{"id":682534,"date":"2026-01-08T16:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/682534\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:01:12","slug":"gary-mcmahon-inquest-cyclist-died-in-a-driver-blind-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/682534\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary McMahon inquest: Cyclist died in a driver &#8216;blind spot&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A so-called ghost bike has been left at the scene of the collision on Clifton Street. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There are three such bikes in Belfast, marking where cyclists have died in recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The so-called ghost bike was created by cyclist John Wright, who attended the inquest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Afterwards he said he hoped it would be the last death of a cyclist in Belfast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The whole incident should be a learning experience for everyone including the Department for Infrastructure,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It (cycling) is the most efficient form of transport. It should be a critical part of our roads culture and our roads planning that cyclists should have some form of priority on the roads.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Also at the inquest was Anne Madden from the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, previously known as Sustrans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She sent her sympathy to family of Mr McMahon and called for urgent action to be taken at Clifton Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not safe for people walking or cycling,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Department for Infrastructure has been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A so-called ghost bike has been left at the scene of the collision on Clifton Street. There are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":682535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-682534","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-northern-ireland","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115860320072804621","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}