[bikeqld] warning ...

[Michael Yeates]

Warning ...

For those who cycle the back streets from Toowong to UQ (St Lucia) 
... a number of cyclists have fallen at the approaches and at the 
intersection of Austral Street and Jerdanefield Road ... where 
construction work recently commenced on a nearby unit development.

It seems there may be two (or more) causes ... one of course is the 
speed of cyclists taking the corner ... ;-)

The other cause includes (i) gravel, concrete overspill, sand, silt 
etc from vehicles supplying the site and/or moving to and from it ... 
and (ii) oil, grease, etc dropped in patches on the road where the 
vehicles either wait to access the site or park legally or illegally.

On a number of occasions it appears lines of trucks have formed up in 
Jerdanefield Road ... including on one occasion blocking a fire 
brigade unit that then had to reverse back up to Ryans Road.

For some cyclists, this may not be very serious ..... unless someone 
ends up on the ground under a moving vehicle or hits a post or tree ...!

MY...........................