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Sydney driver caught on film rear-ending cyclist (+ link to footage)

Shocking footage caught on bys dashcam in New South Wales
by Simon_MacMichael
Sun, Dec 16, 2018 19:16
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Dashcam footage from a bus in Sydney, Australia has captured the terrifying moment a motorist ran a red light and hit a cyclist, almost struck a pedestrian,  then crashed into another vehicle.

The video, posted on news.com.au, also shows the shocked reaction to the incident from the bus driver and passengers.Fortunately, neither the cyclist nor the pedestrian was serioulsy injured.

The driver overtook the bus on the left then veered into the lane where the cyclist was waiting at a traffic signal, knocking him off his bike.

A pedestrian jumped out of the way as the motorist continued towards the junction, where they hit a car going through on the green light.

Video of the incident, which happened in the Surrey Hills area of the New South Wales City, has only now been made public.

State Transit’s Steffen Eaurby told 7 News Sydney: “We capture a lot of situations in traffic where things go wrong or are close to going wrong.

“A lot of cyclists use this [video footage] where they capture the situations exactly when it happens.”

The driver of the car was reported to have tested positive for methamphetamine.

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Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Freshmn09 | 5 years ago
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Can we take a moment. 

does it really matter if it is surrey or surry? 

think about the cyclist and kid that just go hit by a nutter in a tin can off their nut!?

thats a parent and child that will no doubt never be back on the bike. its my biggest worry when out with my boy who loves getting out on the bike with me, I hope that this parent manages somehow to work through this and that the law makers in australia will start cracking down on the hatred shown by drivers for cyclists. 

 

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hawkinspeter replied to Freshmn09 | 5 years ago
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Freshmn09 wrote:

Can we take a moment. 

does it really matter if it is surrey or surry? 

think about the cyclist and kid that just go hit by a nutter in a tin can off their nut!?

thats a parent and child that will no doubt never be back on the bike. its my biggest worry when out with my boy who loves getting out on the bike with me, I hope that this parent manages somehow to work through this and that the law makers in australia will start cracking down on the hatred shown by drivers for cyclists. 

I'm not sure that this is the best example of cyclist hatred by drivers - I'd consider this more of an example of  how the war-on-drugs isn't working (c.f. Portugal).

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CygnusX1 | 5 years ago
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Horrific (and indeed shocking) footage. Glad everyone walked away from that, hate to think what may have happened had the child seat was occupied.

Nice to see the WMP's close pass operation (mention of 'a similar scheme in the UK') being held up as a model to follow in Australia.

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mitchblain | 5 years ago
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It's "Surry Hills" (drop the "e") and New South Wales is the state, not city.

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Bassmann13 replied to mitchblain | 5 years ago
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mitchblain wrote:

It's "Surry Hills" (drop the "e") and New South Wales is the state, not city.

 

When you're being a pedant, it's best to make sure you got your facts right on all fronts.

Still, one out of two isn't bad...

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CygnusX1 replied to mitchblain | 5 years ago
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mitchblain wrote:

It's "Surry Hills" (drop the "e") and New South Wales is the state, not city.

Back in the 90s, quite a few people were dropping the E' s in the Surrey hills on all night raves. 19 16 31

It was 808 State, not 808 city.

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don simon fbpe replied to mitchblain | 5 years ago
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mitchblain wrote:

It's "Surry Hills" (drop the "e") and New South Wales is the state, not city.

I think you'll find New South Wales is acting as an adjective as Sydney has already had a mention, the definite article was another big, in your face clue too. So not incorrect.

The standards of pedantry really are slack these days.

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hawkinspeter | 5 years ago
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Glad to hear they weren't seriously injured.

 

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