While we just learned that Rebellin's autopsy will take place on December 13th and then Davide will finally be able to have the rest and honor he deserves.We're here to tell you some big news. We might have the Strait of Messina Bridge (opening image from La Gazzetta del Sud). Government in fact he reactivated or proposed to to reactivate the Society which should lead to its construction. In April we would have celebrated its 10th birthday since its liquidation, with hundreds of millions spent to achieve nothing, but no.
Sorry the first person and the tone of this editorial From now on. Those who know me know that I'm often in Sicily and have often railed against the hours spent waiting for that ferry. I'd be the first to celebrate the bridge's construction. But that's not the point, or maybe this time the cup is really full.
The missing funds
While proposing to build the bridge of my joy, in fact, the Government would have made sure that cancel from the state budget for 2023-2024 the 94 million euros that remained in the Fund for the development of cycling networks urbane and had not yet been allocated. The fund had been established by the budget law of 2019. Among its aims was to facilitate the ecological transition of our cities, as well as to present the non-negligible possibility of influencing the number of road deaths.
Already, the dead that nobody cares about and which has been talked about for a few days only because of the brutal death of Davide Rebellin. Before the World Cup and other issues took over again.
For a few days the mainstream media read the numbers and shown horror for the more than 200 cyclists who will have lost their lives by the end of this year due to careless drivers. The riders wrote to MattarellaEach of us, drawing on direct or indirect knowledge of some parliamentarian, has tried to push for a law or a working tableBut at the moment nothing seems to be moving (I'd be happy to be proven wrong!).
The meritocracy of others
At this point, I'm very curious to find out if This country will have the Strait Bridge first or a law that protects vulnerable road users..
If confirmed, the cancellation of those funds shows that, at least for now, this government has found itself faced with a country with a thousand critical issues. Except that, Instead of redesigning it, he chose to plug some holes and shore up some walls.And here comes the next reflection.
To redesign a state, you need to be very prepared. You need a vision. We expect excellence, competence and specialization from everyoneLet's talk about meritocracy. The Boss is no longer right by definition, compared to the years when he was right even and especially when he was wrong. Today Parents must be able to argue their decisions well in front of their childrenJournalists must improve their skills. Teachers are forced to retrain to keep up with students who get their news online. Sports directors struggle to follow younger riders, which is no coincidence that the trainers have chosen as a reference (rightly or wrongly).
Because in this framework of pursuit of excellence, those who lead the country (from right to left, with identical outcomes) can be approximate, Switching positions casually, from security to roads, from economics to culture, without a shred of expertise?
Justice for David
If it is true A state is stronger the more it knows how to take care of its weakest citizens., then poor us. Rebellin's death, like that of Scarponi, Amilcare Tronca, Silvia Piccini, and all the others who don't have a name but make up the statistics, won't be the last.
Maybe Gianluca Santilli, president of theBike Economy Observatory interviewed yesterday by Sky Tg24, in saying that the turning point will come if and when some of these people will go and read the numbers of the two-wheeled industry and will understand that the cyclist pool can also become an interesting pool of voters.
Until then, we will remain cannon fodder: victims of bullies who have chosen to give in and certain that Parliament will not take care of usAnd even those who are part of it and are probably cycling enthusiasts will be forced into silence or will adopt it so as not to be left out.
In a few days We will all meet in Madonna di Lonigo to mourn a friendWe will curse, recall anecdotes, and hug, already accustomed and resigned to the possibility that Davide will never receive justice. And that his death, like others, will have served no purpose. One wonders what they would say or do if all the cyclists in Italy, after Madonna di Lonigo, decided to park yourself indefinitely under the buildings of Rome.
