FWIW i've emailed feedback@bbc.co.uk to complain about their local traffic reports always using the word 'accident' rather than the word 'collision' now used for some time by the police.
Boxer Gary Mason killed in bicycle crash
- Thread starter Occam's Razor
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Paul_Smith SRCC
www.plsmith.co.uk
- Location
- Surrey UK
I know that junction well as it was on my commute home when I cycled from BikePlus, one of the stop lines is in the path that vehicles often take; as in the google maps picture of the area below. At that angle a rider could be in the blind spot of the car driver’s windscreen pillar, plus the riders lights would be side on especially if the cyclist was turning right away from the oncoming vehicle. I don’t know what the actual circumstances were, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Gary was on the stop line where that car, shown more clearly in the lower picture was.
I would often get off my bike at that junction, as I was sensitive to the fact that the white lines, especially in the dark are not as obvious in the from a drivers eye view as they are from above as in that picture of course; the route that the many motorists take are the same as in that picture below. Drivers often have their attention focused on the oncoming traffic, especially as the latter are normally accelerating after crossing a busy junction. As such the car turning right may, to make the turn, also be accelerating in attempt to make the gap in the traffic; only then may they realise they have a cyclist broadside onto them….…..; I’ve always disliked that junction!
I repeat, I’m not saying that’s what infact did happen, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was.
Red circles Gary’s possible route with yellow his planned route
Red arrow the car’s possible route, yellow their planned route. Even if that wasn't what actually happened that is a common route and as such it's often a problem at that junction!
Paul Smith
Touring Tips
I would often get off my bike at that junction, as I was sensitive to the fact that the white lines, especially in the dark are not as obvious in the from a drivers eye view as they are from above as in that picture of course; the route that the many motorists take are the same as in that picture below. Drivers often have their attention focused on the oncoming traffic, especially as the latter are normally accelerating after crossing a busy junction. As such the car turning right may, to make the turn, also be accelerating in attempt to make the gap in the traffic; only then may they realise they have a cyclist broadside onto them….…..; I’ve always disliked that junction!
I repeat, I’m not saying that’s what infact did happen, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was.
Red circles Gary’s possible route with yellow his planned route
Red arrow the car’s possible route, yellow their planned route. Even if that wasn't what actually happened that is a common route and as such it's often a problem at that junction!
Paul Smith
Touring Tips
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
That's a very complicated junction ... I would hate to come across it the first time....
