Another cyclist down

DavidTQ
DavidTQ Posts: 943
edited January 2008 in Commuting chat
Dont know if this has been posted elsewhere on the site, not really a commuting story, but a cyclist killed by a van :( could happen to a commuter as well.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scot ... 189168.stm

No real details on What happened.

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  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    :( poor guy
  • mrchrispy
    mrchrispy Posts: 310
    He collided with a van while riding his bicycle at 1334 GMT on Tuesday.

    Makes it sound like the van was parked up he he went into it....I hate the way they report these things. I know they can make assumptions on what happened but they always make it sound like its the cyclist fault for being there in the 1st place.

    Terrible shame :(
  • afctumike
    afctumike Posts: 52
    The van is "said to be a council vehicle that overtook him and then turned into his path". That's according to the report on the Braveheart Cycling Fund website. That's the fund that had just announced funding for him to train towards the 2010 Commonwealth Games
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  • cjw
    cjw Posts: 1,889
    mrchrispy wrote:
    He collided with a van while riding his bicycle at 1334 GMT on Tuesday.

    Makes it sound like the van was parked up he he went into it....I hate the way they report these things. I know they can make assumptions on what happened but they always make it sound like its the cyclist fault for being there in the 1st place.

    Terrible shame :(

    Absolutely terrible :cry: And if the repot above is true (Van hit him) the way the BBC reported it is bloody crap too; "A Scottish cycling champion has died after a collision with a van while training on the A82 in Fort William. "

    Should have read "A Scottish cycling champion has died after a van driver collided with him while training on the A82 in Fort William. "

    Typical though as the usual way cyclists are portrayed :x
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  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    I think "a collision with a van" is sensibly neutral in the absence of any other evidence.
  • DavidTQ
    DavidTQ Posts: 943
    I believe news reports cant normally contain too much that might sway opinion before a possible trial.
  • Adamskii
    Adamskii Posts: 267
    Lets hope a few motorists as well as cyclists read this news and take more care to avoid each other.

    My thoughts are with his family.
    It's all good.
  • mrchrispy
    mrchrispy Posts: 310
    Graeme_S wrote:
    I think "a collision with a van" is sensibly neutral in the absence of any other evidence.

    yeah I know they have to report it this way but it still saddens me as we all know what its like out there. We do our best to avoid the muppets, but if something happens its hardly ever our fault and we always come off worst.

    I really feel for the family.
  • clanton
    clanton Posts: 1,289
    Condolences to the family.

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