\u201cIt shows that people care about the community. They care about their friends and colleagues, and their family members who are being maimed or killed, or almost badly hurt, because of poor driving.\u201d<\/p>\n
The memorial ride highlighted the reality of cycling in South Africa, where lawlessness and issues of road safety continue to claim lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t have to fear for our lives every time we go out and use our bicycles to go to work and back, or for leisure. We have as much right to use the roads as motorcars do.\u201d<\/p>\n
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He emphasised that the problem is not cyclists versus motorists, but rather law-abiders versus law-breakers. The event drew riders from various clubs and backgrounds, all moving as one through the streets.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about visibility and getting people to pick it up and run with the story. Media is a very important part of our stakeholder group. It\u2019s not just a cycling issue, motorists and road users need to respect each other, and our culture needs to change.\u201d<\/p>\n
Neil also highlighted the often-overlooked commuter cyclists, who make up the majority of daily riders in South Africa. Among them was David Sejobe<\/a>, a security at MultiChoice who commuted to work by bicycle.<\/p>\n \u201cThese are guys who go to work every day on entry-level bikes, commuting in the dark. Sometimes we don\u2019t even hear their stories, but they are unseen users of the road and often the most vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n Pedal Power Association continues to advocate for cyclist safety through a combination of data-driven evaluation, road engineering, education, enforcement, and meaningful legal consequences for the offenders.<\/p>\n The memorial ride was more than a tribute, but a reminder of the human cost of unsafe roads . Rather than ending in loss, the ride pointed towards action. It served as a collective call to recognise cyclists as equal road users and to rethink how South Africans share their streets.<\/p>\n Sources: GTG Interview\u00a0 Or catch an episode of\u00a0Good Things with Brent Lindeque<\/a>\u00a0or our\u00a0Weekly Top 5<\/a>\u00a0below. The videos here are always changing, updated with the latest episodes from these two shows. Both are part of Good Things TV, created to bring South Africans balance at a time when the news can feel overwhelmingly negative. Our goal is simple: to remind you that there are still so many good things happening in our country \u2013 and to leave you feeling a little more proudly South African.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cyclists.jpg\")
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