Fatality on Unley Rd
Just heard about this:
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/single-car-crash...
What can be said ...
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Permalink Reply by Frank (GW) on -
I just can't believe this recent run of cyclist fatalities. How sad. Unfortunately another sobering reminder of the need to take extreme care when you are out on the road.
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Permalink Reply by Gus K on -
This is so sad and today was the world wide black arm band memorial day for cyclists who have lost their lives.
My sympathies go out to the family and friends of this cyclist.
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Permalink Reply by heather on -
Opened Adelaide Cyclists and was dismayed by the first heading of 'Cyclists, police and ambulance on Anzac Highway'. Then saw this second heading. We are yet to learn the details, cause or what could have prevented this fatality.
Lost for words after the earlier fatality this week, which surely could have been avoided if the road had been designed with cyclist safety in mind, and/or the truck had shock absorbing underrun panels to prevent vulnerable road users from going under the wheels.
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Permalink Reply by Richard Gawel on -
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! 2 DEATHS IN A WEEK.
What the hell are our politicians doing? Clearly not enough. Bike lanes on crap roads that are full of smashed up car debris, Bike lanes that stop and start at whim. Bullshit from everyone about trying to make SA bike friendly. For years we had only a death or two or year in this state. Now we have many times that. I've lost count of how many cyclists have been killed in the last two years. Cars and cycles don't mix - let's not kid ourselves here. Share the road - yeah right. They hit us. We get killed. They go home. How much money is being spent on cycling infrastructure in SA particularly in the populated inner suburbs where many of us ride. Why not ripple strips or different coloured ashphalt on bike lanes. At least this will signify to motorists that that little bit or road does not belong to them, or that someone might actually be coming on a bike. There has to be a solution.
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Permalink Reply by heather on
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The solution is State and Federal Governments that truly support cycling and cyclist safety.
As I pointed out above, and in more detail in the relevant post, the fatality at Cavan would have been avoided if the State Government had designed for cyclists and their safety (preferably an off-road bicycle path on freight route Port Wakefield Road), and if the Federal Government had stood up to the powerful trick lobby and mandated for absorbing underrun panels on all trucks of 3 tonne or more.
We Adelaide Cyclists need to get more vocal in lobbying for governments to support cycling when they only pretend that they do. A Prospect Council document stated that they supported sustainable transport, while at they same time they planned on Prospect Road to remove sections of bicycle lanes, and narrow sections until no space for cyclists. I was active during Local Council elections and managed to get four cyclists voted onto Prospect Council.
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Permalink Reply by Roger ... on -
personally, I think the word is out amongst malicious motorists
killing cyclists in SA has been decriminalised as long as you mention
you're really sorry but you just didn't see them.
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Permalink Reply by heather on
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The Adelaide Now item states Unley and in a later sentence Malvern. This lack of clarity does not help when we wonder if we knew the cyclist. A black bike and blue water bottle.
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Permalink Reply by Roger ... on
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as this group gets bigger and bigger, it becomes a certainty that sometime soon we are going to know the deceased as a regular poster here.
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Permalink Reply by Roger ... on
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A cyclist died after colliding with a car on Unley Road at Malvern.
Picture: Tait Schmaal Source: Sunday Mail (SA)
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Permalink Reply by heather on
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White bike, not black.
On the TV news heard that it was a 60-year-old man. On Unley Road near Dover Street.
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Permalink Reply by Tanya Jonas on
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Hey Guys....this was my Dad, his name is John Jonas. He used to ride quite a bit with Bob Cormins. I wanted to let you know his name in case you knew him. I am living in Queensland but will be in Adelaide on Tuesday the 17th.
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