I visit my parents, at least one bike ride takes me into the county, which includes Daytona and Ormond Beaches and The Casements.
Frank Scofield was training for a ride to commemorate 9/11 victims. Now I am writing a post to remember him.
That point was underscored, for me, by a story that came my way. The other day, Deputy Sheriff Frank Scofield was training for a memorial ride to honor 9/11 victims when he was--you guessed it--struck from behind.
The motorist who ended his life on a county road blew through a stop sign. But that motorist wasn't a "good ol' boy" in a pickup truck or some drunken sunburned youth. Rather, the driver in question is 75-year-old Lajos Toth of Lake Helen.
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| Deputy Sheriff Frank Scofield |
The road where Deputy Scofield took his last ride is County Road 415 in Volusia County. You might the collision "hit home" for me because Volusia is the county directly south of the one in which my parents live. Just about every time I visit my parents, at least one bike ride takes me into the county, which includes Daytona and Ormond Beaches and The Casements.
Frank Scofield was training for a ride to commemorate 9/11 victims. Now I am writing a post to remember him.
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