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Dozens of cyclists gathered for the Ride of Silence in Birmingham Wednesday in honor of cyclists who lost their lives and to raise awareness of cyclist safety. One of those cyclists who lost their lives is Mark Miller, whose widow, Midge, brought the mangled bicycle he was riding the day he was hit and killed."You see, the bike," Midge Miller said. "There's no way that somebody would have survived being hit by a car that was going very fast. He just loved to cycle. It was his stress reliever when he was working, and then it became his passion when he was retired. Every single time he left the house, I'd say, 'Be careful.' And he says, 'I always am.' And the night he was killed, he had on blinking lights on the front and back of his bicycle in reflective gear and reflective helmet, and you could see him from a mile away. He was just super safe because he wanted to come home."The driver responsible for hitting Mark was brought to justice, but organizers of the ride still say roadways in Alabama remain unsafe for cyclists. Four cyclists have already been killed in the state so far this year, according to organizers, which is why those like Elga Richey and John Chaney want to raise awareness. "I'm a mom, I'm a teacher, and I'm a cyclist," Richey said. "And, I need the respect, you know, three feet.""I think people are beginning to sense that and to be there, but it just continue to make people aware of how critical it is and and how people can get easily injured on the cycle, cycling," Chaney said. In her husband's memory, Midge said she wants drivers to share the road and drive responsibly. "A bike is this big, a car is this big. So you have to be very careful," Midge Miller said.