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Ute in Brisbane (Flickr CC brewbooks)Cyclist thrown into back of truck by freak collision forced to dial emergency number for police rescue
A cyclist was forced to dial the emergency number to be rescued from the tray of a utility truck that he was flung into in a freak collision.
The Australian rider was overtaken by a 'ute' driver which turned in front of him at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, flinging him over his handlebars and into the back of the truck.
The rider was unharmed but was unable to attract the attention of the 61-year-old driver despite banging on the roof of his cab.
The driver failed to notice, continuing along his way with the cyclist standing in the tray of his vehicle.
Eventually the 26-year-old cyclist dialled 000 on his mobile phone to tell police of his predicament.
“The cyclist was reunited with his pushbike and the driver will receive an offence notice for failing to give way,” a police officer told the Brisbane Times.
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At the given time of day on that date (8:15 am August 22nd) in that location the sun would be at 53° north, so you'd have to be driving at least...
- Rendel Harris 22 min 17 sec ago
I said it appears to on the basis of the graph you shared, I was at pains to point out that I hadn't read the article. Thanks for sharing the blog,...
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7 October was just a bit of harmless fun until the "msm" ramped it up.
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It's not censored if you just pirate it
- stonojnr 6 hours 49 min ago
an example of Kesgraves "best cycling infrastructure in the country" https://maps.app.goo.gl/GsCMbzDUTPdq59qS9
- wookey 6 hours 57 min ago
It turns out that that is national police policy. We found out from this process that there is national 'secured by design' policy which causes...
- mtbtomo 7 hours 37 min ago
Been available for quite a while, full GRX mechanical 12 speed. Probably around the same time as 105 mechanical 12 speed if I were to guess.
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Less harmful citrus degreaser is easy to find at £8 or less for 5 litres. Works ok for me, even diluted up to 4:1. Both paraffin and white spirit...
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Nope, it's to keep your straps down and quieter. Plus most sunglasses are polycarbonate and aren't going to shatter like glass anyway
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And, more seriously, where's the coverage of the closure of the cycle lane which forces you to cycle on the Totton bypass.
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Disappointed this wasn't in 'related stories': http://road.cc/content/review/115937-leveret-roofscope-car-mirror
Which is a lot more than the nothing which would happen to him in the UK.
I would hardly call a left hook a "freak" occurrence (I know, I know)
Aussie equivalent of a white van. Driver often more likely to be drunk though ...
What's a 'pushbike'?
Hit a cyclist then failed to notice said cyclist banging on his roof but the authorities are going to let him carry on driving
failing to give way? Should have the book thrown at him for driving without due care and attention...
Sounds like kidnapping not failing to give way