Rider hit by tractor trailer in Clinton

[rlb]

http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-...r_trailer_in_clinton_townsh.html#incart_river

Anyone know more about this? Hoping the rider pulls through. This is particularly troubling because it doesn't look like an area where avoiding an 18 wheeler is the first thing on your mind.

 

[Patrick]

That is a shortcut from rt 202 to rt 31N from the branchburg area - really a bad roads for anything larger than a box truck. Haven't heard an update yet.
Truckers should use their truck specific GPS/Nav units. This will fuel the debate about the trucks staying on the highways. A law that was struck down
a few years ago.

 

[rick81721]

Hope he pulls through, if he got medivaced it can't be good.

Ride of Silence today folks - try to make one. Closest for me is a Franklin twp.

 

[qclabrat]

can't speculate who was at fault, it's right off Rt 31 so may be out doing a local delivery or something
Hope the rider pulls through all right

 

[Patrick]

the last time i passed that intersection from north to south i was doing >20mph - the road is smooth -
really unfortunate - around 19.2 mile mark https://www.strava.com/activities/294941309

the author does a disservice to the reader using county road numbers like they are highways and not a back road.

 

[Patrick]

more info - so it was a local delivery - see, i was wrong, but the premise had merit

It was a pipeline truck, probably just delivered pipes to the line being installed on 629 in Readington Twp.

 

[BigDB67]

I will keep him and his family in my thoughts and prayers... my wife gets nervous every time I go for a ride on the road.

 

[rlb]

Update, sounds like the truck turned into the rider's path, "sun glare a factor" so I'm guessing the driver didn't see the cyclist

http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-..._glare_a_factor_in_nj_bicyclist_accident.html

 

[rick81721]

Thanks for the update - something else I've become conscious of when road riding is avoiding heading due west when the sun is setting ( or east in the morning but I rarely ride in the am)

 

[BiknBen]

Thanks for the update - something else I've become conscious of when road riding is avoiding heading due west when the sun is setting ( or east in the morning but I rarely ride in the am)

Heading east or west during times of sun glare can pose problems. I more often have traffic coming towards me and across my path that can't see me due to sun glare ( with the sun behind me). They are making a quick decision to turn and miss us cyclists when only looking for vehicles traffic.