Melb: Cyclist killed on Kingsway

On 3AW - a cyclist was killed instantly with a incident with a truck on Kings Way. Sorry, no further details as of yet.

Intersection of Kings Way & Albert Road, major traffic disruptions blahblahblah.

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A cyclist has been killed in a collision with a tip truck in inner
Melbourne.
Police say the truck, driven by a 27-year-old man from Glenroy, was
turning off the Kings Way about 2.50pm (AEST) when the incident
occurred.
"The tip truck was in Kings Way turning right into Albert Road, and
it appears the cyclist was doing the same," a police spokesman said.
The cyclist, a man aged in his 30s, died at the crash scene from
"massive head injuries", the spokesman also said.
Police are yet to release any further details of the dead man's
identity.
The crash resulted in traffic diversions for almost an hour.
"The scene is slowly starting to clear now of emergency services,"
the spokesman said.
The death takes Victoria's road toll to 209 dead, down from 241 at
the same time last year.

I can't stand that running total news services use. These are f**cking lives, not a f**cking cricket match.

gplama wrote:
> Surly Dave Wrote:
>> The death takes Victoria's road toll to 209 dead, down from 241 at
>> the same time last year.
>
> I can't stand that running total news services use. These are f**cking
> lives, not a f**cking cricket match.
>
>


Well it hasn't even made it into the age online "breaking news" section.
Though it is in the "National" section as a traffic advisory.

And this today also...
http://www.moregearlessidea.blogspot.com/

I like Ash's note at the bottom of this blog....

I had bit of minor convoluted fcukup on the roads today. A bit of minor road rage, resulting in moi and steed taking evasive action away from the road rage, that then resulted in a mechanical.

Then shortly afterwards again having to deal with the idiot who started it, who was trying to rev the engine as if to scare me off the road when the bike was slightly stuffed and I couldn't get out of the way swiftly enough. Fcuker.

Anyway, enough venting. Bike rego is complete bollox.

If you're around tomorrow, listen into 3CR in the morning (Wed 13/9) between 9-10am on City Limits, the hosts have asked me for a interview about the Hell Ride palaver, cyclist safety, community attitudes, basically the whole box and dice.

Also currently updating the WoJ site with news updates et al. Maybe some reading material there that tickles your interest.

cfs "pissed off and grumpy" mtb

This is all that appeared in the online Herald Sun this morning ...

"A CYCLIST is dead after being hit by a tip truck on a major Melbourne road.
The man had been riding at the intersection of Kings Way and Albert Rd, South Melbourne, when he was struck by the Kenworth truck just before 3pm yesterday.

Traffic was disrupted for several hours as police examined the scene to work out what led to the tragedy."

read my comments on the accident on the blog

tragic

D

snozza wrote:
> And this today also...
> http://www.moregearlessidea.blogspot.com/
>
> snozza

awful... I've carefully vetted the news around the house today to avoid the missus seeing this and worrying about me riding again...

While things like this always remind me to ride safe routes wherever possible (I wouldn't go near Kings Way myself), they upset me that we have to think this way and can't feel safe no matter where we might need to ride.

That the media isn't interested is no huge surprise, and probably would be the same if it were car vs car - and in a way I'm pleased - Nothing worse than scaring off all those newbie cyclists out there who have just emerged.... Still - any encouragement to ride/drive safe is worthwhile.

I'm trying to do the same thing, don't want the girlfriend reading stuff like this, she says she worries everytime I go for a ride as it is. She has said she would rather not know that sort of thing as it makes it worse, at least she's up front about it I suppose. But what can you do?

Was riding on Beach Road last night, stopped at the ped lights is Mentone, and 3 cars went through the orange/red and one even went through the red lightwhile I was stopped at it. Pity I didn't have my phone with me.

In aus.bicycle on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 07:49:37 +1000
RobM <RobM.2e1lcb@no-mx.forums.cyclingforums.com> wrote:
>
> This is all that appeared in the online Herald Sun this morning ...
>
> "*A CYCLIST is dead after being hit by a tip truck on a major Melbourne
> road.*
> The man had been riding at the intersection of Kings Way and Albert Rd,
> South Melbourne, when he was struck by the Kenworth truck just before
> 3pm yesterday.


Look on the bright side. THey didn't say "when he collided with".
It must have been very very clear it was the truck's fault because
usually the wording implies it is the 2 wheeler's fault.

Zebee

trucks are a a different category of road user again. Cars are number 1, rule supreme and can do no wrong (unless driven by hoons,drunks or the uninsured). Trucks are dangerous, congesting roads, causing havoc at peak hour, running red lights, taking up more than one lane when turning, too big to see around, and are therefore "baddies". So it's ok and justifiable to allocate blame to trucks

True - the report's wording does indicate this. Regardless of cause (which I have no idea of, so won't speculate), it's a loss for all concerned ... the old adage of "always ride as if expecting the worst" still holds, of course ...

Never liked Kingsway. I used to live around the corner from Bike Now, and would shudder whenever I saw any cyclists riding past me along it whilst I walked to work during peak hour ... it'd take a fair-sized cattle prod to get me to ride on it.