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Ivor Whiffy-Dickson (@IvorWhiffyDick)
23/06/2014 08:24
@CyclingEdin injured cyclist and very mangled bike on Waterfront Broadway by petrol station. Looked bad....
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CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Cycling News
Cyclist down, Granton
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Posted 11 years ago #
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Yikes - that's right at the start of my commute. It's a quiet bit of road, but I've had to dodge cars accessing the petrol station a couple of times. Hope the rider is OK.
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"I've had to dodge cars accessing the petrol station"
Morrison's?
Posted 11 years ago # -
pick any UK petrol station
same poor driving standard applies
entrance/exit free for all
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Morrison's - yes. One of those places where you can be wearing high-viz and have 4 bright LEDs on the front of your bike and still manage to be invisible.
I suspect gravitational lensing effects.
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It was right at the entrance to the petrol station. The bike was in two pieces, broken a few inches behind the stem. The police were interviewing two young lads when I passed (prob about 5mins after the ambulance had arrived as it had gone wailing down the road when I was about at the red bridge heading north).
The ambulance was parked, no obvious sign of the cyclist, so they were perhaps inside the ambo working on him/her. It still seemed to be there a few mins later so either no big injuries, or v serious and they were stabilising before transfer to A&E.Posted 11 years ago # -
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EdinburghNorthPolice (@EdinNorthPolice)
24/06/2014 07:41
@CyclingEdin cyclist failed to observe a stationary vehicle, minor injury thankfully"
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What does that first bit even mean?! I doubt they cycled into it if they managed to snap the frame. Did the stationary vehicle suddenly become mobile into the side of them?
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"Did the stationary vehicle suddenly become mobile"
Perhaps the other way round?
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When I was a youth and on a cycling tour, my mate managed to cycle at full speed into the back of a car. Fortunately the hatch back was opening, giving a softer landing than there might have been. However his bike frame was severely bent.
So it is possible to "fail to observe stationary vehicles". So be careful out there folks and campaign for hi viz on cars.
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