Dowling had been wearing a fluorescent yellow jacket and helmet and his bike had multiple front and rear lights.
…several motorists who had previously given evidence said they overtook safely and without incident.
…who had taken overtaken Dowling earlier the same morning, said he had only spotted the cyclist when he was ‘two to three metres away’ and had to manoeuvre around him at the last moment.
Asked whether he had been distracted…, O’Shea replied: “No, the fact was he was not very well lit up on a very dark road and wasn’t there to be seen.”
The first bit seems to be the cyclists situation, the second the average motorist, the third the close pass, and the last somewhat unfortunate.