http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Cyclist struck by vehicle on Easter Road" en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:17:38 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16639#post-225442 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 23:55:44 +0000 wishicouldgofaster 225442@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I would like to think the driver will be prosecuted for careless driving but I very much doubt it as it was only a cyclist they hit :( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16639#post-225423 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 15:22:29 +0000 Frenchy 225423@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They genuinely seem confused as to why some people cycle on the pavement, <em>whilst reading an article about a cyclist who was hit by a vehicle</em>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16639#post-225422 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 15:11:03 +0000 wingpig 225422@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was already past Sainsbury yesterday when I realised I could use that cut-through to get home as well as to pop to the shop.<br /> Easter Road's not as bad downwards in the afternoon as motor traffic is more frequently stationary and doesn't really have a chance to try and overtake at unnecessarily high speeds until after Dalmeny Street. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16639#post-225419 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:52:59 +0000 chdot 225419@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Post early, post often. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16639#post-225418 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:42:07 +0000 gembo 225418@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was at work late yesterday, the person who left before me (the second last person poout the door) said she was off to cycle home down Easter Road. I said take care they are mental drivers down that way. I then sent her the linkto the EEN story. Here is her reply</p> <p>Eeek! Ye I am a total scaredy cat! I usually get off and push on roads like Easter Road! But they have opened up a wee shortcut now which comes from Albion Road to the back of Sainsbury’s at Meadowbank which is good as it means I don’t have to go near Easter Road and all the lorries and buses  </p> <p>I could have posted this on the thread about that very route or indeed on the new cycling thread. Anyway it is a good tale. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16639#post-225409 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:26:14 +0000 Arellcat 225409@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>It is understood the car failed to give way to the cyclist</em></p> <p>Bad car. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16639#post-225408 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:26:07 +0000 paulmilne 225408@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I fail to understand why comments are turned on for what is essentially a factual news story. Opinion pieces, sure, pitch in, but what does it matter what punters "opinions" are in this case? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16639#post-225404 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:01:25 +0000 Stickman 225404@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/cyclist-struck-by-vehicle-on-easter-road-1-4181766" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/cyclist-struck-by-vehicle-on-easter-road-1-4181766</a></p> <p><em>Police were called to incident on Easter Road just after 10am but reported no serious injuries.</p> <p>It is understood the car failed to give way to the cyclist</em></p> <p>Report is exactly as it should be: no "collision with a car". EEN journalists are learning. </p>