From: AdelaideNow - September 01, 2011
The cyclist, aged in his fifties, was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital shortly after 3.30pm, with severe head and chest injuries.
The incident happened on Unley Rd and police have advised motorists to expect delays in the area as they investigate the cause of the crash.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/cyclist-taken-to-hospital-after-he-wa...
Permalink Reply by heather on When I recently perused ARR, I read it that vehicles are not supposed to obstruct another vehicle, but cyclists are not supposed to hinder vehicles. I considered it a double standard. Sorry, do not have time to find the exact quotes. Also something about cyclists.
Wayne, I know what you mean because I have had thoughtless bus drivers pull left into the kerb, suddenly blocking my path. If I did not cycle slowly in the city, I would have ended up like you.
Permalink Reply by Michael Murray on Poor bugger I hope he's OK.
Permalink Reply by Don Murray on Doesn't matter who is wrong or right here. Nobody looks to injure somebody else when on the road. Say a prayer for both the cyclist and the person who opened the car door. The driver of the car has to live with this for the rest of his / her life. Unley Rd has always been an accident waiting to happen - it is a great example of what not to do when designing a road for multi purpose use. If any culpability exists look to the designers of the road / bike lane system there - I bet the design encourages negligent use - disappearance of bike lane, cramped lane widths, parking on narrow sections of the road. I live nearby and ALWAYS take King William Road.
Permalink Reply by Richard Monfries on
I'll throw in another 5 cent's worth. In Melbourne (sorry) we have a couple examples of 'Copenhagen' bike lanes, where the cyclist and 4-wheeled vehicle user are fully separated.
Have a look: http://bit.ly/copenhagenbikelane
After a bit of driver adjustment, it works. And I believe that in the situation of Unley Road, there could be room if the pavement was nibbled down to size.
Worth a look.
Permalink Reply by Michael Murray on They look good. How well do they work with cars coming out of side streets ? Do they have to give way to bikes then pull out and give way to cars ? They tried something like this in Adelaide but the cars from the side streets just made it a hazard I think.
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Permalink Reply by Katie Hannan on Unley Road is a pretty horrible road at that time of the day. I hope he's okay. My regards to his family.
Permalink Reply by David Southern on Unley Rd is horrible almost all the time. Perhaps not between 2 and 3 in the morning.
Permalink Reply by Patrick O'Kane on Clearly the motorist is at fault for opening a door without looking, What no one has said, so I will, it wouldn't have happened if the cyclist had not ridden in the"door zone". If that mean taking a whole lane (which it would on Unley Rd) so be it,.
Permalink Reply by heather on Patrick, when you are a slow cyclist like me and cannot cycle at vehicle speed, the drivers run you off the road when you think you have claimed the lane.
Permalink Reply by JDL on Exactly.. Or at least, if you are in the door zone, be aware that you're in the door zone and ride accordingly, i.e. slower, covering the brakes, looking for heads in windows and ready to stop/evade if required.... The other reason to ride slower is that even if you can't stop/avoid the unexpected door, at least the impact will do less damage.. We perhaps shouldn't speculate on how they were riding but my first thoughts were that for a cyclist to be "critical" after a dooring, they must have been going at a fair speed..... Regardless of all of this I hope he's up and about and back on his bike soon..
Permalink Reply by Patrick O'Kane on Agreed, if you have to be in the door zone ride accordingly. One has to feel for the cyclist and his family, riding a bike in Adelaide shouldn't end up with a hospital trip.
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