Monaro Highway fatality

More info:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/16/2060619.htm

John

John Henderson said:

In ABC radio news I didn't want to hear, there's been a fatal
crash "between a truck and a bicycle" near Bredbo, between
Canberra and Cooma.

John

I'm not quite sure about this report. First thing I heard this morning
around 6:30 was that it was a motorcyclist and that the accident
happened at ~4:00 am. Since then the reports have been about a cyclist.
Whatever the case, it's surely grim and apparently a fatality. The road
will be closed most of the day.

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Bean

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John Henderson said:

More info:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/16/2060619.htm

John

Thanks John.

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Quoted message said:

John Henderson said:

In ABC radio news I didn't want to hear, there's been a fatal
crash "between a truck and a bicycle" near Bredbo, between
Canberra and Cooma.

John

I'm not quite sure about this report. First thing I heard this morning
around 6:30 was that it was a motorcyclist and that the accident happened
at ~4:00 am. Since then the reports have been about a cyclist. Whatever
the case, it's surely grim and apparently a fatality. The road will be
closed most of the day.

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Bean

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Yeah, It stated that the truck driver was treated for injury...flamin'
heck!! Must've been a mega heavy rider or one of those heavy steel postie
bikes.
It's a shame another cyclist had to meet his death this way. At 4am, I
wonder if he was using lights front &rear or was he riding with no lights
and with dark clothing like I've seen so many do in the dark.

DJ

DJ said:

Yeah, It stated that the truck driver was treated for
injury...flamin' heck!! Must've been a mega heavy rider or
one of those heavy steel postie bikes.

Could have been shock rather than an injury as such. I've seen
what hitting and killing a person on the tracks can do to a
train driver.

Or they may have taken evasive action and left the road. Again,
I recently saw a car do a U-turn immediately in front of a
fast-approaching semi-trailer. I don't know how she could
possibly have not seen it - she must have been looking behind
her car and not in front. The semi swerved violently, and
almost tipped as it left the road and had a very long and bumpy
ride across the wide grass verge, removing the car's
passenger-side rear vision mirror in the process.

Quoted message said:

It's a shame another cyclist had to meet his death this way.
At 4am, I wonder if he was using lights front &rear or was he
riding with no lights and with dark clothing like I've seen so
many do in the dark.

It'll be in the police report, but I suppose we'll never know.

John

In aus.bicycle on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:39:45 +1000

John Henderson said:

DJ said:

It's a shame another cyclist had to meet his death this way.
At 4am, I wonder if he was using lights front &rear or was he
riding with no lights and with dark clothing like I've seen so
many do in the dark.

It'll be in the police report, but I suppose we'll never know.

In a previous thread it was suggested people who ride in low light
conditions and share the road with trucks should have lights mounted
high up as well as in the more normal positions. Lights that are
visible from a distance by someone as high up as a truck driver is.

It's possible to be lit and not have those lights visible, I was told
by a tall rider on a large upright that the flasher on my seatback bag
was hard to see. With the zip undone the bag sags, and the light was
facing a bit more down than out. (And the dynamo driven rear was not
working.)

So lights and reflec at various heights are a good idea. As is checking
all lights are working - the reason I got the dynamo rear was discovering
that the flasher batteries were good for decent flashing for about as
long as it took to turn the light on, check it was working, fasten it
to the bag, and start riding...

Zebee
- who has fixed the dynamo light, and checks the flasher at at least one
stop on the way.

Zebee Johnstone said:

In aus.bicycle on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:39:45 +1000

John Henderson said:

DJ wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

It's a shame another cyclist had to meet his death this way.
At 4am, I wonder if he was using lights front &rear or was he
riding with no lights and with dark clothing like I've seen so
many do in the dark.

Quoted message said:

It'll be in the police report, but I suppose we'll never know.

In a previous thread it was suggested people who ride in low light
conditions and share the road with trucks should have lights mounted
high up as well as in the more normal positions. Lights that are
visible from a distance by someone as high up as a truck driver is.

It's possible to be lit and not have those lights visible, I was told
by a tall rider on a large upright that the flasher on my seatback bag
was hard to see. With the zip undone the bag sags, and the light was
facing a bit more down than out. (And the dynamo driven rear was not
working.)

So lights and reflec at various heights are a good idea. As is checking
all lights are working - the reason I got the dynamo rear was discovering
that the flasher batteries were good for decent flashing for about as
long as it took to turn the light on, check it was working, fasten it
to the bag, and start riding...

Zebee
- who has fixed the dynamo light, and checks the flasher at at least one
stop on the way.

God damn, I just got a call from an old friend of mine; turns out it
was one of our friends from primary school. What he was doing out
there at 4 in the morning I'm not sure, but damn it, that sucks. =(
--Dan