the Racer "Gazprom-Rusvelo" Brutt Pawel commented on Michele Scarponi's tragic death and shared thoughts of danger on roads.
"To tell the truthwhen I saw this news, did not believe it … And after confirmation of the fact it was shocked, was in any prostration because literally the day before we together finished a multi-day race "The Alpine round". And because of it there was a feeling of a certain unreality of the events. I cannot tell that bicycle racers are constantly crippled in road accident. That is conditionally for the last years it is possible to gain less than ten such cases. And it seems to me that to hang up fault on someone one in these situations incorrectly. It is clear that the cyclist is the least protected participant of traffic. Let's say why I do not like to train in Saint Petersburg? Because on the average for four-hour training I conditionally die three times. I will explain. Banal situation: there is a car, passing a stream of counter cars, and turns on the left in me. And the driver, it seems, even sees me, but as it becomes clear, he never thought that the cyclist can go with a speed of 40 km/h, practically with a stream speed.
Other situation: I am overtaken by the car, together with me turning to the right though I moved directly. It for it norm. And on a question concerning motive of this maneuver he says that did not see me, and this answer is the most frequent. Here until cyclists will not see, it will proceed. The same concerns also people who get out on public roads on the motorcycle or by bicycle and consider that someone is obliged to them. Any mutual deficiency of culture turns out. I consider that if you get out on the road, has to know where you got and by what rules vehicles and participants of movement here move. And the question here at all in observance or non-compliance with secret rules, times of contradicting traffic regulations, and that there will be no this culture yet, will be many silly and strange victims" — Brutt Pawel information portal "Gazeta.Ru" quotes.