Niagra Falls Review
Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada
May 14, 2008
“Michael Morgenroth has had enough.
He’s not a competitive cyclist or an environmentalist. He just enjoys riding his bicycle.
“It’s a great way to wake up in the morning,” the Niagara Falls man said.
What impedes his pleasure rides, however, are motorists who pay no attention to who’s on the road.
Late last month, Morgenroth’s 14-year-old son was struck by a car and thrown into a ditch while riding his bicycle along Dorchester Road.
Luckily, the teenager escaped with only a few scrapes and bruises.
What infuriated his father is that the motorist fled the scene and no one stopped to check on the welfare of his son.
Then last week, Morgenroth himself had a close call.
A bus passed him with “barely enough space to fit a newspaper between my handle bars and the bus,” he said.
Morgenroth caught up with the driver and told her he has as much right to be on the road as she does. He told the driver she should have given him a wide berth when she drove passed him.
The driver told him she is required to stay in the right lane.”
