Car crashes into group of cyclists in Armidale, leaving one dead and others injured
Car crashes into group of cyclists in Armidale, leaving one dead and others injured
Emergency services were called to Long Swamp Road just outside of Armidale at about 3:30pm on Saturday following reports of a crash.
Dashcam vision sought of anyone in the area.
"There's no blame. We really need to throw our arms around each other. We need to show what a strong community we are," [the Mayor] said.
The blame is the fact that cars are allowed on roads being used for a race at all. I've had the privilege of participating a few times in Brisbane's Tour de Brisbane, and also in some other events around SEQ. The closes roads of TdB are an absolute dream. The events on open roads are absolutely miserable if you're not good enough to keep up with a big pack.
We need to make it easier for these kinds of events to fully close the roads for them to be able to happen safely. The blame is firmly on our politicians and their constant obsession with never inconveniencing cars in any way, even to the expense of people's lives.
The whining on facebook about how cyclists should be banned whenever something like this happens does my head in. If you can't stop your car within sight distance, you are driving too fast. Doesn't matter if it's a cyclist or a tree across the road. Slow down!
Did this car have autonomy for it to crash into a group of people, or did a driver do the murdering?
Headlines really need to convey who's responsible.
The car didn't crash into a group of bikes. A car driver crashed into a group of people riding bikes.
I'm just happy this wasn't in the passive voice tbh
In Australia the driver is always responsible. We have no cars allowed to self drive, though we do have cars with a lot of autonomy.
Also autonomy systems are better at emergency braking than human drivers, the fact the car hit a tree hard enough to leak petrol suggests there was no braking at all
Yet again, an article that's actually about a driver running over and killing cyclists phrasing the title in exculpatory passive voice. SMH
phrasing the title in exculpatory passive voice
Uhh, this isn't passive voice, though? Passive voice would be "cyclists are crashed into by car". This makes it pretty clear: the car is the thing that actively caused harm here.
Yeah, I misspoke slightly. I'm not sure what the correct terminology is (for excusing the person by blaming the inanimate object/tool), though, so I can't correct it.
How come the article goes into depth about the driver? I also want to know the state of the other cyclists who were crashed into.
And the car catching on fire later is a bit suspicious.
All in all, not surprising but disappointing all around. I hope the driver is charged for manslaughter.
Edit: Driver died this morning. Frustrating outcome for all as no charges will be made now that she's dead.