CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Wendy Baker was riding her bike home down 5th Street Southwest one day last month, as she does at the end of most every workday.
But as she approached the interchange that leads to Interstate 64, what little purchase she can count on as a cyclist vanished in favor of a rough, rocky, unpaved shoulder that had to be braved to cross the bridge over the interstate.
On this occasion, a passing car came alarming close to knocking her off her bike and causing serious injury to her with its mirror…