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Video: Cyclist jumps out of way to avoid being crushed after lorry driver fails to see her
The husband of a cyclist who had to jump out of the way to avoid being crushed by a lorry driver who had not seen her has posted a video of the shocking incident to YouTube to underline the importance of looking out for footage.
The rider suffered “bumps and bruises” and her bike was damaged in the incident, which happened last Friday morning in Taupō, situated in the centre of the country’s North Island.
“My wife was cycling to work when a delivery truck on Lake Terrace not only cut the corner but came straight at her after failing to see her,” said YouTube user Jeff Lim in the description to the video.
“Fortunately, she was able to jump off her bike (camera is mounted on the bike) just as she saw the truck and managed to escape with just some bumps and bruises and damage to the bike.
“It could all have ended a lot worse. Thankful to the driver behind the truck who helped her get home safely as well as a couple of passerby's who helped push the bicycle home.
“The driver did stop and was apologetic. As much as the driver of the truck was at fault here, there is no need to bash or flame him.
“Police have all the details and are dealing with the incident.
“I am sharing this video to raise awareness for everyone driving to share the road carefully and to look out for cyclists, as they are the most vulnerable people on the road,” he added.
Food business Goodman Fielder, the owner of the truck, said that the driver had been suspended while it investigates the incident, reports NZ Herald.
“The driver has been stood down and is currently not rostered on duties,” said a spokesman.
“We have launched an investigation into this incident, which involved one of our distributor's trucks,” it added.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
Latest Comments
- E6toSE3 7 min 54 sec ago
Pro bike riders more into need for speed than bicycle environment philosophy. T'was ever thus. They don't pootle.
- Hirsute 19 min 51 sec ago
Without knowing the police force, it is hard to say other than you are wasting your time with lancs, Essex, Surrey, Suffolk, Norfolk....
- lawrence18uk 42 min 18 sec ago
I must admit I find it odd. I assumed a cyclist had run into a bus driver, fallen off and as a consequence, died (as in "run over by a bus driver")...
- kingleo 1 hour 4 min ago
Did commuting to and from work on my bike for 46 years in the London traffic increase the number of my red blood cells? - my breathing is superb, ...
- Hirsute 1 hour 19 min ago
I made a complaint within an hour of the story being published. I have zero faith that they will amend anything....
- chrisonabike 1 hour 37 min ago
Especially children, near a school, one might imagine? By a bus driver driving children to school?...
- chrisonabike 1 hour 41 min ago
TBF I think that's before she saw the light and got on her bike. Not so great if her views have been informed by Mr. Briggs though.
- Saracen888 2 hours 20 min ago
That's a great price. Just bear in mind Import duty and handling charges will be applied pre delivery.
- Griff500 3 hours 42 min ago
Yep, I appreciate your problem. I wouldn't buy a bike without at least sitting on the same frame configuration on a trainer in the shop, something...
- Secret_squirrel 4 hours 56 min ago
One less thing to clutter up your jersey pockets no? Though difficult to retrieve in a hurry...
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If that was someone with reduced mobility (e.g. an elderly person) on the bike, then that would most likely have been a fatality.
"the driver had been suspended while
it investigates the incidentthey took a f-ing eye test!!!"FTFY
“The driver did stop and was apologetic. As much as the driver of the truck was at fault here, there is no need to bash or flame him"
There is a great need to bash him! I trust the NZ police will do it. I would not be accepyting any rubbish apology- they always apologise even though they have no intention of behaving any differently next time: If it's not a large 4+ wheeled vehicle, I don't bother looking for it or it's doomed operator
I'm sure YouTube would agree that's important.
How about the person who writes the duty rosters? Is the firm looking into the pressures put upon drivers to achieve targets and er, cut corners in the effort to meet them?
There may be pressure on timing - but from that video it seems to me the truck driver wanted to make the turn before the oncoming vehicle (you can just see it go past around 3 to 4 secs after the truck turns). The driver probably knew that they would have to wait a couple of seconds if they were to make the turn correctly and would be "held up" by the oncoming car. I see it so many times, not just from drivers who are "on the clock."
from that video it seems to me the truck driver wanted to make the turn before the oncoming vehicle
That's how I was hit on the exit road from Sainsbury's, when Lancashire Constabulary said cutting the corner and not bothering to look out for any troublemaking cyclist waiting there ''was only a momentary loss of concentration"' - they proposed 'no further action'. It took me a lot of efffort to even get the penalty increased to the joke driving course- and LC could have been lying about that.
There was a NMOTD (I think) here showing a similar situation previously, maybe the same one you are referring to? A sharp T-junction with a lorry driver doing pretty much the exact same thing as in this video.
Edit it was Secret_squirrel
I didn't have a camera with my incident- the attempt by LC to laugh it off because I wasn't even seriously injured was what induced me to get one!
Failing to see can potentially be "only a momentary loss of concentration" - however, cutting corners to avoid slowing down to speed required to negotiate the junction safely is far below the standard of a safe and competent driver - not least because slowing to the correct speed will give the driver more than a 'moment' to see any they are a danger too.
Am I missing something, or is it only in the antepenultimate paragraph that the hemisphere becomes apparent through reference to the NZ Herald (noting reference to "Taupō, situated in the centre of the [which?] country’s North Island")?
No, that's just what happens when you lazily copy and paste an article from elsewhere.
Not to mention the road.cc editorial team.
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