Sounds like most of us that ride the endurance races for fun - really sad to hear about this one.crazyjose wrote:
I concur, a great fun loving bloke, loved life and his family, always said g'day at the Mont and Scott, and always asked about my bikes, never came first or last, but
gave the race thing ago for the fun of it and being with mates. Known him for over 20 years as a workmate, my sincerest condolences to your family, RIP bloke.
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Courier Mail writing their story now. I was just interviewed but I don't have any info other than eye witness reports
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Very sad to hear about this...and even more glum about the terminology used by the police to describe the event.
"... the woman, who was cycling along Old Cleveland Road, came into contact with part of the truck causing her to fall from her bicycle."
The implication being the cyclist hit the truck, and not the other way around.
Pretty obvious bias stops them from writing it this way:
"....a truck, traveling along Old Cleveland Road, came into contact with a cyclist...."
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The accident happened at a pinch point where a traffic island encroaches on the shoulder, forcing you to ride on the lane. This may have had no bearing on this accident however as the reports in the news say that the stabilizer deployed as the truck entered Old Cleveland Rd from Creek Rd. I can only imagine that the stabilizer was sticking out a fair way? The truck that was at the scene was a semi trailer with precast concrete and an on-board crane. Hence the need for the stabilizers.
There are about 4 such pinch points on this road which otherwise has a wide shoulder.
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Those choke points give me the frights. There's one on my commute thru Kirribilli but fortunately there's enough of a gap to filter between it and the kerb. Not zo on many others and im forced to change lanes. They're a serious hazard for cyclists in a lot of places.
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This is so sad - my thoughts are with her family and friends. I cannot imagine how devastated they must be.
That seems like they've already prejudged the incident and apportioned blame to the cyclist.winstonw wrote:Very sad to hear about this...and even more glum about the terminology used by the police to describe the event.
"... the woman, who was cycling along Old Cleveland Road, came into contact with part of the truck causing her to fall from her bicycle."
The implication being the cyclist hit the truck, and not the other way around.
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SHE WAS VERY MINDFUL OF HER CHOICE OF WORDS.
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