Cyclist (67) killed in collision with car in Mayo

TonyStark

RIP to the poor fella, life is fragile.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/cyclist-67-killed-in-collision-with-car-30897296.html

Tenzor07

R.I.P


pic of the road and article here: http://jrnl.ie/1875412

monument

Tenzor07 wrote: »

R.I.P


pic of the road and article here: http://jrnl.ie/1875412

A comment below the article:

"I am living in the Aughagower Area and that is not the stretch of road that the collision occurred on."

The journal seems to have a bad record on this type of detail -- they also used Street View for the wrong road in a recent north Co Dublin collision.

yop

I'm cycling that route almost weekly so it has scared the liven hell out of me, especially with the incident with the lights 2 weeks ago.
Wouldn't know this man, my parents know him and said he was a true gentleman.
May his soul rest in peace.

eeeee

R.I.P. Shocking.

ZiabR

Very sad, RIP.

PCX

It reminds you that life is fragile. Condolences to his family and friends.

sullzz

R.I.P very sad news , thoughts are with his friends and family .

vanessamee

so sad RIP

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

The caption in the image says a road near where the collision happened, it's rubbish reporting.

RIP to the man, it's news none of us want to hear.

Qualitymark

Condolences to the cyclist's family and commiserations to the driver, who will have to live with this for the rest of her life.
What is this passion for listing ages in headlines if people are over 60? Would they have said "Cyclist, 35, killed"?

Mercian Pro

RIP. Once I heard the newsreader say "A cyclist", I had a terrible premonition of what was to follow. Hadn't particular noticed that it was only over 60s that had their ages noted.

TonyStark

Qualitymark wrote: »

Condolences to the cyclist's family and commiserations to the driver, who will have to live with this for the rest of her life.
What is this passion for listing ages in headlines if people are over 60? Would they have said "Cyclist, 35, killed"?

I would hope that if it is found that she is the cause of the crash she would do more than just live with it. We just have to wait for things to emerge in due course.

colossus-x

TonyStark wrote: »

I would hope that if it is found that she is the cause of the crash she would do more than just live with it. We just have to wait for things to emerge in due course.

My mum and dad knew him. I did not. By all accounts a genuinely very nice man. R.I.P.

diomed

colossus-x wrote: »

Now, anyone tell me if there are any statistics put together that show in the case of cycle deaths what percentage drivers/cyclists are responsible for?

I have never seen statistics of the vehicle that killed, only the vehicle of the victim. This is odd. If you want to fix a problem, you look at the cause.

Beasty

colossus-x wrote: »

My mum and dad knew him. I did not. By all accounts a genuinely very nice man. R.I.P.

Now, anyone tell me if there are any statistics put together that show in the case of cycle deaths what percentage drivers/cyclists are responsible for?

diomed wrote: »

I have never seen statistics of the vehicle that killed, only the vehicle of the victim. This is odd. If you want to fix a problem, you look at the cause.

Not a topic for this thread - anything like this only leads to speculation. Please keep this thread for condolances

Thanks

dlb_cycles

very tragic. RIP