July 09, 2003
Cycling "accident" story just doesn't add up
Reading this story and others about the recent incident in St. Pete involving a large car and over 20 bicyclists, I get the feeling that maybe, just for a moment, this driver meant to plow into the cyclists, and that when he came to his senses and realized someone might really get hurt, it was too late.
Pastore said he did not feel guilty because he did not think he was at fault.
"I'm not saying anything about remorse or guilt. I don't feel any remorse or guilt," he said. "I'm at peace with myself. . . . I know this was an accident."
But Ryder, the cyclist, said that after the accident Pastore displayed no sorrow.
"If I had just run over 15 people, I would be crying," said Ryder, 49, of Redington Beach. "He had no emotions whatsoever."
Further, Ryder said, none of the other cyclists could have squirted Pastore with water.
"I looked at the guy face-to-face, I didn't see any water on him or on his shirt," Ryder said.
See, initial reports had Pastore claiming that he was splashed with water. Could he have swerved into the bikers to get revenge for his wetting? No one has mentioned the possibility of road rage in this case, but just because he wasn’t acting the raving fool by the time the incident ended doesn’t mean he wasn’t out of control when it started.
I think that it may come out that Pastore is one of those drivers who feels that bikes are a nuisance, and need not be tolerated. I bike in this area, and I have experience with these cowardly types. Hiding behind the protection of tons of steel, they use their vehicles to run bikers off the road. They throw things, lean on horns, and otherwise assert their physical superiority while attempting to teach the rider a lesson: if you’re on a bike, you have no right to use the public streets.
I hope this isn’t the case here, but I fear that it may be.
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