This isn’t about blaming the victim but Mr Gould was a local who regularly walked in the area, so he must have been familiar with how pack riders travel on Beach Rd. So what was peculiar about the conditions when he stepped out onto the road on Saturday?

Then, as now, we are no closer to having an answer.

But I doubt that he stepped into the middle of a moving peloton. The overwhelming evidence, both presented to the Coroner and heard anecdotally, is that the bulk of the pack had stopped at the lights. Presumably, it was this not the green light that indicated to Mr Gould that it was safe to cross. Sadly, the stationary pack would also have impaired his view of cyclists approaching unexpectedly on the outside.

Idle speculation, for what it’s worth.

To what extent have so-called safety measures encouraged individuals to trust signals and signage over judgement?

I gave himn an ear full and he knew he wouldnt get a drag off me that day…(not that it mattered, I blew up on the first climb…)

I’ve heard this often, and from people who should know better…that is why some attitudes will be hard to change by education alone, it will take a rude a wakening for some…Like the anti-hoon laws on road dragging in supped up cars , maybe some serious enforcment might shake a few of these thoughts and behaviours out of the old wood.