Incident type: Obstacle

Coward St in Botany Sydney NSW is bad enough as a narrow, painted bike lane with poor surface and major dooring potential but then the lane suddenly is interrupted for a crossing hence pushing cyclists into traffic, particularly dangerous with impatient bus drivers …

Pickup truck stopped behind cyclists at the intersection and traffic light of Chiquita and Pine Island (heading north on Chitquita). When light turns green truck speeds past cyclists dumping a large box of roofing nails out of the truck bed across the road puncturing bike and car tires

For whatever reason, this stretch of the road has a substantial amount of standing water each morning. It is usually gone by the daylight hours. Regardless, it is not a problem for vehicles, but riding a bike through this could prove problematic. Thankfully, it was early enough that the traffic had not picked up yet, and I could go into the opposing lane to pass this area.