Originally Posted by
dynodonn
Here's a comment I read on the news article:
"The Tanker was traveling across the double solid lines in the legal path of travel of the bicylist when the rider of the bike was struck from the position ahead - frontended against the rule of the road....."
Looks like the truck driver wouldn't have seen the rear taillight at all, since it sounds like the truck driver crossed the double yellow line and hit the cyclist head on.
Since the truck driver obviously couldn't see the tail light of the cyclist, I wonder how bright the cyclist's headlight was. I say that because, while my headlight has a halogen bulb in it, the problem is the size of the headlight. Unless someone looks at it directly, I don't think it is very good.