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Forum: Cycling Topic: Number of cyclists in court for ignoring road signs doubles. |
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Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2016 15:51
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| Never going to happen. His claims of course are complete and utter bunkum and he couldn't back them up. http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/cyclists-pose-more-dangers-than-motorists-claims-transport-minister/018723 Never wise to say 'Never'. Lord Ahmed : http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld2015... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: Number of cyclists in court for ignoring road signs doubles. |
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Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 18:55
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Forum: Cycling Topic: Helmet cam footage shows Whitechapel cyclist push |
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 08:55
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CJG wrote: that the helmet cam road warriors are now giving the decent cyclists a bad name.
More prejudice sadly.
Why should one idiot on a bike mean other cyclists are tarred with the same brush? |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: HC RULE 67 |
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 09:38
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| OK so as both I and the article suggest, we DO need a specific offence then I'm not so sure as I'm not sure I agree with the jury's decision. It's no good having a "points" offence because it might not be the driver that does it. It's all very well saying the driver is responsible for wha... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: HC RULE 67 |
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 09:34
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| That's a good sentiment - but one that's incompatible with a desire to automatically presume fault on the part of one group or road users (or "humans") when involved in an accident with another group of road users, is it not? I support this strongly, and I drive. http://www.roadpeace.org/... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: HC RULE 67 |
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 07:56
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Mole wrote: So if it's as clear-cut as you're making out, why couldn't they find anything to charge him for?
Had they charged him with endangering a road user I think the maximum penalty is a £1000.00 fine.
The CPS charged him with manslaughter and the jury decided no. |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: HC RULE 67 |
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 16:20
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| If you were doing 15-20 in those conditions on a pushbike, so close to parked cars from between which a kid could run out (or indeed, a door get opened), I'd say you were traveling at an "inappropriate speed for the conditions". Yes, I wouldn't do it, or if I had to cycle in the lane I'd ... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: HC RULE 67 |
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 16:16
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| I and a lot of other motorists Have you never ridden a bike? If you have, you're a motorist and a cyclist, just like me. In fact, you're a human being just like me. Let's leave it at that shall we and not try and further divide us to create conflict, which you appear to be trying to do. There is no... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: HC RULE 67 |
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 16:07
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| It's a fair point. He WASN'T driving. OK, he was the drivER and HAD BEEN driving, but wasn't at the time of the offence. Even if that one COULD have been argued, what about the case of a 4 door car where a rear seat passenger opens the offside rear door? (And they wouldn't even have a mirror to loo... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: HC RULE 67 |
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 18:04
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| Opening a car door without checking that it is safe to do so s.42 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 makes it an offence to open “any door of a vehicle on a road so as to injure or endanger any person.”, so not quite about just checking it's safe to do so, even if you check you cause an offence if you op... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: HC RULE 67 |
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 22:23
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| Oh get real! Much as I sympathise with the cyclists worries, how likely is it that a driver is going to open his door in those circumstances? Unlikely, but it only takes one. Certainly if you were riding at 15-20mph I wouldn't recommend travelling in that cycle lane, but even a low speed collision,... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: HC RULE 67 |
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 21:19
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| For instance ride in this bike lane, get doored. Ride outside it get passed close, beeped at, swore at for not being in the cycle lane. Your choice! http://www.executivestyle.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/i/n/1/n/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.13hysn.png/1428456608677.jpg |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: HC RULE 67 |
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 21:15
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| The cyclist rode to close to the vehicle, but that's not illegal. The driver opened his door into the path of a road user. Very illegal, and a strict liability offence (i.e. no excuses like I looked but didn't see). The cab driver should have hung back a bit, but did a good job in the end. Cyclists ... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: Cyclist shoved into bushes by motorist |
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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 20:25
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We've seen for years and years that prejudice and hatred expressed against a group of people (normally a minority) leads to this sort of thing happening.
And some people wonder why some people that cycle will challenge such anti-cyclist/cycling prejudice when they see it. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Cyclist films woman driver eating while driving |
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 21:17
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| BUT in the ideal world of the blinkered cyclist, kettles do not exist. Pots might, to be sited on a wall and ( like mushrooms ) have stacks of manure thrown on them . What laws do you break when you drive botach? Another answer with a question. Go back to school, weepy- that's an age old sales tech... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Cyclist films woman driver eating while driving |
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 20:58
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botach wrote: BUT in the ideal world of the blinkered cyclist, kettles do not exist. Pots might, to be sited on a wall and ( like mushrooms ) have stacks of manure thrown on them .
What laws do you break when you drive botach? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Cyclist films woman driver eating while driving |
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 20:32
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| I merely expressed amusement that one of a group of road users (also with a less-than-perfect reputation when it comes to compliance), should choose to draw it to the world's attention! It's the old "post-and-kettles" thing that I'm sure you'll be familiar with. Which group of road users ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Cyclist films woman driver eating while driving |
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 10:02
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| that it was a Woman, not a robot or something from Pluto etc( or a CCTV CAMERA) that used at least one hand to hold the recording device that recorded these images, BE IT ON/IN A CYCLE OR CARRIAGE. But then ,perhaps the good lady filmed this when turning ( left/right- apply as applicable) ,and took... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Cyclist films woman driver eating while driving |
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 09:51
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| Your prejudice is blinding you I'm afraid, and law breaking motorists are much more of a danger to us all than law breaking cyclists. Two-Thirds of US Drivers Break the Law Behind the Wheel - A fifth do it on a daily basis. http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2014/09/two-thirds-of-us-drivers-break-the-l... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Cyclist films woman driver eating while driving |
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 21:21
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| There is a certain delicious irony in stories about a cyclist having a good wallow in a bath of self-righteous outrage at the sight of some other road user breaking a rule... :roll: Why? Do you think the cyclist that took the video is a lawbreaker too? I said "a" cyclist, not "that&q... |
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