"The 16-year-old girl died when she was struck by a transport truck as she cycled to her North York home last night."

"The man was riding south on Avenue Rd. when he was struck by a truck making a right turn onto Cortleigh Blvd. around 8:45 a.m."

make that six times:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060421.CYCLISTS21/TPStory/?query=two+city+cyclists
- rebecca (guest) 4-21-2006 9:02 pm

That's a good article. I like the ending with great quotes from Darren Stehr of ARC:

Darren Stehr, a member of Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists, said that politicians for years have been ignoring a coroner's report calling for safety barriers to prevent cyclists from being pulled under trucks.

"We've harped left, right and centre about this coroner's report but no one's listening," he said. "They've known about trucks and cyclists. We can make all kinds of excuses but, until they do something about trucks, cyclists will get killed."

Warm spring weather brings many more people out on their bicycles, some of them inexperienced, but Mr. Stehr argued that even the safest cycling practices will not protect against an inattentive driver.

There will be two memorial rides this Thursday
http://bikelanediary.blogspot.com/2006/04/memorials-for-hubert-and-bianca.html
- tino (guest) 4-25-2006 4:41 pm

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060501.GRIDLOCK01/TPStory/?query=gridlock

more on sideguards...
- rebecca (guest) 5-02-2006 4:38 pm