Originally Posted by
jppe
I really hate to see that. With all his riding experience my intuition would suggest he was doing everything he felt necessary to keep himself as safe as possible.
It was daylight and he was on a road with broad shoulders - though it's a 4 lane highway and traffic is fast. My guess is that an over-tired or distracted trucker drifted onto the shoulder and clipped him.
I have ridden similar roads in the Las Vegas area because there aren't other choices for key routes. You can be doing everything "right", but when you choose to ride on those kinds of highways, you are putting your life in the hands of others.
He was killed on the same highway (though not nearby) as this tragedy
https://www.velonews.com/news/road/t...ear-las-vegas/