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Event Today Designed To Raise Driver Awareness Of Bicycles

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published May 16, 2018 at 5:14 AM EDT
ohiobike.org

Bicyclists from around Ohio will ride today in downtown Columbus to honor riders who have been killed in crashes.  

The "Ride of Silence" raises awareness of cyclists on the streets and the laws designed to protect them. The Ohio Department of Public Safety says 18 bicyclists were struck and killed in 2017 and another twelve-hundred were injured. 
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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