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AdelaidePeter wrote:

madmacca wrote: It is good news, although based on recent form, the Victorian prosecutor will fall for whatever sob story this cyclist-killing #$%^wit can conjure up.

I suspect because they'll come down hard on him, because he's "a criminal", rather than a respectable young woman who teaches horse riding.

Scintilla wrote:

AdelaidePeter wrote:

madmacca wrote: It is good news, although based on recent form, the Victorian prosecutor will fall for whatever sob story this cyclist-killing #$%^wit can conjure up.

I suspect because they'll come down hard on him, because he's "a criminal", rather than a respectable young woman who teaches horse riding.

Currently charges are 'culpable driving causing death', 'failing to stop at the scene of a collision', 'failing to render assistance at an accident', as well as 'dealing with the proceeds of crime'.

He is in the poo-house, up for a longish stretch; possibly something akin to the killer of Gordon Ibbs, that Greek Azzopardi scum.

Aushiker wrote:

Scott_C wrote:A cyclist died today in a collision with a truck on Old Coast Road/Forrest Highway in Binningup WA.

https://www.watoday.com.au/national/wes ... 4zj84.html

It is with sadness that I need to let club members know that this news has been received from Western Australia.

Audax Australia has been informed that a rider has died at approximately 11:30 am on Sunday near Binningup while participating in a club ride.

I have on behalf of the club offered the regional president, the ride organiser and the family any support it is possible for us to provide.

Our thoughts and sympathies are with the rider's family and friends at this sad time.

Audax Australia representatives will cooperate fully with the relevant authorities in Western Australia as this tragic event is investigated.

Garry Wall,

President

Audax Australia Cycling Club

and a more personal message from the WA Audax Club ...

Hello Fellow Audax members,

It is with great sadness, that I inform you that the cyclist who was killed on the Forrest Highway on Sunday 3rd of June was indeed a WA Audax member. Shiva was a recent Audax WA member but an experienced rider, from India. He was very excited to be completing his first 600km ride in Australia after having just completed his first 300km ride here. There are no details as to how this accident occurred and we will have to await a coroners report in two to three months.

I am unsure of any funeral details at this stage. Shiva's family are Hindu and at this stage keen to return Shiva to India for a funeral service, with family and friends.

I did have the pleasure of spending Saturday and fortunately Sunday with Shiva's wife Ajay and 7 year old son ‘Vee’, during the course of doing support for this ride. I spent several hours with Ajay at Bunbury Hospital after the news of the accident. I have passed on condolences on behalf of Audax and its members at this very traumatic time.

I am sure you will keep them all in your thoughts and prayers.

Regards

Thoglette wrote:ABC reporting a cyclist was killed by a person driving a white (possibly stolen) Mercedes. Driver fled on foot. This reportedly occurred on Chapel St between Ellis Street and Malvern Road

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-12/c ... e/10111222

[update 13 Aug]
Victim was a 27 yo Dutch woman
Melbourne hit-and-run: Dutch woman identified as victim as suspect still at large

biker jk wrote:A 19 year old cyclist has been killed at St Mary's. Rest in peace.

https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/news ... w9MQ%3D%3D

NSW police wrote: Emergency services were called to Trott Street, Parramatta, about 6.15pm on Thursday 16 August 2018, after the 64-year-old man was found unconscious on the roadside.
...
Officers located the man’s bicycle in Trott Street, however, there was no evidence of damage to the bike or a crash scene.

Sadly, the man passed away yesterday afternoon.

Initial information suggests it is possible the man was cycling in Parramatta Park prior to the incident.

Bunged Knee wrote:Terrible to hear of St.Mary's accident.
I knew the area as I grew up in Griffiths street St.Mary's from mid '70's to late '80's.

It's a 60kph road and from the look of the damage to the bonnet of the SUV. Driver might have exceed the speed limit.

It was a well known speeding road.

R.I.P to rider.

AdelaidePeter wrote:

Bunged Knee wrote:Terrible to hear of St.Mary's accident.
I knew the area as I grew up in Griffiths street St.Mary's from mid '70's to late '80's.

It's a 60kph road and from the look of the damage to the bonnet of the SUV. Driver might have exceed the speed limit.

It was a well known speeding road.

R.I.P to rider.

Someone on Facebook (NSW police page) said it occurred "out front of the Chinese restaurant", which would mean on the northbound side of Forrester Road. The southbound side at least has a parking zone which can double as a second class cycling lane, but the northbound side is just 2 lanes with no bike lane or anything.

There's a perfectly good footpath though, and not a single pedestrian on it in Google Street View. This is the sort of situation where allowing footpath cycling can save lives.

It's always worse when it's someone so young

Bunged Knee wrote:

AdelaidePeter wrote: Someone on Facebook (NSW police page) said it occurred "out front of the Chinese restaurant", which would mean on the northbound side of Forrester Road.
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There's a perfectly good footpath though, and not a single pedestrian on it in Google Street View. This is the sort of situation where allowing footpath cycling can save lives.

Yes, I know of this Chinese restaurant. And there's no footpath on that side but only on the other side.

AdelaidePeter wrote:
There is footpath on both sides, according to Google Street View (unless I've got completely the wrong place).

Bunged Knee wrote:

AdelaidePeter wrote:
There is footpath on both sides, according to Google Street View (unless I've got completely the wrong place).

Sorry, Peter. When I rode in the past,I didn`t take notice of it while riding as I was concentrating of traffic.

Yes, there`s the footpath but it`s small for bikes as it`s for peds. And it`s not a Shared Use Path (SUP).

AdelaidePeter wrote:

Bunged Knee wrote:

AdelaidePeter wrote:
There is footpath on both sides, according to Google Street View (unless I've got completely the wrong place).

Sorry, Peter. When I rode in the past,I didn`t take notice of it while riding as I was concentrating of traffic.

Yes, there`s the footpath but it`s small for bikes as it`s for peds. And it`s not a Shared Use Path (SUP).

That's my point though: if footpath cycling was legal in NSW, then it would be an option for cyclists who don't feel they are safe on that road.

MichaelB wrote:
Personally, I'm against riding on the footpath (for an adult) irrespective of the law. But that's me. Don't know the area in question, but it doesn't change my view.

That said, if people want to ride on that road and don't 'feel safe' (I can understand that, the not feeling safe bit) then, as I do, they can choose to use different roads 95% of the time to avoid the issue.

We all have a choice.

“Four years ago, when District Attorney Cyrus Vance refused to prosecute the driver who killed Cooper Stock, he sent a message to all reckless drivers in Manhattan that deadly behaviour will not have any consequences under his watch,” Ms Berry and Ms Lerner said in a joint statement to the New York Post. “That absence of accountability has now taken another life.

“Madison Lyden was killed after a taxi driver veered into the bike lane she rode in on Central Park West, forcing her into traffic, and DA Vance has again refused to prosecute — even though the NYPD believed the driver committed a criminal act.

“DA Vance’s failure to prosecute reckless drivers is sheer cowardice, and as long as he continues to indulge such dangerous behaviour, pedestrians and cyclists will continue to die on Manhattan streets.”

Scott_C wrote:Cyclist killed in a collision with a truck on the Bass Highway near Somerset:
http://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/521 ... s-highway/

Cyclist killed in collision with truck in Sydney's inner west

A cyclist has died following a collision with a truck on a major road in Sydney's inner west.

Emergency services were called to Liverpool Road (Hume Highway) at Cosgrove Road in South Strathfield about 3.45pm on Wednesday afternoon.

A spokesman for NSW Ambulance said the man in his 50s "appears to have gone under the truck" which was "turning left onto the Hume Highway".

He was unconscious and not breathing when paramedics arrived, and declared deceased at the scene, the spokesman said.

The man is yet to be formally identified.

The uninjured male truck driver was taken to Canterbury Hospital for mandatory testing.

Police officers from Auburn Police Area Command have established a crime scene and are urging anyone with information to come forward.

Heartbreaking News: Cycling Safety Advocate Cameron Frewer Killed In Queensland
Read more at http://www.bicyclingaustralia.com.au/ne ... XiJJAZ5.99

Arbuckle23 wrote:Hard to know where to post this, not sure whether I feel anger or sadness.
RIP BianchiCam

Heartbreaking News: Cycling Safety Advocate Cameron Frewer Killed In Queensland
Read more at http://www.bicyclingaustralia.com.au/ne ... XiJJAZ5.99