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Old May 21st 15, 04:48 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Cyclist dies on unroadworthy wreck.

On 21/05/2015 13:29, Ian Smith wrote:
On Wed, 20 May 2015 09:47:21 +0100, Mrcheerful wrote:
On 20/05/2015 09:08, Bod wrote:
On 20/05/2015 09:02, Mrcheerful wrote:
Recumbent rider failed to notice the likelihood of a car door opening,
failed to pass sufficiently wide and due to his type of machine and its
condition, fell off and died. Viable transport?

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/...e-died-9290908


Hmm! The lady said "Mrs Jackson said: “I consider myself to be a
careful and competent driver. I feel very sorry that the cyclist
died but don’t think there’s anything I could have done different
to avoid this accident.â€


A 'careful and competent driver' who nevertheless couldn't manage to
park outside her house without hitting a wheely-bin.

How about looking before opening her door?
She *obviously* caused the accident by her
carelessness.


Recumbents are very low to the ground and would be easy to miss
with a quick glance in a mirror.


He wasn't riding a recumbent.

It appears that you are assuming that because he is pictured with a
recumbent that is what he was riding. The article has descriptive
text about the bike he was riding, and it doesn't match that recumbent
(or, indeed, any recumbent).

Further, the pictured recumbent is a short wheel-base bike. The
rider's eyeline is rather higher than that of many car drivers (most,
if you exclude 4x4s).

So, unless you count most of the cars on the road as being "low to the
ground and easy to miss", even if he were riding he bike that you're
wrongly assuming, your comment would still be wrong.


The average normal bicycle allows the riders head to be considerably
above the roof of a normal car and therefore offers more area of the
cyclist to be seen.
Whatever type of machine it was, it should not have been in use as it
was unroadworthy, the cyclist should not have been riding it,
additionally the cyclist should have been able to take a better line in
the first place, braked or swerved without falling off, and even if he
fell off, a helmet would probably have saved his life.
 




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