Thursday, September 30, 2010

Deathwatch - 9-30

Photo Credit: Chefranden

I set up a Google Alert for the terms "Cyclist Killed" so each day when I get home I get email reminding me that we as cyclists will never be taken seriously.

Two riders die in crashes
Brisbane Times
Meanwhile, a cyclist died after a collision with a truck in Cairns yesterday afternoon. Initial investigations suggest the bike and truck collided after ...

Cyclist's death prompts safety review at busy road junction
Yorkshire Post
By Simon Bristow A SAFETY review is to be carried out at one of Hull's busiest junctions, a month after a cyclist was killed when a lorry shed its load. ...

Top "Volunteer City" Comes To Aid of Injured Cyclist
FOX2now.com
LOUIS, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) - A hit-and-run accident could have killed him just last week. Wednesday night, an injured bike rider got a big boost on the ...

Save a Cyclist...Stop Distracted Driving
Treehugger
She was 30 years old, a Green Party candidate for Senator in Maryland, and killed this month in the early morning hours by being struck from behind by a ...

Cyclist critically hurt after 'blackspot' crash
Lancashire Evening Post
And in March 2008 Sameer Vohra, 34, was killed and four other people were injured when a Peugeot and HGV collided on a bend on the A59 Whalley Road. ...

Fatal crash blocks freeway
The Age
A woman cyclist died in a collision with a semi-trailer in West Melbourne on Tuesday morning. Police said the woman was riding towards the city on Footscray ...

'Ghost bikes' stand in memory of fallen cyclists
Los Angeles Times
... number of bicyclists killed. "I'm never confident that there will be a last fight," Todd said. Police, meanwhile, announced the death of another cyclist ...

How many of these articles will you have to read before you decide enough is enough?

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