Sidewalk cyclist leaps without throughly looking.
11-13-10, 11:42 AM
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Sidewalk cyclist leaps without throughly looking.
Nasty surprise follows.
To the cyclists credit, that is a tiny "car"... but goes to show it's better to be positioned properly than to assume you've seen everything from a poor vantage point and make an aggressive maneuver.
Cyclist hurt after being hit by solar powered car
These solar powered cars always seem to get into collisions also... I think this is the second accident involving a solar car in BC. The first may have been a fatality, iirc.
To the cyclists credit, that is a tiny "car"... but goes to show it's better to be positioned properly than to assume you've seen everything from a poor vantage point and make an aggressive maneuver.
Cyclist hurt after being hit by solar powered car
These solar powered cars always seem to get into collisions also... I think this is the second accident involving a solar car in BC. The first may have been a fatality, iirc.
11-14-10, 01:38 AM
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Too many people depend hearing the noise of a car to determine if there is something coming. I'm not sure that is what happened here, but it seems possible. I am always amazed at pedestrians who walk out in front of me mid-block without looking because they didn't hear a car. I think we'll see a lot more of this as coal-powered cars become more common.
11-14-10, 08:20 AM
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Yup, it was probably silently cruising hidden below the row of parked cars... I have no doubt the cyclist didn't see it or expect such a strange vehicle.
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"Strange" in being relatively silent and not overly large? What other sort of vehicle might he have been familiar with that meets those criteria?
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I've seen it before:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdmU2onWc6M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdmU2onWc6M
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Yup, it is very low to the ground has a small front profile and is silent. It would be almost impossible to notice with a glance if it were driving on the near-side of a row of parked cars. I think recumbent guys put on flags to try and raise awareness for these reason.
