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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.†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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