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Two cyclists died near Napa, California, Tuesday by a lumber truck when its load suddenly shifted of the picturesque roadway.

Authorities say the victims, identified as Christian and Michelle Deaton, were legally riding north on the valley’s winding, two-lane Silverado Trail when they encountered a flatbed truck headed in the opposite direction. Somehow, the lumber it was carrying shifted and fell, hitting the cyclists, Fox 8 reports.

Exactly what caused the load to hit the Deatons when it did is still being investigated, but Christian was declared dead at the scene. Michelle, meanwhile, was taken to a nearby hospital where she later died from her injuries. According to the sheriff’s office, they were visiting the Napa Valley from Portland, Oregon. And to his credit, the truck driver stayed at the scene and reportedly cooperated with authorities who are still investigating what caused the load to shift and hit the cyclists.

read more: https://jalopnik.com/two-cyclists-killed-by-trucks-lumber-load-in-california-1850954500

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[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Build short spurs into delivery areas, deliver outside of busy hours, it's not difficult.

[–] Treczoks@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The first will make all bikers really happy. I've had the "pleasure" to ride my bike in a road with way to many tram rails on my way, and had to turn left at one point. That is definitely not fun.

And delivering outside busy hors means both the driver and the people in the shop have to work at insane hours. Will they be properly compensated for it?

[–] yA3xAKQMbq@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And delivering outside busy hors means both the driver and the people in the shop

Tell me you have never worked a single day in a supermarket before. Do you know when they are being stocked? When nincompoops like your are sleeping.

Here's a video that explains this in great detail for you: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9qc6n46jZZs

[–] Treczoks@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe in Exploitamerica. Here workers have rights, and putting someone on a graveyard shift just to restock is too expensive for the stores.

[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rails are easy to deal with if your road is designed reasonably well for cyclists.

[–] Treczoks@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Most roads in the cities here are not even much use for cars alone...