Stretch Posted May 22, 2015 Share How vigilant we have to be...this sort of thing happens regularly in SA too sorry..its a facebook video https://www.facebook.com/BikeRoar/videos/824370854278419/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKvoodoo Posted May 22, 2015 Share Ja but seriously look at where they are cycling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velomonatiCT Posted May 22, 2015 Share I lived in Russia for a year they drive like insane maniacs I wouldn't ride a bike on a motorway there its like instant death this vid is one for all the heros riding their mtbs thru hospital bend interchange (its a stupid idea ! ) but the cyclist didn't look either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBeer Posted May 22, 2015 Share dumb place to ride. Like the oke yesterday lane splitting down Marine Drive incoming near Boundry Road Milnerton in peak hour traffic, when the bike lane is 10 meters to his right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
428 others Posted May 22, 2015 Share Geez, the camera dude first decides if he should put he bike down or against something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKvoodoo Posted May 22, 2015 Share Geez, the camera dude first decides if he should put he bike down or against something...Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted May 22, 2015 Share the way I see it is - the cyclists are stupid to ride there in the first place...but the truck did everything he could do wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKvoodoo Posted May 22, 2015 Share Geez, the camera dude first decides if he should put he bike down or against something... It's a De Rosa dude , that ****s expensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMartin Posted May 22, 2015 Share It's a De Rosa dude , that ****s expensive It's called shock dude, that ***t makes you do weird stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbeard Posted May 22, 2015 Share In the cyclist's defence: check the road markings prior to the accident. Russians ride on the right hand side of the road. The cyclist was correctly on the extreme right of the lane going straight - the slow lane. The lane to his right was a turn-only lane to the right. After the turn-only lane the number of lanes increase giving the appearance that there was an additional lane to the cyclist's right. The truck driver rode up in the turn-only lane and then continued straight instead of veering off to the right, contrary to the road markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bianchisti Posted May 22, 2015 Share In the cyclist's defence: check the road markings prior to the accident. Russians ride on the right hand side of the road. The cyclist was correctly on the extreme right of the lane going straight - the slow lane. The lane to his right was a turn-only lane to the right. After the turn-only lane the number of lanes increase giving the appearance that there was an additional lane to the cyclist's right. The truck driver rode up in the turn-only lane and then continued straight instead of veering off to the right, contrary to the road markings.Spot on. How the truck squeezed through there and didn't hit them full on is a miracle. And at that speed as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davem Posted May 22, 2015 Share The cyclist changed lanes without looking at all just put his forearm out and went. There was nothing a truck could do to avoid him. Why anyone would cycle in that environment baffles me. Might as well swim off Fish Hoek with a bloody tuna strapped to your chest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbeard Posted May 22, 2015 Share The cyclist changed lanes without looking at all just put his forearm out and went. There was nothing a truck could do to avoid him. Why anyone would cycle in that environment baffles me. Might as well swim off Fish Hoek with a bloody tuna strapped to your chest.Considering the road markings and the fact that Russians ride on the right-hand side of the road, I would posit that his hand signal was ex abundanti cautela. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLuvsMtb Posted May 22, 2015 Share Considering the road markings and the fact that Russians ride on the right-hand side of the road, I would posit that his hand signal was ex abundanti cautela.Are you swearing at us in Russian!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlvN Posted May 22, 2015 Share But moving him was probably the dumbest thing you could do, they have no idea of spinal injury. But then again, it IS Russia, and some moron would likely come plowing through soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bianchisti Posted May 22, 2015 Share But moving him was probably the dumbest thing you could do, they have no idea of spinal injury. But then again, it IS Russia, and some moron would likely come plowing through soon...The way he managed to get himself up and is moving by himself I reckon his okay. Under those circumstances I would also move him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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