Mike Cash
骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう
- 15 Mar 2002
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This is video from the drive recorder on one of the 10 ton trucks from the company I work for.
Can you count how many seconds it was from the time he was "safely" riding along the left edge of the road until he was thrown into the middle of the intersection and under the bumper of a truck? Can you guess what tiny fraction of a second made the difference between being under the bumper and being crushed into human jelly?
You might think that when it comes to bicycle riders, children and old people would be the ones that scare truck drivers the most. In my experience it has always been the adult serious cycling enthusiast who is the greatest cause for concern.
We don't want to run over you just as much as you don't want to be run over by us. Please ride safely.
(By the way, the truck is not going as fast as it may appear in the video. The wide angle of the lens gives a false impression of speed. My company is notorious among local trucking companies for being slowpokes).
Can you count how many seconds it was from the time he was "safely" riding along the left edge of the road until he was thrown into the middle of the intersection and under the bumper of a truck? Can you guess what tiny fraction of a second made the difference between being under the bumper and being crushed into human jelly?
You might think that when it comes to bicycle riders, children and old people would be the ones that scare truck drivers the most. In my experience it has always been the adult serious cycling enthusiast who is the greatest cause for concern.
We don't want to run over you just as much as you don't want to be run over by us. Please ride safely.
(By the way, the truck is not going as fast as it may appear in the video. The wide angle of the lens gives a false impression of speed. My company is notorious among local trucking companies for being slowpokes).