re: One Triathlete Dead and Another Critical; Driver Charged (update in OP)

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I think it would have lowered the likelihood considerably, but obviously no one could say for sure. Would you disagree?

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Of course there could be an example or outlier, but this guy was completely negligent and did not see a group of people riding their bikes in the middle of the day. He didn't see them because he wasn't looking or concentrating on what he was doing. He was doing something else. He didn't not see them because they were only going 20 mph (IMO)

Had they been on something more noticeable (like a motorcycle) maybe he would have noticed them, but people don't look for cyclists.

People get hit in places all the time where the speed is less than 55 mph. Take Lakeshore drive in New Orleans where the speed limit is 25 mph in places.

What would have prevented this should not be on the

wow

I don't like judging books by their cover, but I'm rather upset I gave this guy the benefit of the doubt when this first came out.

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but I'm rather upset I gave this guy the benefit of the doubt when this first came out.

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the full story will come out. the surviving cyclists..the 13 year old boy...etc.

from personal experience i can tell you the driver of a car/cycle collision is almost NEVER charged as long as its not a hit-and-run despite the '3 foot law'. local club groups here in nashville fuss about this all the time..not because they want to see the driver fined..but because there's no point to have a '3 foot' law if its never enforced.

for him to be booked on charges this quickly leads me to believe this may have been malicious.

again..not jumping to conclusions just looking at the evidence released so far.

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CAD703X

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His wife yesterday.

TOPS Tugboat captain

Wonder what company he worked for?

Help us help them …

Premier Event Management is reaching out to you, our athlete community, and asking you to open your hearts and wallets in support of Frank Guinn, the Atlanta Firefighter and Ironman athlete killed Friday while cycling in training for this weekend’s Ochsner Ironman 70.3 New Orleans, and his brother-in-law Andrew Powell, who was seriously injured in the same incident. You can read more about the accident as covered by their hometown paper here.

Frank Guinn was a firefighter and EMT who served his community for 10 years. His wife, Kim, is an English teacher and drama coach at Lassiter High School in Atlanta, and a PhD student. They are parents to 7-year-old identical triplet girls. Because the girls were born 9 weeks early, Kim and the girls were ambassadors for the March of Dimes. Kim and Frank enjoyed running races and training for competitions together.

Frank’s brother-in-law, Andrew Powell, survived the accident and is currently in critical condition. He lost a lot of blood at the scene and has a broken pelvis, broken ankle and broken vertebrae in his neck. Guinn and Powell were biking the route to be taken in Sunday’s race when they were rear-ended by a vehicle. Sandra Powell, Andrew’s wife, teaches special needs children in Atlanta. Both are avid runners and met in a running club. Running together led to dating and marriage.

Funds for the families of both Guinn and Powell have been set up at crowfunding site GoFundMe.com; please give generously and keep the families of both men in your hearts and prayers.

Sincerely,


Bill Burke
Race Director & Owner
Premier Event Management

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during my 4 hour training ride Saturday

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i sure hope ya'll avoided roads with speed limits over 40mph.

I updated the OP with both donation links

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I am hearing EN Basso & Sons

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I dont think so. EN Bisso doesnt have push boats.
According to his FB page it seems as he was a push boat capt.

He may have worked there at some point though.

Unfortunately the TPOS an I have one mutual friend and that mutual friend works for EN Bisso