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^ Top   #1   05.15.2007

Cybergal Truck Forum Supporter   Last Seen: 04.16.2009 06.42 AM Member Since: Oct 2008 Posts: 13,838 My Trucking Photos: 27 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked: 2,569 Times My Truckers Blog : 16

Wisconsin Man OK After Truck Runs Over His Head Wisconsin Man OK After Truck Runs Over His Head 5/14/07 Quote: MADISON, Wis. — A delivery truck ran over a cyclist's head, leaving him only with a concussion and a mangled helmet. Ryan Lipscomb, 26, was shaken up, especially after he saw the condition of his helmet. "I didn't see it coming, but I sure felt it roll over my head," he said. "It feels really strange to have a truck run over your head." Lipscomb, a graduate student in medical physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was riding swiftly down a bike path in Madison Friday afternoon. As he approached an intersection where he said he had a green light, he noticed the truck preparing to make a right turn in front of him. The truck wasn't going to stop, Lipscomb said, so he slammed on his brakes, flipping his bike and landing in the street. A moment later the truck rolled over his head — and kept going. His black Giro helmet was flattened, tread marks visible on the cracked frame. article continues

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So the guy's on a bicycle, he sees the truck preparing to make a turn, but he KEEPS DRIVING? What an idiot!

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madcitysw Bobtail Member   Last Seen: 1 Day Ago 06.10 PM Member Since: Oct 2005 Posts: 47 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked: 7 Times

Who was the idiot? The bicycle? Nope. He didn't keep driving, he slammed on his brakes. The truck driver the one who kept driving and the bicycle said he had the right of way. I wonder if they caught the truck driver who ran his head over.

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Just my 2 bicycling cents Quote: Originally Posted by madcitysw Who was the idiot? The bicycle? Nope. He didn't keep driving, he slammed on his brakes. The truck driver the one who kept driving and the bicycle said he had the right of way. I wonder if they caught the truck driver who ran his head over. Without having been there it's impossible to know what exactly transpired, of course, but still... If the bicyclist fell off his bike when he slammed on the brakes, doesn't that mean he must have been awfully fast and too close to the truck already?When I'm riding a bicycle, common sense tells me that I can't rely on other road users seeing or wielding to me, even if I have the right of way. Since I"m the one without the crush zone, I need to pay extra attention.

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