Yeah it sounds like the alcohol probably wasn't much of a thing. It's impatient, road rage driving and lack of consideration for others using the road. I've been yelled at, mock sideswiped (where they come at you and last second swerve), honked at while cycling on the road. To the point where I no longer feel comfortable doing it.
Even running, people aren't paying attention and they're going way too fast. They over-compensate for you, but also for cars coming the wrong way, which leads to some scary situations. I always run against traffic (as you're supposed to when running or walking) because it's insane. I try to wear bright shirts so I can be seen. And even so, occasionally you have the d-bag who honks or hollers.
Sadly, this explanation is less shocking to me. Alcohol is one thing but this sort of behavior with respect to cyclists or runners is becoming all too common.
I do a ton of walking, and after this tragedy I've started to think about this a whole lot. I'm really on edge while walking now. It's not even just on the road where I feel like someone is gonna run me over. It's also when they're coming out of parking lots.
I also cross a busy highway sometimes when walking. It's a straight away, so I will say, if I get run over crossing the highway by oncoming traffic, I think I would deserve a lot of that blame. There's the little island or median in the middle of the highway that I stand on. I'll cross one side, stand in the middle and wait for the other side to clear and cross.
But it's when people are turning off the road and still going 30 MPH when turning off the road, that's what I have no control over. One night almost 2 years ago somebody coming off the highway was probably still going 30 or more MPH when trying to turn left off of the highway, so I was crossing it and the person was so close to just barreling into me. Now the person was either f***ing with me, which is pretty sick in itself. Or they were just not paying good enough attention. I'm not gonna blame their eye sight or not paying attention for them cutting off the highway still going way too fast though.
It rattled me a little bit, but it wasn't until later that night that I was like ''Man, I almost got run over tonight''.
I won’t ride on open roads anymore. Way too dangerous. I stick to my neighborhood if I’m not going to the local trails
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Okay...umm....I have not been around here often (watching NFL football and everything) but this is the first time I'm reading and hearing about this and I had to do a double-take....no...a triple-take.
So excuse me while I bellow out one big :
WTF????
This is horrible and that guy here should be locked away for life. 
I know I have made fun of Johnny and his decision to go to Columbus and everything but that's NHL stuff.
The man outside the NHL deserved better than have it taken away like it was. GODDAMMIT!!
My condolences to his sister and entire family. 
Yes, it f***ed me up the last couple of weeks. I took this death kind of bad for a person I didn't know in real life or a guy that wasn't even on my favorite team. It already feels like the story has gotten buried and forgotten only 16 days later.
31 year old gets run over by a drunk or just careless, reckless driver and killed. Guy had a young family. His brother wasn't even 30 years old and had a kid on the way and he's killed.
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