I'm an advocate for public transport within Mount Druitt and have been moving towards promoting people to ride on bicycles and for Blacktown City Council to improve bicycle routes within the area. I know and have seen cyclists riding around and a lot of them without helmets.
Now we hear of a fatality with a cyclist and a Busways bus that has happened at a major busy intersection at Mount Druitt. Again bad news from Mount Druitt is publicized by the local and wider press.
I am so sad for the cyclist and now I am becoming one and I also feel sad for the bus driver, who is under tight timing constraints to keep up to time table order. Sometimes when you are driving a heavy duty vehicle you may not know of lighter vehicles that are around them.
It would be safer for cyclists to have 'marked' special 'Pathways for cyclists'. Another thing Local and State Governments can do is more shared careful signs on roads for all motorists and a Media Advertisements. Cyclists need to know the road rules, if they have a current drivers license that would be sufficient. What do you think?
Click Here For Daily Telegraph/Mount Druitt Standard Article
Now we hear of a fatality with a cyclist and a Busways bus that has happened at a major busy intersection at Mount Druitt. Again bad news from Mount Druitt is publicized by the local and wider press.
I am so sad for the cyclist and now I am becoming one and I also feel sad for the bus driver, who is under tight timing constraints to keep up to time table order. Sometimes when you are driving a heavy duty vehicle you may not know of lighter vehicles that are around them.
It would be safer for cyclists to have 'marked' special 'Pathways for cyclists'. Another thing Local and State Governments can do is more shared careful signs on roads for all motorists and a Media Advertisements. Cyclists need to know the road rules, if they have a current drivers license that would be sufficient. What do you think?
Click Here For Daily Telegraph/Mount Druitt Standard Article
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