mdk555 Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 Just heard the sad news that Colin Van Schalwyk was killed on Otto Du Plessi rd Milnerton opposite the field where the circus is.
cat-i Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 no words - all the dreams and hopes gone, just like that may those that he left behind find peace.
Deep Section Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 Horrible news! 2 cyclist loosing there lives in Cape Town in such a short time. What are we to do? My deepest condolences to his family and friends.
Weekend_Warrior Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 Thats shocking another person killed and its only february.
epoh Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 Read about it on FB. This is crazy, my thoughts are with his family.
Willehond Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 Another thread on it also: https://www.bikehub.co.za/forum_posts.asp?TID=43404
Climate Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 We're still struggling to deal with Craig's tragedy ... and now Colin's too. It's not okay for a vehicle to drive past a cyclist and "just" miss him/her, because there is no shoulder. A bike can change it's line by up to a meter in seconds ... due to glass, poor road surface, wind, or whatever. I'll say it again - there need to be measures in place to keep vehicles from passing so close to cyclists (as mentioned before, motorists in parts of Europe are fined heavily, just for passing a cyclist with less than a meter berth). And we're on African time, so the 30 seconds that a motorist loses by slowing down behind a cyclist until it's safe to pass, won't be noticed anyway!!! Condolences to Colin's family and friends, our thoughts are with you in this painful time.
Chrispy Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 This is not good!! RIP Colin and our condolences to his loved ones.
IanJ Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 Firstly my condolences to Colin's family and friends, a real tragedy. I might be wrong but it seems the Western Cape is having more than it's fair share of fatalities recently. Has anyone looked into possible reasons for this, for instance are there common factors between accidents. Maybe someone who has info on the recent accidents could summarise the type of incident with time of day, type of road and how the accidents happened. From what I remember all the recent ones appear to have been hit by cars from behind whilst riding in the shoulder or emergency lane? Is alcohol involved at all? Don't know if it will do any good but might help people to avoid similar situations in the future.
hagar Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 my deepest condolences to Colin's family and friends i went past the accident on my way to rugby this afternoon and it did not look good my heart sank in my shoes Rest In Peace ... i am speechless .....
hagar Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 We're still struggling to deal with Craig's tragedy ... and now Colin's too. It's not okay for a vehicle to drive past a cyclist and "just" miss him/her' date=' because there is no shoulder. A bike can change it's line by up to a meter in seconds ... due to glass, poor road surface, wind, or whatever. I'll say it again - there need to be measures in place to keep vehicles from passing so close to cyclists (as mentioned before, motorists in parts of Europe are fined heavily, just for passing a cyclist with less than a meter berth). And we're on African time, so the 30 seconds that a motorist loses by slowing down behind a cyclist until it's safe to pass, won't be noticed anyway!!! Condolences to Colin's family and friends, our thoughts are with you in this painful time.[/quote'] iwould tend to agree with this some drivers dont give a shirt its just not on i was almost taken out by a bus last week less than a meter i was more than livid
gilmour Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 This is nuts - condelences to the family Does anyone know what happened to the dude that fled the scene of the last death accident - his court appearance was meant to be 30 Jan in Simons Town, what was the outcome?
davetapson Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 Sad fact of life is that you take you life in your hands when you ride on the road - and not just in SA either. Remember reading a quote from LA that he's been knocked of his bike more often and in more places around the world than he'd like to remember. Me, I just don't do it - more than I can help anyway. Not worth the risk. K@k one, but that's the reality of it. Condolences to the family.
shade Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 very sad news.. i knew Colin and family.. RIP Colin, my heart goes out to wife Zarina and daughter Sara.. and the rest of the family..
Captain Slow Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Sad Sad News!!! RIP Colin!! Thoughts go out to his Family!!!
Poison Ivy Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 I'm just going to mini hijack this thread and by no means mean any disrespect to Colin, but I saw something yesterday coming down The Glen in Camps Bay that left me ice cold....Three riders, (and I can identity their kit if I have to) were playing "chicken" with the traffic going down there....zig zagging over the road from one side to the other....right in front of a loaded on-coming tourist bus.....not to mention the bus coming from behind narrowly missing the one oke.....I'm still numb by that stupidity from cyclists....adult male cyclists....
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