The inquest into Ms Meyer's death this week heard that the young University of Queensland student was waiting in front of a truck to make a right turn at the notorious intersection when the crash occurred. The truck that hit and killed 22-year-old Danish cyclist Rebekka Meyer in September, 2014. Credit:Tony Moore Traumatised truck driver Jody Jeffrey testified he did not see her and a forensic police probe into the crash found all conventional cabin trucks, those that have protruding bonnets, such as that Mr Jeffrey was driving, have a seven metre blind spot. Mr Wilson said during the course of his testimony at the inquest he found the figure astounding, as did fellow cycling advocate and fellow veteran cyclist Paul French, of the CBD Bicycle Users Group. Both said knowledge of the extent of a truck's blind spot was severely limited, if not non existent, among cyclists.

"It's a wake-up call for us all, we all have something to learn and we need to educate bike riders better but we don't just want to educate them about a blind spot," he said. Rebekka Meyer was killed at a notorious South Brisbane intersection in 2014. Credit:Nine News "Trucks are not designed for this massive inner city growth." Earlier this year, Kerri Karayan, whose triathlete husband Les was killed by a truck a year earlier than Ms Meyer, about two kilometres away, called for trucks to be banned from congested inner city roads. Les Karayan Credit:Facebook

Mrs Karayan said though dedicated peak hour cycling lanes had been introduced in Annerley Road in a bid to protect cyclists they would not have saved her husband's life. "I would like to see heavy road vehicles diverted away from that area, it's just not the place for them," Mrs Karayan said. Mikala Liemannand Tania Lousdal Jensen, mother and sister of 22-year-old Danish student Rebekka Meyer, who was killed while cycling in Brisbane. Credit:Michelle Smith "The cycle lane has been introduced and that's great but that wouldn't have helped Les. "It may help other people but there is a lot more to be done.

Les Karayan's wife Kerri and children Sabine, 10, and Alessandro, 13, stand in front of the commemorative mural that depicts their dad. Credit:Michelle Smith "We know who is going to come off second best between trucks and cyclists. "We need trucks to move things around but that particular road and that spot, especially up the top end near the hospitals, it's just not the place for them." Rebekka Meyer's ghost bike at South Brisbane. Credit:Tony Moore Outside court at the conclusion of the inquest into Ms Meyer's death on Friday, her sister Tania Jensen said she hoped changes to conventional cabin trucks using inner city streets would result, as, had the truck that killed her sister been a cab-over, the driver might have seen her and she might still be alive.

Mr Wilson acknowledged the critical need for heavy vehicles in the thriving inner city development market but said the time had come for a thorough examination of how their movement around the city could be better managed. Bicycle Queensland chief executive Ben Wilson. "Regulations for trucks are slack and the allowance of both large trucks with limited vision on inner suburban streets plus a lack of designated safe routes to get them to their dumping stations has contributed to this tragedy," he said of Ms Meyer's death.



"The conditions placed on developments should ensure that safety of contractors is part of permit applications – and safe routes are selected for supply and waste routes, even if they add some minutes to the trip." After dismissing calls for changes to truck use of the inner city in the days after Ms Meyer's death and again after Mrs Karayan called for them to be banned earlier this year, Brisbane City Council said, via spokesperson, it would await the recommendations of the inquest to determine if it would act. "Council will await the outcome of the coroner's enquiry and discuss any findings with key road user groups," the spokesperson said.

Including Mr Karayan and Ms Meyer, four cyclists have been killed by trucks on Brisbane roads in the past two years. Shortly after Mr Karayan's death, Carindale mother-of-two and avid cyclist Michelle Smeaton, 31, died on her evening commute home, in another freak accident with a truck. In March 2014 a 21-year-old female cyclist was also killed by a B-double while on a training ride with a group in Brisbane's east. In the immediate aftermath of Ms Meyer's death, cycling advocates have called for heavy vehicle use in the inner city to be investigated. Mr French labelled them "wheels of mass destruction" for cyclists while calling for them to be banned from congested roads.