Sentences with phrase «truck while cycling»

A 33 - year - old Port Ewen man died after he was struck by a pickup truck while cycling on Rt. 9W in Ulster Park.

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Everything seemed to be operating fine, there seemed to be no blockages on the lines, compressor was cycling on and off at a normal frequency, but while idling the truck's outlet temperature wouldn't get below 60 - some degrees on an 86 degree day.

With the GM 2.8 L diesel gaining only 2 MPG over the 2.5 L gasoline engine, while adding 440 pounds to its curb weight, the diesel fuel economy gains are not sufficient to offset the higher emission factor for diesel fuel, with the diesel option producing 4 % more CO2 - equivalent emissions over the truck's life - cycle.

We've talked a lot about Boris Johnson before at TreeHugger - he's the London mayor that amazingly escaped death by an out - of - control lorry truck while out touring London's cycling facilties.

We had to ride south on Avenue Road, keeping as close to the curb as possible on one of the busiest streets in town in the middle of rush hour, wondering what kind of governments hypocritically promote cycling and then neglect to provide any decent routes; that refuse to demand sideguards on trucks like they do in the UK; that refuse to enforce the few rules about parking or driving in bike lanes; and that refuse to ban cell phone use while driving when 80 % of accidents are caused by inattention of drivers.

While we should continue to explore everything from separated bike lanes through efforts to eliminate truck blindspots, we should also utilize cycling's fun factor to our full advantage.