Graphic Discussions of Cycling related deaths - Reader Caution Advised!

[DAOTEC]

such a Fool

Cyclist tricking barrier ripped apart by GO-train

Wed Nov. 03 2010 10:38:27 AM | Toronto Police Const. Hugh Smith told ctvtoronto.ca that the northbound train hit the westbound cyclist just after 7 p.m. last night. [toronto.CTV/go-train-death]

 

[DAOTEC]

Oh my Lord

Christchurch mom of two dead on a spot she travelled "hundreds of times".

05:00 06/11/2010 | "She's come off on a very steep curve on that road and skidded across the road," Detective Sergeant Earle Borrell said. In tears her husband Ian Holmes said his wife had cycled around the corner where she died hundreds of times and was a strong downhill rider.

"She was a great person. She cycled to work most days and did this particular route most days. It's quite unbelievable, actually," he said.

"She was a unique individual. She has strengths in a lot of areas. She was developing in later life. She had recently taken up art and she was thriving [in work]. She was really starting to make a mark in her management role."

CDHB public health unit general manager Evon Currie paid tribute to her friend.

"She was the most amazingly passionate woman, [both] about public health and living," she said.

"She was full of energy and enthusiasm. She was a very keen biker and wanted to make the world a better place for everyone to live in."

She was "so proud of her family and committed to them".

"She was also very popular with staff. She always created an environment where people knew she cared." [http://stuff.co.nz]

 

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Hong (King) Kong

14y and 50y -old cyclists go head to head in Subway leaving one dead

Saturday, November 6, 2010 | The teenage boy was riding down the ramp when he collided with the older cyclist coming the other way.
He fell heavily and hit his head on the ground, losing consciousness and was certified dead. The boy usually rides to school every day through the subway. On hearing of the dead, he would stop riding a bicycle. [http://thestandard.com.hk]

 

[DAOTEC]

1+1 makes 2

2 North Slope Cyclists Dodge Death in Accidents on Sunday & Monday

Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 10:03 AM | The message is clear: when biking through the North Slope/Flatbush deathzone, every precaution is necessary. On Sunday and Monday, two cyclists had potentially deadly encounters within a couple blocks of each other, one Sunday morning on Fifth Avenue near St. Marks while riding near the yellow center line rather than in the nearby bike lane, the other on scarily narrow Sixth Avenue near Prospect Place. The Brooklyn Paper reports that in the first incident, a tour bus diverted onto Fifth Avenue because of the marathon swallowed up the 32-year-old cyclist's bike between its rear tires, though the cyclist was unharmed. The second cyclist wasn't so lucky... [http://thelmagazine.com]

 

[TheDude]

Cyclist tricking barrier ripped apart by GO-train

Wed Nov. 03 2010 10:38:27 AM | Toronto Police Const. Hugh Smith told ctvtoronto.ca that the northbound train hit the westbound cyclist just after 7 p.m. last night. [toronto.CTV/go-train-death]

Trains always win. They are to be respected above all else.

 

[DAOTEC]

14y teen overkill in Hit And Run suspect still on the lose

10:01 am PST November 14, 2010 | Sacramento - An off duty firefighter stopped to provide CPR for the teen but he was pronounced dead at 7 p.m. Friends of the teen Alex Forwerck say he attended Vanden High School in Fairfield. [http://topix.com/h&r-forum]

I am the father of Alex's 2 year old sister and want everyone too know how great of a young man Alex was. He was very active he rode bmx bikes, skateboard, raced MOTO cross, I even taught him to wake board he was good at everything he tried. He had no fear and a ton of drive. A very special young man who is going to missed dearly. We all miss and love you Alex.

 

[Night Rider]

Two dead and another in critical condition in New Zealand. Seems the stupid driver was on the wrong side of the road around a blind corner.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10687671

 

[DAOTEC]

Yeah crazy stuff

Two dead and another in critical condition in New Zealand. Seems the stupid driver was on the wrong side of the road around a blind corner.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10687671

from the scene

Dead Mark Ferguson, nicknamed ''Pocket Rocket'' by cycling mates because of his eagerness and ability on hill climbs, will be remembered by his family and friends as an honest hard-working man.

http://stuff.co.nz/Waikato-4-take-toll-to-12

 

[Cyclestar]

Are you, like, the reincarnation of Jeffrey Dahmer and that guy in Europe who engaged in consensual cannibalism with his corpses?

These stories are horrible. I think non-cyclists would be equally appalled, these are just ghoulish stories that happen to involve a bicycle.

It's like the Babes on Bikes thread meets Saw.

Exactly. Accidents happen everywhere...whether on your bike or not. Pointless and disturbing thread!

 

[usedtobefast]

Exactly. Accidents happen everywhere...whether on your bike or not. Pointless and disturbing thread!

not really. just a reminder to be careful. and, i might add, to be an advocate for
bike riders everywhere. far from pointless.

 

[JA.Tri]

While some may regard this as a morbid thread (reasonable view), I view this as an ongoing learning opportunity...

Not to make assumptions
Be careful
Allow for others: mistakes, carelessness, stupidity, egregious behaviour, vindictiveness
Be lucky
Be careful (yes again!)

 

[DAOTEC]

27y old Auckland beauty killed trying to avoid opening car door

9:38 PM Wednesday Nov 17, 2010 | The 27-year-old Jane Mary Bishop, a UK citizen working temporarily in New Zealand was riding towards Mission Bay when the accident happened shortly after 6pm., "she was unable to be saved and died at the scene," police said in a statement.

The crash comes after three cyclists were killed on the country's roads at the weekend, prompting calls for urgent action to make the roads safer for them.

Spokesman Patrick Morgan said, following this evening's death, it was blindingly obvious ... [http://nzherald.co.nz]
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[DAOTEC]

More dead Kiwi's brings this horror score at a stagering 12 now

9:37 AM Thursday Nov 18, 2010 | following the deaths of Kay Heather Wolfe from the Morrinsville Wheelers Cycling Club and advanced cyclist, Patricia Anne Veronica Fraser, 34, who was killed while out training for the Lake Taupo cycle race. Chief Coroner Neil MacLean said today: "there are plans to group a spate of cyclists deaths together in one inquest".

Cycle Action Auckland spokeswoman Barbara Cuthbert said cyclists would be devastated by the news.

"This is a ghastly toll for such a short time." [http://nzherald.co.nz]

 

[bridgeman]

My friends and I have been talking lately about the very noticable increase in aggressive motorist in our area. Lots of bad things have happened.

Today, on an open straight section of road, an oncoming car crossed the center divide and headed directly towards me. And then at the last second swirved back into their lane. One word for this; blatant.

Turns out that the truck driver that killed a woman here about a week ago on Alpine Road, Portola Valley CA. had already killed 2 other cyclist.

I decided a while ago that I would NOT encourage my kids to take up cycling. I'm on the road 3 to 6 days a week and knowing what's out there would drive me nuts if my kids took up the sport.

I did not have this view just a couple of years ago. Perhaps a different story of we lived in a calmer area.

 

[Road Hazard]

Here's a link to the latest news on the Alpine Road accident in Portola Valley, California. The driver has a history of accidents, including fatal ones, and including some that were clearly not his fault. Just an crash magnet it seems.

http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_16632513?nclick_check=1

The article isn't clear but having ridden through this area many times, what seems to have happened is this: the truck was in the far right lane which is a right-turn only lane going to the freeway, the cyclist was in the next lane over the left (the right-most lane that goes straight) intending to go straight through. Somehow the cyclist came in contact with the left side of the truck, whether the truck decided not to get on the freeway and veered one lane over to the left, or whether the cyclist had a mechanical or something that caused her to move right is, I suppose, the subject of the lawsuit.

I can't say I've experience more aggressive driving around the area because there have always been a few of those types, but I did have an encounter recently where a motorist passed me on a downhill road (Kings Mountain in Woodside, CA) by gunning it way above the speed limit and passing with the window rolled down while yelling something I couldn't make out.

Bikes can easily keep up with the 30mph speed limit on this road and the occasional 20mph curve. So, cyclists routinely take the lane and trundle down the road in line with cars in one happy train. But you get the few motorists who just believe it is their right to be in front of you. So, this car speeds around me and of course, I'm on his tail the rest of the way down because he really can't go any faster than I was going.

At the bottom of the hill, I catch up with him at an intersection and we have a discussion. Turns out they were basically nice folks who are frustrated with the bike traffic, and a little misinformed about the vehicle code. We had what I hope was a useful discussion, but they did mention that there are regular meetings of homeowners who want to petition the city to pass an ordinance forbidding bikes on the roads in this area. So that mentality is out there.

 

[usedtobefast]

we bike riders are tax payers and motorists too. our rights are no less than anyone else's.

 

[DAOTEC]

Oh my god

Cyclist pushing his bike across pinned under Toronto streetcar.

Friday, November 19, 2010 | 10:48 AM ET

The twisted frame of a bicycle lies on Lake Shore Boulevard after its rider was killed in a collision with a TTC streetcar.

"[The streetcar is] a large vehicle that doesn't have the capacity to stop in a short distance — by the sheer size of it — and there's not too much [the driver] can do. It's on fixed rails" said police Const. Hugh Smith.
Smith called the collision “completely preventable” the streetcar may have missed traffic signal.

This is the latest setback and comes on top of increased focus on traffic safety in the city over the past few days, after a rash of deadly accidents involving cyclist and pedestrians of late. Here the discussion [http://ibiketoronto.ca/forum]

 

[DAOTEC]

friggin destiny

Cyclist Battling Cancer slammed to death in hit and run Crash

Nov 23, 2010 8:16 AM | Santa Maria Larry Moore had just proven his doctors doctors wrong that he didn't have long to live, when a truck slammed into him while he was riding his bicycle.

"He died doing what he enjoyed, so you have to be grateful for the time you had together," said Carol Moore, his wife. Larry Moore loved to ride
"As a long as he was on a bicycle, he was happy," said Jim Hosp, a friend and fellow cyclist. Moore rode strong right up until his tragic death.

"He was always a careful rider, but I think he was just looking and not seeing," said Hosp. Moore diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer... [http://kcoy.com]

 

[DAOTEC]

in a split 2nd

Cyclist killed by a 20y-old distracted miss

Friday, December 03, 2010 | With plastic grocery bags hanging from his bicycle handlebars like tassels as he rode down the street, James Sawicki lost his life in the neighborhood after being struck by a distracted driver a 20-year-old Rochester Hills woman. Sawicki was a familiar face to people in the 18 Mile Road corridor of Sterling Heights. Police Lt. Dale Dwojakowski said. “He’s been around this city for years. If you’ve ever been driving in that area, you’ve probably seen him. The driver looked down at the floor for just a few seconds and didn’t see him in time when she returned her attention to the road,”[dailytrib.com]

 

[Escarabajo]

Do you people get off on this kind of thing?

Cyclingnews has truely become a horrible piece of cr*p.

Good bye.

But you are the Editor in Chief? Whatever that means.

Honestly, I read some of these stories and I want to stop riding my bike. This is horrible. I wish there was better ways to minimize our risks to accidents besides us cycling defensively
.

 

[DAOTEC]

another hand full horror killing spree today

18:3 HRS IST | Faizabad, Dec 5 (PTI) A cyclist, with his wife and two-year-old, was trying to cross the road on the Allahabad - Faizabad National Highway when a speedy car ... Five people, including the woman and a two-year-old died, while four persons were seriously injured police said. [ptinews.com]

 

[Willy_Voet]

The 8 cyclist tragedy in Italy is sure to cause some controversy...

 

[ultimobici]

1. I understand that in the Nederlands, the cyclist is given "priority" in that: in event of a collision (or incident) between a cyclist and motorist, the motorist be be presumed to be at fault.

This formula shifts the burden of proof entirely to the non-cyclist. Such a situation will not prevent people from: being drunk, falling asleep, becoming enraged... however I believe it would result in giving "road users" pause.

My guess it would also operate sub-consciously to temper the actions of all.

Perhaps we could push our respective legislatures to consider the above.

2. IIRC, Dutch motorists are preternaturally aware of cyclists and the resulting positive outcome is a benefit to all road users.

My apologies as I do not have references to either 1 or 2.

Dutch friend of mine commented that "there's no such thing as Dutch motorists, just cyclists temporarily behind the wheel"

 

[DAOTEC]

Devastating

2 Brothers 21 & 29 Years-old dead after being crushed by a coach.

Tuesday, 7 December 2010 | Both of the men Christian Townend, 29 and his brother Nicholas Towned, 21 died at the scene according to Cumbria Police. Christian was a qualified pharmacologist working for United Utilities in Cumbria, and Nicholas was working in the Kirkstile Inn, Loweswater, before embarking on a further education course. The 42-year-old driver of the vehicle was arrested by police under suspicion ... [http://cyclingweekly.co.uk]

 

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SunShine shocker

Caribbean dream of pedal cyclist torn apart by intoxicated speeding motorist

Thursday, 09 December 2010 01:41 Guyana | A motorist who was allegedly speeding on Wednesday morning struck down and killed a pedal cyclist on the Turkeyen Public Road.

Pronounced DOA was 43-year old Suresh Sawh of Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. The father of one, and a former employee of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and security guard, died on the spot at about 05:00 hrs.
His wife, of 27 years, Lilowtie Sawh told the Guyana Chronicle she was reliably informed that the driver of the ill-fated CRV was intoxicated.

Police said the driver of motor vehicle PJJ 8098 was allegedly proceeding at a fast rate when he lost control of the vehicle and struck down the pedal cyclist. The driver of the motor vehicle has been arrested and is in police custody, held without bail being investigated at the time. [http://guyanachronicleonline.com]