SKIDDING DANGER.
m OFF BIKE AND UNDER BUS. YOUTH'S NARROW ESCAPE. The necessity for cyclists being exceedingly careful when riding on. wet concrete, or near tram. lines, was well emphasised in Eden Terrace this morning, when, as the, result. of a skid," a youth almost lost iiis life. -'.. He was riding down Eden Terrace, shortly after 8 a.m, and'Ahad come abreast of a large bus, which was proceeding towards Mount Albert. The road was wet. Suddenly tlie bicycle skidded, apparently on the tram lines, and the rider, still holding his machihe, was thrown against the front wheel of the bus, only to be knocked off,- and shot underneath the vehicle,. between the front and back wheels. The bicycle, in some way, jambed, and> was crumpled up beneath one of the hack wheels. This was providential, for, although by this time the driver had applied Sis brakes, he certainly would not-have stopped his vehicle as quickly as he"~did had it not" been for the obstruction of the wheel... The youth is reported to have escaped with injuries to.his leg.
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 252, 23 October 1924, Page 7
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178SKIDDING DANGER. Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 252, 23 October 1924, Page 7
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