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miro_o
why is it a bad precedent?
Spectator has cost him a chance to ride in the biggest race of his career? Lost earnings from this race and the others he'll miss because of it may be substantial.
Where there's blame, there's a claim.
And the video evidence pretty clearly shows there's blame in this incidence.
Do you remember that incident where a cyclist was sued by the woman on the phone who he ran into? If pedestrian can sue cyclist, why can't cyclist sue spectator?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jun/18/woman-knocked-down-while-on-phone-wins-payout-from-cyclist