Tzaneen Cyclist died---hit by car !!!!!!

[limosine]

In die ongeveer 8 jaar wat ek fietsry is hierdie die eerste geval waar een van ons ryers dood gery word deur 'n voertuig. Tzaneen Cycling het 'n aktiewe fietsry klub met ongeveer 140 lede)

Zané Bester(pas 34 geword met 2 dogtertjies van 3 jaar en 6 maande oud) en my vrou(Monica) het verlede Donderdagoggend 'n ent gaar ry. Dit was 'n sonskyn dag met 100% visibility. Ongeveer 10km buite Tzaneen het 'n voertuig Zané van agter getref(skat teen 100km per uur). Wat hierdie saak so erg maak is dat dit op 'n reguit oop stuk pad was. Die pad is baie breed daar en die gedeelte in die geelstreep is seker van die breedste gedeeltes in SA !. Monica en Zané het binne die geelsteep gery. Tussen hulle en die geellyn was daar NOG meer as 'n meter oop. Daar kon maklik nog 2 fietse ingepas het in die geellyn. Albei van hulle het helder pienk hempies aangehad. 'n Vrou( en nog 4 passasiers) in 'n Polo het vir Zané skuins van agter getref. Die fiets is in stukke en die Polo se windscreen lyk of dit 'n bees getref het. Zané het verby Monica deur die lug gevlieg en langs die pad geval.

Zané was eers in ons plaaslike Medi Clinic opgeneem, maar later die dag het ER 24 haar kom haal en is sy na Montana Hospitaal geneem. Sy was die hele tyd in 'n koma. Sy is Saterdagmiddag oorlede nadat daar geen breinfunksie meer was nie.

Haar gedenkdiens is komende Donderdag in Centurion.

Tzaneen se fietsryers is verslae en in rou en ek sukkel om dit te verwerk. Ek deel maar hierdie nuus met julle.

 

Groete

Piet

[Uni]

that is so sad. Condolences to all involved. There really is too many distractions going on in cars - its the only thing I can think of as to why anyone would hit a cyclist from behind in a wide road.

 

There needs to be a jamming device to block cell phones for one. My Afrikaans is not that great, but if this was early in the morning was the driver of the car tested for alcohol?

[P.A.K.]

My condolences. It seems that cycling isn't safe on ANY roads.

 

I wonder what the driver's statement said. What caused the accident? Was the driver simply not focussing?

[Kritzie]

_{You are not safe wherever you cycle, I was almost hit by n bakkie coming from the front he was busy texting on his phone??????? Swerved at the last moment makes me sick.}

[limosine]

that is so sad. Condolences to all involved. There really is too many distractions going on in cars - its the only thing I can think of as to why anyone would hit a cyclist from behind in a wide road.

 

There needs to be a jamming device to block cell phones for one. My Afrikaans is not that great, but if this was early in the morning was the driver of the car tested for alcohol?

 

Yes all we can think was the driver was sms'ing and did not look infront of her. It happened at 06h40.

[limosine]

My condolences. It seems that cycling isn't safe on ANY roads.

 

I wonder what the driver's statement said. What caused the accident? Was the driver simply not focussing?

 

As I said her car must have drifted into the yellow line while she was sms'ing. The driver said she did not see her. When I(arrived at the scene 10 minutes after the accident) asked her why was she in the yellow lane she said "I do not know"

[P.A.K.]

Dis verskriklik. Ek hoop jou vrou is okay

[Uni]

its unfortunate because many times I'll be driving behind a car that suddenly veers over the solid lines or into an adjacent lane and then when I pass them I see them busy with their phones.

I drive around with a "Stop the texts, Stop the wrecks" in my car - the @stopthetexts twitter campaign is a great one, such a pity it doesn't pack a bigger punch - and too often it takes a major accident to make people wake up.

[jules1976]

As I said her car must have drifted into the yellow line while she was sms'ing. The driver said she did not see her. When I(arrived at the scene 10 minutes after the accident) asked her why was she in the yellow lane she said "I do not know"

 

thats a confession right there .... in the wrong and admitted

 

Hope she gets goes to jail for this and other drives take note of this.

 

Very sad indeed

 

condolences to the family and friends

[HowellingWulf]

Jis dis erg.

Vreeslik jammer om te hoor.

Sterkte vir jou en jou mense.

[limosine]

Dis verskriklik. Ek hoop jou vrou is okay

 

Sys nou beter dankie ! Ek weet nie of mens ooit oor dit sal kom nie. mens kan eintlik nie glo dat sy NIKS oorgekom het nie. Mens vra ook baie vrae maar daar is nie antwoorde nie !!!!

[Hennie VR]

Baie tragies. Vrou en moeder te vroeg weggeneem van haar man en dogters.

Meegevoel aan almal.

[Bernard Horn]

My innige simpatie aan die Bester familie en die fietryers van Tzaneen.Dit is hartverskeurend en sterkte aan julle almal.

[Guest]

Ek is baie jammer om die slegte nuus te hoor. Sterkte vir die familie. Dit is vir die rede ek verkies om in die bos te ry.

[limosine]

Ek is baie jammer om die slegte nuus te hoor. Sterkte vir die familie. Dit is vir die rede ek verkies om in die bos te ry.

 

Zané was eintlik 'n MTB ryer. Sy het ander mense se padfiets geleen om saam met Monica te gaan ry !!!

[Tractor]

Dis verskriklikke nuus, sterkte aan familie en vriende