What Happens to a Cyclist's Body When It's Hit by a Car

Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Last summer, 34-year-old Andrew Bernstein, known to his friends as Bernie, was riding his bike alone on a road outside Boulder, Colorado, when he was struck by a vehicle. The driver fled the scene and left him laying in a ditch, where he would have soon died if a passerby hadn’t noticed him and called 911. Bernie was a passionate amateur cyclist who competed regularly in elite track races, but in an instant his body was shattered and his life was forever changed. Unfortunately, his experience is all too common: 857 cyclists were killed by drivers on American roads in 2018, making it the deadliest year in almost three decades. In this episode, we detail what happened to Bernie, how he’s fared since, and where he goes from here. It’s a deeply personal account—but also a story that has the power to change all of our behavior in ways that will save lives and reduce the number of people who will go through what Bernie has endured. This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Visit Florida, one of the country’s great adventure destinations. Have you met a manatee? Airboated in the Everglades? Snorkeled the coral reef? Plan your next Florida adventure at visitflorida.com/outside

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0:00.0	This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Visit Florida, one of the country's great adventure destinations and also the home of Olympic swimmer Brooke Bennett.
0:10.0	Hi, I'm Brooke Bennett, a three-time Olympic gold medalist, native of Florida and a mom of two boys.
0:16.7	Brooke was born and raised in Florida, and as a self-described water baby and lifelong athlete, she's never wanted to live anywhere else.
0:25.0	I can't ask for any better for what I want. You know, wearing a sweater is not my cup of tea.
0:32.0	I want to be in a swimsuit in my flip flops. I can be at the
0:35.8	beach within 10 minutes and in a workout in 15 minutes and you know run along the
0:42.1	inter-coastal with my kids in the stroller and run over the
0:45.4	bridges and things like that. Florida's famous beaches are the backdrop to Brooks
0:49.7	daily life but when she wants a totally different kind of adventure, she heads inland to explore
0:54.8	the state's unique freshwater playgrounds. This past summer, that meant traveling to the Rainbow
1:00.4	River for competitive swimming event.
1:02.4	It's crystal clear. Rainbow River for competitive swimming event.
1:02.6	It's crystal clear, you're going to see turtles,
1:06.3	and I was completely amazed that this is where I was raised
1:12.2	and I was so unfamiliar with it.
1:16.1	Most people look at Florida as just our beaches.
1:20.2	And yeah, I live four miles from Clearwater Beach,
1:22.5	and it's ranked one of the top beaches in the country
1:24.7	and in the world, and it's beautiful,
1:26.2	but at the same time get to the inner parts of our state
1:29.8	and you have these beautiful rivers and these beautiful springs. My dad's lived in
1:34.9	Florida his whole life. My dad's a Floridian. They're going on canoeing
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