Ute driver dies after hitting cyclist!

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Permalink Reply by ChrisS on April 12, 2010 at 12:18am

There's a bit more to that - the ute rolled and hit a nearby statue.

Permalink Reply by GeeBee on April 12, 2010 at 12:21am

I know, it was the 'statue of limitations' . . .

Permalink Reply by Steve Jay on April 12, 2010 at 12:33pm

GROAN!

Regarding the crash, people are going to trot this one out as how dangerous cycling "really" is - at just about every chance they're given. We need to get our counter arguments in line, first and foremost that this is the very model of a "freak" accident and media beat up.

I doubt there are many (if any) equal to the unfortunate Glenhuntley Rd pedestrian fatality. This death would have to be just about effing unique, wouldn't it?

Permalink Reply by Alex 4.0 on April 13, 2010 at 11:19pm

This is a public forum, and the last thing we need is to feed the perception that cyclists a) would take satisfaction from a motorist's death, and/or b) are of the opinion that motorists deserve to die if they hit a cyclist. All it takes is a couple of journalists, syndicated bloggers, or whatever, doing a bit of google 'research' for a controversial angle, or looking at 'linkback' information on the article's site, and we're three steps back.

As far as getting counter arguments in line, I would hope that the cyclist was illuminated for a morning ride, and wasn't riding erratically. The amount of boneheads I see doing bizarre and suicidal things on the roads each morning continue to erode my opinion of the 'wider cycle commuting fraternity', whatever that is.

I'm still trying to work out what I think of seeing the Mad Monk bailed up outside Parliament House after his morning ride, with his helmet all wonky ...

Permalink Reply by Steve Jay on April 14, 2010 at 10:30am

And this is what's wrong with the cycling movement, too willing to agree with the motoring side to avoid an irrational debate. Don't get me wrong, I'm not having a go, sometimes it's just easier to say, "yes, some of our bretheren are their own worst enemy," and I've been as guilty of that (occasionally) as anybody.

This is a cycling community and discussion forum, sometimes we need to discuss issues to an extreme degree to find the limits. That we're a public forum beholds us to set those limits and real in our members who cross them, but that should never stifle robust debate or reasonable humour.

I agree the karma comment was a bit cheap, but hey, let karma sort that out ;-)

Permalink Reply by Jacquie Moffat on April 18, 2010 at 12:29pm

As a close family friend of the parents who just buried their only child (the ute driver in case you are wondering), I think this topic is in very poor taste and should be cancelled.

Who are you to say what happened ? There is information that the cyclist (a local teacher) wasn't obeying traffic rules and Luke (yes he has a name) died to avoid killing him !!!!

And by the way GeeBee karma isn't allocated on people's poorly informed opinions, it is a cosmic reallignment, so I would be very careful crossing the street if I was you.

Permalink Reply by DamianM on April 18, 2010 at 2:40pm

On that note, I'm locking the thread.

No good can come of this discussion.