Drivers are to blame for most crashes involving motorists andcyclists in Scotland

"The report by Cycle Law Scotland shows that almost half of all
crashes are caused by drivers failing to spot cyclists at junctions.
The findings are based on evidence from legal cases from 2010 to 2012
and show that 38 per cent of collisions happened at crossroads or
junctions and 11 per cent at roundabouts.

Other causes of collisions included drivers cutting across a cyclist’s
path or hitting them from behind, and not leaving enough space when
overtaking."

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public...cle3743566.ece

Squashme wrote:
"The report by Cycle Law Scotland shows that almost half of all
crashes are caused by drivers failing to spot cyclists at junctions.
The findings are based on evidence from legal cases from 2010 to 2012
and show that 38 per cent of collisions happened at crossroads or
junctions and 11 per cent at roundabouts.

Other causes of collisions included drivers cutting across a cyclist’s
path or hitting them from behind, and not leaving enough space when
overtaking."

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public...cle3743566.ece

so if bicycles were banned from the road then there would be far fewer
crashes.

On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:00:45 -0700, Squashme wrote:

"The report by Cycle Law Scotland shows that almost half of all crashes
are caused by drivers failing to spot cyclists at junctions. The
findings are based on evidence from legal cases from 2010 to 2012 and
show that 38 per cent of collisions happened at crossroads or junctions
and 11 per cent at roundabouts.

Other causes of collisions included drivers cutting across a cyclist’s
path or hitting them from behind, and not leaving enough space when
overtaking."

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public...cle3743566.ece

To bicyclists: Please be visible and predictable. And realise that
still they may not be perceived. So a shout or something audible
*before* the threatened collision seems to be advisable.

Peter Keller wrote:
On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:00:45 -0700, Squashme wrote:

"The report by Cycle Law Scotland shows that almost half of all
crashes are caused by drivers failing to spot cyclists at junctions.
The findings are based on evidence from legal cases from 2010 to
2012 and show that 38 per cent of collisions happened at crossroads
or junctions and 11 per cent at roundabouts.

Other causes of collisions included drivers cutting across a
cyclist's path or hitting them from behind, and not leaving enough
space when overtaking."

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public...cle3743566.ece

To bicyclists: Please be visible and predictable. And realise that
still they may not be perceived. So a shout or something audible
*before* the threatened collision seems to be advisable.

or be prepared to stop or take evasive action.

On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:51:57 +0100, Mrcheerful wrote:

Peter Keller wrote:
On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:00:45 -0700, Squashme wrote:

"The report by Cycle Law Scotland shows that almost half of all
crashes are caused by drivers failing to spot cyclists at junctions.
The findings are based on evidence from legal cases from 2010 to 2012
and show that 38 per cent of collisions happened at crossroads or
junctions and 11 per cent at roundabouts.

Other causes of collisions included drivers cutting across a cyclist's
path or hitting them from behind, and not leaving enough space when
overtaking."

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public...cle3743566.ece

To bicyclists: Please be visible and predictable. And realise that
still they may not be perceived. So a shout or something audible
*before* the threatened collision seems to be advisable.

or be prepared to stop or take evasive action.

Indeed

*"The report by Cycle Law Scotland shows that almost half of all
crashes are caused by drivers failing to spot cyclists at junctions.
The findings are based on evidence from legal cases from 2010 to 2012
and show that 38 per cent of collisions happened at crossroads or
junctions and 11 per cent at roundabouts.

Other causes of collisions included drivers cutting across a cyclist’s
path or hitting them from behind, and not leaving enough space when
overtaking."

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public...cle3743566.ece

They need to come up with some kind of low power hologram effect that
makes cyclists and motorcyclists look like large commercial vehicles.


Bret Cahill

On Apr 26, 4:35*pm, Bret Cahill wrote:
*"The report by Cycle Law Scotland shows that almost half of all
crashes are caused by drivers failing to spot cyclists at junctions.
The findings are based on evidence from legal cases from 2010 to 2012
and show that 38 per cent of collisions happened at crossroads or
junctions and 11 per cent at roundabouts.

Other causes of collisions included drivers cutting across a cyclist’s
path or hitting them from behind, and not leaving enough space when
overtaking."

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public...cle3743566.ece

They need to come up with some kind of low power hologram effect that
makes cyclists and motorcyclists look like large commercial vehicles.


Ideally one should be able to solidify the hologram for full
protection:-

"ONCE during the war an inventor brought forward the novel idea of a
searchlight that would itself bring down any aircraft caught in its
beam. The idea was to provide the searchlight with a button which when
pressed would solidify the beam. By rapidly turning the searchlight
downwards, one could 'wang' the aircraft on the ground.

The incidental details as to how to solidify the beam were, according
to the inventor, "merely matters of research and development easily
solvable by anyone who really believed in the idea"."