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Jesus Christ, that photo, she's right in the front of the damn tipper.
The report I read in the past was that it implies she was on the inside, not in front.
edscoble-
I think she was, she then moved to go forward and the truck moved a bit later (they are slow to start and the guy seems to have given the riders in front a head start). She was too slow.
The infrastructure should not punish mistakes like this with death.
I always let the truck go ahead before making a move in cases like this and I actually stop behind them (buses or lorries, but lorries in particular as buses' drivers are lower seated and can see better) exactly to avoid situations like these.
Be always careful out there people, I can't stop to think of ALL the dangerous riding many people do when cycling, squeezing between lorries/buses/cabs even when it's not safe to do so (I, perhaps wrongly, deem it 'safe' only when I KNOW that the light ahead is gonna stay red [i.e. it just switched to red or I know the junction very well to know the timings]) and only then I try to squeeze in to get in front and only if there's plenty of space to do so.
It is still unsafe and I warn people against it, but at times I feel it safe to do. But that's it, never EVER I ride on the left side of a bus or truck UNLESS I know 100% that they are going to stay put because of a red light.
Avoidable tragedy, it makes me very sad and that picture is terrifying to see, not per se, but for what your brain can imagine happens shortly after :(
anidel
That photo man...