2017-03-31 - Rider down (fatality), Mike Hall during the Indian Pacific Wheel Race

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Oliver Schick in reply to @ewanmac

So we have the completely incompetent reconstruction, by the sound of it:

Senior Constable Potts of the AFP created a video using a reconstruction of Mike Hall’s bike to examine how visible Mike Hall would have been. This reconstruction placed the bike off the road to the left, substituted the Dynamo hub with a 6-volt battery, excluded the rear bag and its reflective strip, excluded any person or clothing, excluded any front white light shining on the road, and excluded any human movement of the bike. There was also a Police light stationed near the bike and an oncoming car in the simulation that was admitted into evidence by the AFP. In the submitted video, the reconstructed bike was difficult to see.

Sounds a bit like reconstructing slowing down a track bike by backpedalling.

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PhilDAS in reply to @Oliver Schick

Sounds like bullshit. Of course a stationary bike which is all of about an inch wide for most of it's height is going to be difficult to see. But that is not the circumstances of the incident so why bother reconstructing it?
It did have a front white light which would have illuminated the road and more importantly it had a rider on it.

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hippy in reply to @PhilDAS

Yeah, sounds a bit like reconstructing Titanic with an ice cube and a rubber duck. Idiots.
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Oliver Schick in reply to @PhilDAS

Yes, the coroner should not accept the 'reconstruction' by the police.

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