http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-23353273
So very sad.
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And Another Death... :o(
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Posted 12 years ago #
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Another death on another road where there's no safe alternative route. SNP heartland. Will this make them listen? Probably not. They'll probably bury their heads deeper in the sand.
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Something that's come up on the POP facebook page as a reaction to this (assuming that we can't muster a flashride the way they have done in London). LCC produced simple bike 'number plates' with #space4cycling on them. They were for the flash ride, but people are riding round with them ordinarily as well. I wondered whether we could do something similar, but for Scotland (e.g. POP) and encourage people to put them on their bikes as a visible reminder.
Posted 12 years ago # -
That's very sad.
Judging from Googol, the crossroads is sited on a straight, fast section of A road where presumably drivers tank it along at a fair lick. Sightline on southbound carriageway obscured by trees and a cottage, also the B road does not go straight across but is offset, requiring a short distance to be ridden on the A road. Difficult to cross safely coming from Collieston.
The Volvo XC90 marketing spiel says "Safety for you. And everyone else." Depends on the driver, I suppose.
Report states the boy was in a party of half a dozen cyclists. Presumably there were plenty of witnesses then, so why the appeal?
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wrt witnesses - teenage boys not considered reliable? Others willing to comment on car being driven fast/not fast?
Posted 12 years ago # -
Would imagine that they'll want witness statements across a reasonably well spread demographic (not just the cyclists closely involved). Could also possibly have been spurred by a comment already made by a witness.
Ask Wilmington's Cow - he'll tell you that drivers in Aberdeenshire typically don't drive like they expect any exceptions on the road right around the very next corner (e.g. non-motorised traffic, potholes, broken down vehicles, an accident etc). And enforcing speed limits is a big challenge up there.
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