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an albuquerque family mourns... and, new at 10... a biking community is outraged about another cyclist killed in traffic. prominent attorney and unm professer tim vollmann's death yesterday--- after being hit by a garbage truck--- has many avid bike riders calling for immediate attention to the dangers of the road. eddie garcia joins us with the story. bicyclists i spoke with knew vollmann and consider his death a major loss to the community... they say especially considering this time of year - it's time to think of others when you're on the ro. the vollmann family tells us the biggest tragedy about their father's death is the the time they won't ever be able to spend with him. he's going to miss out on the traveling that him and my mom had planned. bicycle coalition president doctor diane albert says this should be a wake-up call to all motorists who drive new mexico roads. there's an anonymity and a feeling of empowerment that you can pretty much do whatever you want in your car and you can get away with it. but often with many bicycle involved crashes - the cyclist suffers the brunt. jennifer buntz who is most known for setting up ghost bike memorials around town says the biking infrastructure at the intersection of comanche and i-25 iinadequate - and that plays a role as well. this should be more than five feet this bike lane and that way if somebody fell over they'd have a cushion they'd have some buffer. during our interview cyclists came to honor vollmann and shared the same complaints about the road. this is a sketchy spot ...the whole road up the way is just kind of frightening and the bike lane disappears right when you get to the freeway you just have to ride in the gutter there's just no other option you have to engage traffic. all agree driver and bicyclist attention is necessary. if we could all be more attentive and more aware of our surrounding as we go down the road, no matter what vehicle we're in - we will all be safer. they hope getting out the word will help save other families from the pain the vollmann's now have to live with. he just gave to everybody, everybody i know has stories of tim volmann and what he did for them. albuquerque police tell me the driver of the garbage truck most likely will not face any charges - they believe vollmann some how lost control on this dangerous stretch of road