Once again the implication is that the bike hit the bus, which may or may not be true.
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"Cyclist in hospital after Princes Street collision"
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Posted 11 years ago #
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Princes Street and its environs have seen 2 pedestrians killed (1 by bus, 1 by taxi) and now a bus landing a cyclist in hospital in space of a few months.
Macabre slow-clap for Edinburgh Council for designing such a dangerous environment for people.
Posted 11 years ago # -
They have now changed the wording from cyclist threw themselves under bus:-
TRAFFIC was delayed in and around Princes Street this morning when a cyclist was injured after being caught in tram tracks.
The accident happened at the junction of Castle Street shortly after 8am.
The injured cyclist was treated at the scene before being taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Bus services on some routes were delayed by up to 40 minutes until the carriageways were cleared.
Posted 11 years ago # -
I can only repeat my question; What attitude would the Evening News take if any part of the tram apparatus caused cars to overturn and their drivers to be hospitalised?
Posted 11 years ago # -
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EdinburghPolice (@EdinburghPolice)
16/07/2014 10:52
@CyclingEdin @on_lothianbuses @edinburghnews Cyclist came off his bike. Serious/not life threatening. He was not hit by other traffic."
Posted 11 years ago # -
Gosh. I hope they recover soon.
I can only repeat my question; What attitude would the Evening News take if any part of the tram apparatus caused cars to overturn and their drivers to be hospitalised?
"Council causes horrific accident. Cyclists toast and eat baby in flames of wreckage."
Posted 11 years ago # -
Mmmmmhhh...toasted baby. A modest proposal...
Posted 11 years ago # -
I didn't want to make it too far fetched..
Posted 11 years ago # -
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Princes Street closed by accident"
http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/princes-street-closed-by-accident-1-3479179
Another one - yesterday (pedestrian).
Posted 11 years ago # -
Notwithstanding the seriousness of the incident, the headline does prompt me to think to myself "It wasn't closed by accident, it was closed on purpose".
The only time I can think of in recent years of a road really being closed by accident was in the summer of 2012 when an unexpectedly large number of bicycles closed the Royal Mile to other traffic without really meaning to.
Posted 11 years ago # -
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All crashes or other incidents relating to tramlines should be reported to City of Edinburgh Council, who are keeping a record and using this to try and identify problems which need addressed.
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http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/documents/public-transport/tram
Posted 11 years ago # -
What is required is some sort of rubber like substance to fill in the tram line that will not give under 125kg of bike and rider but will under a ton or more of tram wheel.
Anyone up to the design challenge?
Posted 11 years ago # -
It already exists:
http://www.streetfilms.org/cyclists-vs-rails-in-zurich/Apparently after everyone had taken their slice of the £776m there wasn't enough left to buy a little bit of rubber.
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10912#post-121802It's also prone to failure if not maintained.
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