and no, I don't drive one.

Sincere condolences to her family - it was insensitive of me not to mention that in my earlier post.

Condolences to her friends & family - shocking stuff, from the details it seems inconcievable that the driver wouldn't have seen her, hope the case goes smoothly.

Think the point thesim's trying to convey is that Audi drivers these days appear to have taken over the mantle from the BMW driver of the 90's i.e. the car that suddenly appears in your rear view mirror 2 inches from your bumper, or the car that cuts you up at the roundabout etc. etc.

thesim1990 and mcj78, I don't think this is the place for your ridiculous prejudices.

RIP Cathy.

Awful, RIP Cath.

As a regular on K33 know it should be safe. This has to be bad driving.

BTW stick my TT bike in the back of one of our two black audis to get to the course it is not the male of car it is the Idiot driver and they come in all types and makes of vehicle.

A terrible tragedy. It really makes you think. Its seems though until we get serious in the country about road laws we will keep seeing these type of incidents. I can’t believe in a civilized country we can still accept the ‘I didn’t see him’ excuse which you just know is coming here. You have no right being on the road if you can see other road users.

I spent a lot of time in Vermont, it’s so different, drivers go out of their way to help cyclists. I do think some of it is cultural, but recent changes in state law – with the adoption of a number of the ‘3 Feet’ law principles – makes a huge difference as it puts the owns squarely on the driver. If you hit a cyclist from the side or behind it’s your fault as you clearly didn’t leave the required space when passing.

I know it won’t stop accidents. But it does make motorist culpable. Which you would hope leads to a little bit more thought and patience.

My heartfelt condolences to Cath's family.

Mark

Yet another sad, tragic; and most likely avoidable death.

Motorists generally are very impatient to get past cyclists or just don't pay enough attention. I hope the facts do come out with this tragic accident and the driver, if guilty, is dealt with in the appropriate manner. But I doubt it.

I echo Raphapimps thoughts that if motorists are more culpable that a little bit more thought and patience is shown by motorists if future, especially now my 15 year old son has now started cycling with me.

Thoughts and prayers to Catherine's family and friends.

This tragic accident will only give the anti cycling brigade more ammunition as they wont be happy till we are all on so called safer cycle paths. I hate to say it but we will never have a government who will take road safety seriously and curb the terrible driving we see everyday. The motorcar rules in this country and it wont change.

Condolences To Catherine's friends and family.

I probably get passed by 300 cars a day and most are ok. There are the odd foolish ones but that's representitive of society.

Lets allow the evidence to judge if there's anyone to blame; reactionary comments help no one!

This is such sad news, and my condolences go out to her family and friends. I am increasingly becoming less and less keen to race on D/Cs each time I have done so someone sees it OK to pass me within a couple of feet at 70+ mph.

I agree with some other comments, being car racist doesn't actually help the situation at all, and is inappropriate.

my thought and prayers are with everyone who knew her

Rest in Peace

Everyone at the Beacon RCC, the organisers of this club time trial, were clearly shocked and upset by the tragic event that unfolded. We cleary give our condolences to Cath's family, friends and to fellow members of the Solihull Cycling Club.

At this stage, the incident is subject to a Police inquiry and we are clearly eager to hear the outcome.

Another sad example of the lack of respect paid to cyclists on todays roads. Poor infrastructure and no thought to the cyclists was made when the roads were built in Britain, I wish it was more like the continent, I`m thinking of stopping road riding and buying a cyclo cross bike due to cases like this.

This is the second cyclist death on K33 this year during a Time Trial, and obviously must highlight the delicate balance between course selections for safety and speed, as well as the co-existence of the cyclist with the car, never going to be a happy union whether it be dual carriage way or country lane.

As a participant in this race, the road was dry and the traffic for this section was lighter. However when we ride at 25mph with our backs to vehicles passing at 60-70mph, the onus must be on car drivers to be extra vigilant, I will not comment further as Mr Whiteman correctly states there is a Police investigation. For all Time triallers and Bike club members this is another horrid tragedy which must be looked at in a larger general manner to examine how biking and bike racing can be made safer in this country. As we know every evening throughout the country in the season, there are over a 40 TTs going on on public roads, and despite our best efforts we are presently at the mercy of vehicle drivers to be aware of how to manage maneuvers behind, at the side and in front of cyclists. My sincere condolences to Cath's family, friends and local club riders.

Condolences To Catherine's friends and family

This is very sad news and my thoughts go out to the family. I hope her family will understand the joy Catherine will have had pursuing her passion.

We must put this in perspective and not let it create fear as is evidenced by some of the posts. Every Saturday afternoon during the football season a fan dies of a heart attack in the crowd of many large stadiums. We don't start worrying about how dangerous football stadiums are. Life is full of accidents and sadly life for all of us is so very short. Serious accidents and deaths happen in all sports and activities including off road cycling.

Every day both pedestrians and drivers are killed on our roads but we don't see each death itemised and listed and fear spread amongst our wider communities.

Life is dangerous and, yes, there are some dangerous people out there and terrible tragedies and accidents waiting but if we as cyclists focus on every death like this we will scare ourselfs shitless and never go out on the roads, never enjoy our passion.

These stories need to be put into perspective. How many people died of cardiac failure due to obesity that day? - the countries biggest killer. How many pedestrians died the same day? How many people died due to falls in their own home? The way these report are written elicits fear. Like many others I will be a little more nervous when I next go out on my bike.

However, we need to understand what the risks really are and, rightly as many mentioned, where dangerous driving of any kind occurs it needs to be take seriously and the driver prosecuted..

Once again my heart goes out to the family of Catherine.

I hope and wish her family find peace.

Sad news but...

As a comuter between Leamington and Coventry I only once in my whole over 3 years of daily commuting history used A46 to do it. Somebody was probably absolutelly out of mind and any imagination to organize TT on such a bussy road.

Do not want to say that drivers are the most innocent creatures on this world but organizing TT in such a place is like toying with people life.

Cheers!

I.

How sad):

I really think it is time that they bring back the public information ads on the telly, just to try get it into drivers heads to watch out for cyclists! (like the think twice bike ads) If more people are going to start cycling on the roads, the roads need to be a safer place and car users need to know to watch out for them and treat them with some respect.

After all, we are the greenest, planet friendly people, whether commuting, riding for fun or just trying to keep fit. We are also very vulnerable! so think cyclist!!

Brakeless: Irony. I was merely trying to clarify a slightly ambiguous comment by thesim1990, which I initially took the wrong way before reading subsequent posts. Please don't accuse me of having "rediculous prejudices" as I assure you I do not, I couldn't care less which kind of car was involved, it really doesn't matter - I was simply re-iterating that Audi drivers seem to have picked up a bad reputation, probably down to the actions of a few idiots who unfortunately own them. That's all.

Again, RIP Cathy - my condolences go out to your friends & family.

It would be interesting to compare the drivers mobile phone records in relation to the time of the accident. To many people still using mobiles whilst behind the wheel.

Unfortunately cases like this and that of a friend who ended up in a hedge because of a car that didnt stop at a junction. Mean that my road bike was sold recently because it wasnt getting any use. I now just use the mountain bike statistically its probably no safer but at least when I am offroad I am not worrying all the time that a car driven by someone on a phone will put me in a box.

RIP Cath

Tragic loss and my thoughts go out to her family and friends.

at the end of the day its a tragic loss of life.condolences to the family.

Condolences to Cath's family.

Why can't they cone off the road and put a big sign up with a bike on it, they do it for non existent road works everywhere else.

Another tragic loss when all the lady was doing was enjoying her sport on her free time. How can they claim they just don't see us, I made that accusation more than once to drivers but let's face it there's times when some drivers don't even see other cars buses and lorries!!

Having said that I've made eye contact with some of these people and basically they were racing me to the junction/ roundabout to save them giving way. Shocking

The only solution I feel is to place the responsibility solely at the driver but of course even then is there any one person who can say they've never made ANY mistakes on the road of some type? We are only human and it could dare I say it even be a cyclist that makes an error resulting in a major accident or death. We put ourselves on the road and must always be aware of the risk from honest mistakes and bloody minded fools.

If when I am driving a car people cut in front of you, dont give a damn if you crash into them when they invade your lane.

and say "screw you" "F... YOu" and that is me protected by 2 tons of steel, what can one expect when I ride my bicycle.

Many drivers dont care and this is one of them.

I have not read this thread but whilst I feel deeply saddened by this tragic accident I can't help thinking that the days of Time Trialling on duel carriageways should be outlawed. I have been involved in cycling sport for 30 years and these accidents are becoming more common. Cyclists are the innocent and blameless victims of modern traffic volumes. It just does not make sense to allow cyclists to be in the same vicinity as vehicles travelling at 70mph plus.

I 100% agree with the above comment.In my eyes it simply doesn't make sense to have cyclists near cars travelling at 70mph.I avoid these roads like the plague and so should every safety conscious cyclist.

Its shocking how ignorant Some drivers can be towards cyclists.

I agree about avoiding dual carriageways and have avoided local time trials which involve these roads as I just don't feel they are safe for cyclists when the traffic moves so fast. Ride safe