Five cyclists die in five days

[MSTRS:Me]

Not at all she is allowed to use the road same as any other...

Of course. But she had options that she didn't exercise. The truck driver had no choice, and was simply the poor bastard that was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Your reality must be a very dark place indeed, for you to ignore the car driver's, and the cyclist's actions (or lack of), in preferring to lay blame on a bloke just because he drives a truck.

[Katman]

Are you really insinuating that this tragedy occurred because she was wearing an iPod? I missed the reporting that confirmed that she actually was wearing one. Was that reported somewhere?

I don't know for certain - but there's plenty of mention of ipods in the thread so I figure there must be something to it.

Anyone who doesn't use all the senses available to them when using the road is just asking for trouble.

[Swoop]

I was not there so I can only speculate same as the rest of you are doing..

I have not speculated on what occurred, merely stated the fact of the road environment in that location. It is tight.

[duckonin]

I have not speculated on what occurred, merely stated the fact of the road environment in that location. It is tight.

Yes I do know the road..

[Grubber]

Of course. But she had options that she didn't exercise. The truck driver had no choice, and was simply the poor bastard that was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Your reality must be a very dark place indeed, for you to ignore the car driver's, and the cyclist's actions (or lack of), in preferring to lay blame on a bloke just because he drives a truck.

Very insightfull of you. Nice to see someone has some form of intellectual foresight here. It was just too obvious that the truck had jack all to do with it.

Ask that Q to Grubber he has the hanky...

What the hell has Mister Whippy truck got to do with a friggin Hanky. Jeez mate, give it a rest

Had you higher up the ladder than Grubber with the power of thoughtful reason but alas you are at his level...

i'm thinking that MSTRS and i are very much on the same level. Possibly you may need to lift your game somewhat to....say...slightly above gutter intelligence maybe.

[Kickaha]

So the person opening the car door had nothing to do with it????????????????

The woman who died yesterday was a victim of her own mistake. She swerved to avoid a car door opening, into the path of a truck.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/loca...driver-charged

A man who opened his car door and allegedly caused cyclist Jane Mary Bishop to swerve into the path of a truck faces a criminal charge.

The 27-year-old British nurse died in November last year when she was cycling along Tamaki Drive.

Police say she swerved to avoid a parked car's opening door and fell under a truck travelling alongside her.

Auckland city police spokeswoman Noreen Hegarty confirmed the 35-year-old man will appear in the Auckland District Court today charged with careless use of a motor vehicle causing death.

Cycle Action Auckland co-chairwoman Barbara Cuthbert says the charge means police recognise that opening the car door without checking was dangerous.

"I'm hoping that it gets the message out to enough people that we all need to use the roads with care."

She says while it is tough for the man charged, Ms Bishop's family is suffering and so is the truck driver who was an "innocent road user".

"I don't think anyone is pointing the finger."

Auckland Transport removed four carparking spaces from the scene of the crash, the corner near Kelly Tarlton's, within days of the accident.

"Parked cars on that stretch of road contribute towards the creation of a pinch point for cyclists," Auckland Transport road corridor operations manager Andrew Allen says.

He calls it "an immediate step" to improve cycle safety.

Mr Allen says Auckland Transport is taking other measures to improve safety. They include reviewing the Tamaki Rd-Ngapipi Rd intersection with a view to installing signals, possibly widening the footpath along the northern side of Tamaki Drive to accommodate cyclists and pedestrians and improving public awareness through targeted campaigns on sharing the road space.

– Fairfax Media