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To HONOR those who have been injured or killed
To RAISE AWARENESS that we are here
To ask that we all SHARE THE ROAD

Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Time: 6:30-8:30pm (Gather at 6 - Ride at 7 pm)

"Think Globally - Act Locally"
Consider coordinating a ride in your town town to get seen by more people
in more neighborhoods, and make it easier to get more riders to participate,
without creating even more vehicle traffic crossing OC to get to a Ride of Silece!
Contact us for help & being listed here:
H elp in coordinating is offered here:
http://www.rideofsilence.org/resources.php

To date we have not been made aware
of any Ride of Silence in Orange County

At 7 pm Local Time we will join other communities across the planet in having
a unique ride which will bring increased awareness to the streets of our home towns -
focusing on the numbers of cyclists who are killed and injured
by motorists who do not safely share the road.

Riders will gather at 6 & assemble about 6:30
then cue up for a 7 pm slow paced, single file, silent commemoration
to the riders who are no longer with us,
especially those who were disabled or killed in traffic.

A pack of single file - silent riders - pacing out for 8 to 10 miles...
we will share this hour with each other, and know that thousands across
the planet will also have marked the hour in their own time zone;
but also raise awareness among the many local motorists
who will be witnesses of our sombre parade. It will be a dusk ride, Sun set is at just before 8;
so wear your reflective & HiVis day glow,
& have plenty of reflectors & lights...

LIGHTS AND REFLECTORS - CVC 21201(d)
In case you don't know, California law requires bicycles to have lights
& reflectors after dusk - even on bike ways and sidewalks.
Many run extra lights for safety and
especially this night to draw even more attention to our rolling march...

HELMETS - CVC 21212
Helmets are required in California by all riders and passengers under 18
and on anyone operating a Type 3 28 mph eBike.
Helmets are strongly recommended for all riders.
Some Rides of Silence locations do require helmets for ALL riders.

ARM BANDS
Optional tradition: Many wear an arm band; Black in solidarity -
or Red if you have been injured in an incident with a motorist.
(Inexpensive head / wrist band sets or cut up tube socks work well...)

Five Bicyclists have died (that we know of*)
in OC since the last Ride of Silence...

Kristin Bellovich, 51(Sep 30, Huntington Beach) H & R Incident Coverage