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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 15, 2024

   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:
Help in coordinating is offered here:
http://www.rideofsilence.org/resources.php


To date - No one has coordinated a ride
in Orange County that
we have been made aware of

 

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...)


 8 Bicyclists have died (that we know of*) in
OC
since the last May Ride of Silence...
David Olmos, 18 (Mar 7, Huntington Beach) Incident Coverage
another woman, 60's? (Feb 29, Westminster) Incident Coverage
Another cyclist, ? (Feb 17, Santa Ana) Incident Coverage
-2023-
Charlie Chen, 68 (Nov 21, Foumtain Valley) Incident Coverage
another man; ? Fletcher, 73 (Oct 19, Orange) Incident Coverage
another man, ? (Oct 7, Laguna Beach) Incident Coverage
Steven Gonzales, 70 (Sep 10, Huntington Beach) Incident Coverage
Sara Wheaton, 49 (Jun 11, Lake Forest) Incident Coverage
(see count by Calendar Year here)

May 2023's list of 16...
all in traffic
another man, ? (Apr 22, Orange) Incident Coverage
Michael John Mammone, 58 (Feb 1, Dana Point) Incident CoverageIncident Coverage 
Robert C Galvan, late 30s (Jan 28, Fullerton) Incident CoverageIncident Coverage  H&R?
-2022-
AJ Bryce, 59 (Nov 4, hit Oct 14 2021, Tustin)
Incident Coverage
Phong Khuu, 62 (Nov 15, Fountain Valley)
Incident Coverage  DUI
Randy Cintron, 43 (Sep 11, Newport Beach)
Incident Coverage DUI H&R
Jeff Rosenthal, 72 (Sep 9, Laguna Hills) Incident Coverage DUI
Bradley Rofer, 8 (Sep 1, Cota de Caza) Incident Coverage Incident Coverage
James Henry McKane, 69 (Aug 23, Irvine) Incident Coverage
Elfego Andrade, 67 (Aug 18, Fullerton) Incident Coverage H&R
Timothy Briley, 42 (Aug 11, Huntington Beach) Incident Coverage Incident CoverageDUI
another man,
53 (Aug 7, La Habra) Incident Coverage H&R
Michael Wolf, 78 (Aug 2, Mission Viejo) Incident Coverage
Dac Them Kieu, 73 (July 5, Fountain Valley) Incident Coverage Incident Coverage
John Story, 67 (June 18, Santa Ana)
Incident Coverage Incident Coverage
Joshua Gene Cervantes, 40 (June 7, San Clemente)
Incident Coverage H&R



May 2022's list of 11... 10 in traffic
Ivars Bornsteins, 58 (Mar 3, Fullerton) eBike or Moped?   Incident Coverage   Incident Coverage  H&R?
  another man, ? (Feb 21, Santa Ana) Incident Coverage
another man, ? (Feb 12, Santa Ana) Incident Coverage H&R
Jason Aguilar, 25 (Feb 5, Laguna Open Space) Incident Coverage
Kelly Carrington,52 (Jan 20,Huntington Beach)
Incident Coverage Incident Coverage
Liem Bui, 71 (Jan 15, Fountain Valley) Incident Coverage  H&R
-2021-
Norman Rest,73 (Nov 29, Laguna Beach) Incident Coverage
Justin Sanders, 24 (Oct 29, Santa Ana Incident Coverage H&R 
AJ Bryce, 59 (Oct 14, died Nov 4 2022, Tustin) Incident Coverage
Jenn Macy, 36 (Sep 25, San Juan Capistrano) Incident Coverage Incident CoverageIncident Coverage
Clinton Silverman, 75
(Aug 8, Huntington Beach) Incident Coverage
John Crouch, 68 (May 27, Huntington Beach) Incident Coverage DUI?


May 2021's list of 12

Ernest Adams, 88 (Mar 28, Newport Beach)  Incident CoverageDUI
another man, ? (Feb 12, Anaheim) Incident Coverage
-2020-
Noel Bascon, 12 (Dec 6, Costa Mesa) Incident Coverage
  Joshua Pumphrey, 33 (Nov 23, Fullerton) Incident Coverage
Hannah Tran, 42 (Nov 15, Santiago Cnyn@Modjeska Grade) Incident Coverage
Ho Cheong 24 (Nov 15, La Palma) Incident Coverage
Wendy Cendejas,50 (Oct 17 {19}, Huntington Beach) Incident Coverage
James Blauer, 68 (Oct 2, Costa Mesa) Incident Coverage Incident Coverage
another man, ? (Sep 30, Seal Beach) Incident Coverage
another boy, 3 (Sep 20, Orange) Incident Coverage
Barbora Kabatova, 26 (Jul  11, Irvine) Incident Coverage
Linda Smythe, 70 (May 25, Irvine)
Incident Coverage

May 2020's list of 14

another person, ? (April 21, Fullerton) Incident Coverage  Incident Coverage
another man, ? (April 1, Huntington Beach) Incident Coverage Incident Coverage
Another young man, (March 15, Newport Beach) Incident Coverage
Hector Carrillo, 62 (March 6, Huntington Beach)
Incident Coverage Incident Coverage
Robert Calvin, 83 (March 5, Laguna Niguel) 
Incident Coverage
Tyler Kanarr, 25 (February 25, Orange)
Incident Coverage Incident Coverage
Adam Nickelson, 30 (Jan 19 {23}, Huntington Beach) Incident Coverage
-2019-
Carlos Bravo, 45 (Dec 9, Buena Park) Incident Coverage
Mario Gomez, 57
(Dec 6 {8}, Huntington Beach) Incident Coverage
Daniel Martinez, 52 (Nov 4, Santa Ana) Incident Coverage
Virgilio Lemus Garcia, 60 (Oct 13 {16}, Santa Ana) Incident Coverage
Chad Peterson, 44 (Sep 2 {3} Ortega Hwy) Incident Coverage
Pablo Valdez-Aguirre, 20 (Jul 22, LasFlores/Mission Viejo)
Incident Coverage
Marcos Monzon, 40 (Jun 11, Santa Ana) Incident Coverage FB

May 2019's list of 17
all in traffic
Jaxon Ortiz, 8 (May 13, Ladera Ranch) Incident Coverage
Mike Alcaraz, 60 (May 5, Santa Ana)
Raymond Macdonald, 33  (Mar 30, Huntington Beach)
Incident Coverage
Michael Tomlinson, 51 (Jan 30, Aliso Viejo)  Incident Coverage Incident Coverage Incident Coverage
Paul Smith, 64  (Jan 11, Seal Beach) Incident Coverage
-2018-
Chandler Espinoza, 25
(Dec 15, Died Jan 1, Rancho Santa Margarita)
Incident Coverage
Leslie Valdovinos, 33 (Dec 5, Santa Ana)
Charles Kam, 78 (Nov 20, Huntington Beach)
Incident Coverage
Konghao Wei, 19 (Nov 13, Irvine)
Mike Kreza, 44 (Nov 3 - died Nov 5, Mission Viejo)
Incident Coverage
Richard Mulfania Jr., 48 (Oct 21, Huntington Beach)
Raymond William Jaso, 52
(Oct 8, Buena Park)
Incident Coverage
Tam Nguyen, 79 (Oct 8, Stanton) Incident Coverage
Terri Ames, 54  (Aug 9, Cypress)
Incident Coverage
Jesus Romero, 17 (July 20, Santa Ana)
Arthur Kendrick, 84 (June 25, Lake Forest)
Alexander Russell, 32 (Jun 8, Garden Grove)


May 2018's list of 8
John Dolan  (Apr 26, Orange) Incident Coverage FB 3
Jesus Cruiz-Ramirez, 38  (Mar 22, Santa Ana) Incident Coverage
Thomas Bucsko, 64 (Mar 21, San Juan Capistrano)
-2017-
John Smith, 56 (Sep 27, Orange) Incident Coverage Incident Coverage
Gary Thomsen, 78 (Sep 26, Irvine)
Incident Coverage
Bihn Ngo, 41 (Sep 13, Fountain Valley)Incident Coverage Incident Coverage
Jose Vasquez-Perez, 41 (Jul 15, Newport Beach)Incident Coverage
Eliseo Benitez-Quiroz, 71 (Jul 3, Garden Grove)Incident Coverage

May 2017's list of 8
Encarnacion Salazar Munoz, 52 (Mar 19, Anaheim)Incident Coverage
David Garcia, 42 (Mar 13, La Palma)
Incident CoverageIncident Coverage ?
Paul Hurst, 38 (Jan 18, Stanton) Incident Coverage Incident Coverage
-2016-
Gilbert Gutierrez, 32 (Oct 28, Costa Mesa) 3
Deborah Gresham, 44 (Oct 14, Stanton)Incident Coverage  Incident Coverage Incident Coverage
Jonathan Petsas, 19 (Sep 30, Placentia)Incident Coverage
Jorge Leyva, 42 (May 29, Anaheim)Incident Coverage
Brock McCann, 8 (May 25, Newport Beach)Incident Coverage

May 2016's list of
15
Becky Sheehan, 35 (Mar 17, Buena Park)
Ricardo Aguilar, 44 (Mar 12, Santa Ana) Incident Coverage?
Thuc Van Nguyen, 71 (Jan 25, Santa Ana)Incident CoverageIncident Coverage?
Angel Preciado, 52 (Jan 12, (2/15) Yorba Linda) 2,3?
-2015-
Kevin Jiang, 9 (Nov 20, 2015, Irvine) 2,3
Valente Vasquez, 29 (Oct 17, Huntington Beach)  1
Kathleen Walker,37 (Sep 27, Orange) Incident Coverage 2,3,
Rafael Romo, 51 (Sep 14, Placentia) Incident Coverage 3
Nadia Silva, 31 (Sep 10, Huntington Beach) Incident Coverage ?1?3?
Jonathon Wilson, 23 (Aug 2, Newport Beach) Incident Coverage 1b,4
Man from Victorville, 58 (Jul 14, Garden Grove) Incident Coverage3
Priscilla Vallejo, 13 (Jul 13, Santa Ana) Incident Coverage2
Suzi Ramage,& dog Sonny,55 (Jun 23, Garden Grove) Incident Coverage?1 ! DUI
Jorge Covarrubias, 40  (Jun 16, Stanton) Incident Coverage3,?4 !!
Michiko Day, 66 (May 30, 2015, Laguna Hills) Incident Coverage2,5
4x1, 3x2, 3x3, 4x4, 1x5, 4x?, 2x*, 1x! Drunk, 1x!! Hit&Run


May 2015's list of
13
Robert Horton, 62 (May 4, 2015, Santa Ana) 2?
Timothy Binau, 41 (Apl 1, 2015, Anaheim) 1, 3?
-2014-
Vihn Tran, 36 (Dec 27, 2014 Fountain Valley)  1 !  DUI
Cesar Labastida
, 74 (Nov 15 {30}, Laguna Woods)  1,3?
Hassan Davoodiaria, 69 (Nov 15, Santa Ana)  2
Daniella Palacios, 44 (Nov 1, Anaheim)   1,3? !!
Shaun Eagleson, 30 ( Oct 19, Newport Coast) 
1 !!
William Rowland, 61 (Sep 5, Huntington Beach)Incident Coverage 3?
Michael Bastien, 55 (Sep 1, Huntington Beach)Incident Coverage 1 !!
Artemio Ortiz, 56 (Aug 1, Orange)
3
Rafael Correa, 19 (Jul 5, Fullerton) Incident Coverage 2,5
John Colvin, 55 (Jun 17, Laguna Beach) 1 !!
Jordan Ames, 21
(May 30, 2014, Santa Ana)
3
7x1, 3x2, 6x3, 1x4, 4x?, 1x*, 1x! Drunk, 4x!! Hit&Run


May 2014's list of 17

Haitham Gamal, 39 (May 6, 2014, Dana Point)2?
Kathy Sieberhein, 44 (April 16, Huntington Beach)
Geneveve Hall, 34 (April 6, Huntington Beach)
Sean Severson, 15 (March 21, Fountain Valley)
Alfanso Franco, 52 (Feb 20, Santa Ana)
  Matthew Liechty, 37 (Feb 19, Huntington Beach)
Joey Robinson, 21
(Feb 2, 2014 Orange) 1 !!
DUI
-2013-
Pete Tomaino, 82
(Dec 24, 2013 Laguna Hills)
1
Paul Lin, 41
(Nov 6, Newport Beach)

Michelle Lounsbury, 44 (Nov 4, Costa Mesa)
Manuel Morales Rodriguez, 19 (Oct 30, Anaheim) 1? ?
Debra Deem, 58 (Aug 27, Newport Beach)
Alberto Ramos, 40 (July 20, Stanton)
Richard Paine, 19 (July 11, Fullerton)
James Waller, 53 (June 28, Irvine/Laguna Beach)
Chelsea Kashergen, 22 (June 20, Fullerton) 
Susan Stripko, 56 (June 2,2013 Huntington Beach)

"Victim Blaming" is a counterproductive impulse, but there may be aspects we can pull from reports that give clues a Savvy Cyclist can learn from to reducing risks in traffic.

1: Edge riding - shoulder riding- Bike Lane users; Rear ended
1a: Doored  1b: Hit parked car
2: Bikeway or side walk or Cross walk to Road conflicts
3: Failure to follow Rules of the Road / CVC / Control Device
 
: Missing legal lights & reflectors in dark
4: Solo crash in road - not traffic related

!: Drunk / Impaired Driver
!! Hit & Run motorist
5: Questionable road design hazards

* If we have missed anyone, PLEASE let us know
of any other cyclists killed while cycling in Orange County traffic

Many others have been injured or disabled by incidents in traffic...

Please let us know of any other Rides of Silence
in Orange County so we can add them here
and send us comments & photos if you ride or see us...


Please bring friends & family out to participate
in these events for all of Orange County...
& Join the
ORANGE COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION
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SHARE THE ROAD

 

Updated Nov 23, 2018