Here is a truck/bicycle accident in China with video.
http://www.bikeforums.net/advocacy-s...ing-video.html
Possibly similar to the Chicago accident.
The big problem with trucks is how far the rear wheels travel outside of the front turning radius. So of someone gets knocked over by the front of the truck, the get swallowed up by the very deadly rear.
More visible turn signals on trucks (and all vehicles) would help some.
It was also suggested in the thread above that one could add skirts to the trucks, so that it may be able to push bicycles and pedestrians away from the side of the truck, rather than letting them get run over by the rear wheels. At least such devices need more testing.