http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cyclist Injured by Lorry... en Thu, 21 May 2026 16:24:13 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5515#post-58991 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:49:22 +0000 Instography 58991@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hard to think of any explanation other than the lorry passing far too close. It's a straight road past Comet. It's a bit of road I'd never ride on - I'd either be unapologetically on the pavement if I was going round to South Gyle or turning at the lights (as I usually am) to go over to the path heading out to the airport. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5515#post-58988 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:39:10 +0000 Dave 58988@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They're being generous - it's possible it was a deliberate hit and run, but the driver may just have been so grossly negligent that they didn't realize they'd driven over someone.</p> <p>That should still be a 6-9 point offence IMO, but better than deliberately driving off leaving someone who's gone under the wheels of your truck without medical care... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5515#post-58984 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:13:50 +0000 Nelly 58984@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A friend saw the aftermath - may have been similar time as you baldcyclist - he said the bike looked a bit mangled. </p> <p>Hopefully the cyclist is ok. Lorry hit him and drove off according to the story.</p> <p>"There is every chance the driver was not aware what happened" according to the police.</p> <p>Ah, thats ok then..... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5515#post-58973 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:29:43 +0000 Baldcyclist 58973@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah, that's what the police and ambulance were there for, thought something had happened on the slip-road from Comet.</p> <p>Hope the cyclist isn't too badly hurt! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5515#post-58971 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:23:02 +0000 DaveC 58971@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/witness_appeal_as_cyclist_injured_by_lorry_1_2147813" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/witness_appeal_as_cyclist_injured_by_lorry_1_2147813</a> </p>