A Ride of Silence - Invitation

In memory of Sarah Howard, the cyclist killed by a careening SUV last Friday, I will host an informal Ride of Silence on Wednesday afternoon, October 24.

Departure point will be Big City Coffee & Cafe, in the Linen District at 1416 Grove Street, Boise. Departure time will be not later than 5:40 p.m. Everyone is invited to arrive early and visit a bit, before riding. I will arrive at the cafe around 5:00 p.m. The cafe will be open, serving its usual excellent fare.

The ride will follow a short route westward, then will loop back toward downtown Boise, ending either at the point of origin or in Hyde Park, as consensus dictates.

Here are the reasons we ride:

• to express our respect and sympathy for the grief that has befallen Sarah Howard's family;
• to renew and exhibit our trust that public laws and public works can accomplish the objective of public safety;
• to ventilate (silently) the feeling that when roadway safety is breached, every cyclist's trust is violated;
• to conduct ourselves in full view of those who write and enforce public laws, and of those who plan and operate public roads.

See you at the Ride,

George C. Knight
Department of Philosophy
Boise State University