Death of a child

the comments on the page are good. some twat blames the kid and quickly 4 reasonable comments shoot him down...seems the Even Standard readers are even getting more clued on about cycling.

the other interesting thing is that the focus of the story is completely on the kid - nothing about the driver or the situation? was he going to fast? was it a shit junction? were there any cycle measures in the area? i agree with the comment -shabby reporting

True, which is nice. But we don't really know what happened, and it may not have been the driver's fault. And it sucks, b/c the driver has to live with knowing he killed a child. Even if he wasn't to blame for the accident, it still is quite a burden to carry, I'd imagine.

A lot of drivers don't pay attention or don't seem to know how to share the road with cyclists. But some do. And a lot of cyclists (especially kids) don't really follow the rules of the road. It's a bad combination.

I feel bad for his parents (and his uncle).