stationary car hits cyclist
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Well this car driver really needs to be taken to task - could have killed the cyclist quite easily.
people just need to learn to dive properly and be safe around cyclists as they really are vulnerable and car drivers are protected in metal boxes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MckKqYHoLJI
people just need to learn to dive properly and be safe around cyclists as they really are vulnerable and car drivers are protected in metal boxes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MckKqYHoLJI
That was me also, doing my paper round in the 80s - head down, pedalling slowly into a headwind straight into the back of a parked up Mini.
Years ago there was a TV program called 'The Wide Awake Club' who had a certain catchphrase they used to sing. One day some mates and I were cycling through a busy town centre, for some reason he looks sideways and shouts "Weeeeeeere Wide Awake!"
Yeah, you guessed it, straight into the back of a car which had stopped in front of him
The difference between us and the bloke in the clip is we learned not to do it at an early age.....
Years ago there was a TV program called 'The Wide Awake Club' who had a certain catchphrase they used to sing. One day some mates and I were cycling through a busy town centre, for some reason he looks sideways and shouts "Weeeeeeere Wide Awake!"
Yeah, you guessed it, straight into the back of a car which had stopped in front of him
The difference between us and the bloke in the clip is we learned not to do it at an early age.....
saaby93 said:
If you look at your local accident stats you may be surprised how many collsions involve a stationary vehicle.
It that car had been moving there would have been no collision. The safest speed for a road isnt zero
Yep. If he'd been redlining it in fifth, there would be zero chance of a cyclist crashing into the back of him.It that car had been moving there would have been no collision. The safest speed for a road isnt zero
pablo said:
pablo said:
Sump said:
This is pretty much why I thoroughly believe cyclists should have some sort of insurance.
Over 100,000 cyclists do have insurance too.
Also not sure where that random statistic has been pulled from.
100,000 out of 4.64 million is not a lot - http://www.ctc.org.uk/resources/ctc-cycling-statis... many people cycle and how often?
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