Ghost Bikes

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  • laughingboy
    laughingboy Posts: 248
    Littigator wrote:
    In a rather long-winded manner yes!
    Well, I hadn't exactly been clear before. So I erred on the side of caution. :)
  • chuckcork
    chuckcork Posts: 1,471
    There are any number of war memorials around the world. Doesn't stop people joining armies to go off and fight in them.
    'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze....
  • chuckcork
    chuckcork Posts: 1,471
    There are any number of war memorials around the world. Doesn't stop people joining armies to go off and fight in them.
    'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze....
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    chuckcork wrote:
    There are any number of war memorials around the world. Doesn't stop people joining armies to go off and fight in them.

    That's it! The CTC should do what the MOD do - lets have loads of expensive adverts of young people cycling down hills and through fords, laughing and smiling. Only when they've "signed up" do they realise that its hot, sweaty and they might die.
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    I just read the Observer piece on Ghost Bikes while having my lunch and realised with horror that one of the memorials they feature is for a chap I used to know. Jesus :(
    My Focus / My Bob Jackson
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  • Alsmith
    Alsmith Posts: 1
    I am the brother of Antony Smith, who was killed by a tipper truck on his bike and to whom there is a ghost bike as mentioned in the Observer in Hackney.

    Antony was a very keen cyclist and a very good one. He may well have been embarassed by the attention the ghost bike has created as he didn't court attention, but as a staunch member of the cycling fraternity and a keen environmentalist he would not have wanted these to serve as a means to detract other people from cycling.

    What the ghost bikes serve to do, is make a point that there are some accident balck spots in England, Kingsland Road in Hackney has incurred many deaths in recent years, and when I went to the scene of the accident, I could see why so many accidents occurred there and I hope that it highlights that these junctions are death traps in wating.

    I have read that some lorry companys now have side sensors on their lorrys and that they have started using them. Already I read that one lorry driver said that they have saved him from killing another cyclist as took the corner and I hope that they can help promote these kind of initiatives

    Used in the right way, the ghost bikes can help save other lives, but I agree that if there an overkill of these in the streets of England and worldwide, they may be detremental to the positive effects that cycling provides.
  • laughingboy
    laughingboy Posts: 248
    Alsmith wrote:
    I am the brother of Antony Smith, who was killed by a tipper truck on his bike and to whom there is a ghost bike as mentioned in the Observer in Hackney.

    Antony was a very keen cyclist and a very good one. He may well have been embarassed by the attention the ghost bike has created as he didn't court attention, but as a staunch member of the cycling fraternity and a keen environmentalist he would not have wanted these to serve as a means to detract other people from cycling.

    What the ghost bikes serve to do, is make a point that there are some accident balck spots in England, Kingsland Road in Hackney has incurred many deaths in recent years, and when I went to the scene of the accident, I could see why so many accidents occurred there and I hope that it highlights that these junctions are death traps in wating.

    I have read that some lorry companys now have side sensors on their lorrys and that they have started using them. Already I read that one lorry driver said that they have saved him from killing another cyclist as took the corner and I hope that they can help promote these kind of initiatives

    Used in the right way, the ghost bikes can help save other lives, but I agree that if there an overkill of these in the streets of England and worldwide, they may be detremental to the positive effects that cycling provides.

    Thank you for taking the time to post in such a brave and honest way.

    Speaking personally, I appreciate the opportunity that forums like this provide to hear from people with other viewpoints and experiences. I am always prepared to change my mind if I have not taken full account of any aspect of an issue. That is half the point of discussing something.

    Thanks again for your input, and - on behalf of everyone here - please accept my condolences.

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