http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Tipper lorries in Marchmont en Fri, 22 May 2026 08:12:39 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12208#post-143953 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:38:33 +0000 neddie 143953@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-26382702" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-26382702</a></p> <p>Not clear if it was a tipper or not... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12208#post-142384 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:57:26 +0000 KeepPedalling 142384@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This clip kind of sums up trucks for me. I understand the Clio driver was ok.<br /> <a href="http://youtu.be/RGbuFPWx7go" rel="nofollow">http://youtu.be/RGbuFPWx7go</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12208#post-142367 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:33:50 +0000 fimm 142367@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What are the mirrors on these trucks like? And do they have notices about "Cyclists beware of passing this vehicle on the left"? (Not that I think these notices are the right solution, but they are a good idea for the situation we have <em>now</em>.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12208#post-142366 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:16:48 +0000 wingpig 142366@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>About half the mornings when I've trundled along Melville Terrace over the past few months there's been a tipper truck somewhere up ahead, usually turning up Sylvan or Argyle Place, occasionally with a dingbat cyclist trying to go up their inside when they've moved out to turn left.</p> <p>Suppose they might easily crush some expensive building materials or perhaps bend a delicate Heras fence on a building site, so the need for a banksman is understandable. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12208#post-142364 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:56:44 +0000 algo 142364@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>yep I was caught behind them the other day in the van and found it pretty scary looking at them - have deliberately avoided them on the bike, although there are a fair few around the junction of Marchmont Road and Marchmont Crescent at the moment too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12208#post-142358 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:33:48 +0000 neddie 142358@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There are a lot of tipper lorries running about Marchmont (Warrender Pk Rd) building the new James Gillespie's school. On Sat I counted one approx every 10mins.</p> <p>The tipper lorries look modern/new, but <strong>none </strong>of them have safety side skirts i.e. they are completely open at the side and their rear wheels are completely exposed, ready to mince anything or anyone that comes under them.</p> <p>Interestingly, there are signs up on the site stating "No lorries to enter site without banksman". So these lorries are considered too unsafe to operate on a building site without a banksman, but it is absolutely fine for them to drive down a residential street where children walk &amp; cycle!</p> <p>Anyone else concerned? </p>