"Adrian Boliston" wrote in message ...
"Dave" wrote in message
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I don't subscribe to posting reports on cyclists deaths as a matter of
course, but felt that this one needs mentioning...

A boxing champ died when he was thrown from his bicycle through the rear
windscreen of a parked Mercedes Vaneo, as he turned to talk to a friend.
His friend, who administered first aid at the scene of the accident,
reported that he hadn't seen the vehicle.....

http://www.niemeijer.nu/images/vaneo-bewegin

They look quite easy to see to me

Not if you're not looking ahead, which would presumably be the case
"as he turned to talk to a friend", particularly if the friend was
behind him.