Cyclist dead after being hit by garbage truck in west Ottawa

Very few dtails and no mention of positions of bicycle and/or truck. Many of the comments are interesting.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cyclist-de...143055992.html

Sir Ridesalot wrote:
Very few dtails and no mention of positions of bicycle and/or truck. Many
of the comments are interesting.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cyclist-de...143055992.html

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/mont...ruck-1.2852125

Not a good day for cyclists around here. Not many details here either but
someone had to chase down the truck to tell him he was dragging the guy.
Sad stuff.
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duane

On 11/28/2014 8:31 PM, Duane wrote:
Sir Ridesalot wrote:
Very few dtails and no mention of positions of bicycle and/or truck. Many
of the comments are interesting.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cyclist-de...143055992.html

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/mont...ruck-1.2852125

Not a good day for cyclists around here. Not many details here either but
someone had to chase down the truck to tell him he was dragging the guy.
Sad stuff.

The cyclist was apparently hit by a right-turning truck. Right hooks
(or left hooks in drive-on-left countries) are a very serious problem
with large vehicles.

Best advice for a cyclist is, don't be there.


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- Frank Krygowski

On Friday, November 28, 2014 10:00:44 PM UTC-5, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 11/28/2014 8:31 PM, Duane wrote:
Sir Ridesalot wrote:
Very few dtails and no mention of positions of bicycle and/or truck. Many
of the comments are interesting.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cyclist-de...143055992.html

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/mont...ruck-1.2852125

Not a good day for cyclists around here. Not many details here either but
someone had to chase down the truck to tell him he was dragging the guy.
Sad stuff.

The cyclist was apparently hit by a right-turning truck. Right hooks
(or left hooks in drive-on-left countries) are a very serious problem
with large vehicles.

Best advice for a cyclist is, don't be there.


--
- Frank Krygowski

And you know it was a right-turning truck how?

Cheers

bystander FROSTY THE SNOWMAN said cyclist was frozen to the ground before the truck ran over him...

http://www.wunderground.com/weather-...CA/Ottawa.html

On 11/28/2014 11:58 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Friday, November 28, 2014 10:00:44 PM UTC-5, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 11/28/2014 8:31 PM, Duane wrote:
Sir Ridesalot wrote:
Very few dtails and no mention of positions of bicycle and/or truck. Many
of the comments are interesting.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cyclist-de...143055992.html

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/mont...ruck-1.2852125

Not a good day for cyclists around here. Not many details here either but
someone had to chase down the truck to tell him he was dragging the guy.
Sad stuff.

The cyclist was apparently hit by a right-turning truck. Right hooks
(or left hooks in drive-on-left countries) are a very serious problem
with large vehicles.

Best advice for a cyclist is, don't be there.


--
- Frank Krygowski

And you know it was a right-turning truck how?

Well, the article said: "A CN transport truck that was turning right
off of Wellington onto Nazareth hit and dragged the 43-year-old male
cyclist..."

--
- Frank Krygowski

On Fri, 28 Nov 2014 22:00:39 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 11/28/2014 8:31 PM, Duane wrote:
Sir Ridesalot wrote:
Very few dtails and no mention of positions of bicycle and/or truck.
Many of the comments are interesting.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cyclist-de...143055992.html

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/mont...n-griffintown-
after-being-hit-dragged-by-truck-1.2852125

Not a good day for cyclists around here. Not many details here either
but someone had to chase down the truck to tell him he was dragging the
guy.


Probably couldn't tell the difference - who makes distinctions between
types of rubbish?



The cyclist was apparently hit by a right-turning truck. Right hooks
(or left hooks in drive-on-left countries) are a very serious problem
with large vehicles.

Best advice for a cyclist is, don't be there.

Much safer for them to be on the footpath, out of the way of traffic.

On Fri, 28 Nov 2014 22:00:39 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

The cyclist was apparently hit by a right-turning truck. Right hooks
(or left hooks in drive-on-left countries) are a very serious problem
with large vehicles.

Best advice for a cyclist is, don't be there.

True, if you can. A few years back a cyclist was killed in downtown
Minneapolis. He was in the bike lane stopped at a stoplight and a dump
trailer truck turned right on the red. The trailer swung in, caught him
on some protrusion and dragged him under the trailer wheels. Horrible.
Poor guy was just minding his own business on his way home from work and
the truck driver misjudged the swing on his trailer (which surprises me,
since they know it happens).

"Sir Ridesalot" wrote in message
...
Very few dtails and no mention of positions of bicycle and/or truck. Many
of the comments are interesting.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cyclist-de...143055992.html

Another worthless ****** down the toilet.
Lets hope it keeps happening.

On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 17:07:50 +0000 (UTC), Uncle Peter wrote:

Ah, the anonymous coward dickwad returns.

Much safer for them to be on the footpath, out of the way of traffic.

Cyclists are traffic, idiot.