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Very sad news coming out of Cornwall - two cyclists killed on A30
marcusjb:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-23143314
Very sad news indeed.
My thoughts are with their friends and families.
Si_Co:
RIP
It's a cr@p road for cycling on. The lorry would have been really shifting after the descent from Carland Cross.
andyoxon:
:( :(
http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/dead-following-crash-A30-near-Newquay/story-19453604-detail/story.html
Looks like the section of road was straight and fairly level/slight incline up. http://goo.gl/maps/3sGyz
LEE:
Tragic news and unsurprising.
I used the A30 for my LEJoG.
In my journal I wrote that "I feel fairly lucky to be alive, it's like playing Russian Roulette cycling along the A30".
The problem is that it is, to all intents and purposes, a motorway BUT without a hard shoulder. What "hard shouder" there is (by which I mean the tiny gap to the left of the white line) is generally full of lorry parts, chunks of tyre, mudflaps and general debris.
This forces you out even further.
Never again, it's a bloody nightmare.
My advice is never to cycle on it. It's no excuse for careless driving BUT, there are careless drivers out there, doing >70mph, and the A30 will place you dangerously close to them.
Same experience on the A74 into Gretna.
numbnuts:
RIP condolences to family and friends
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