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What a cunt (the cyclist that is).
since this is the London to Brighton cyclist, I urge you to go and check every cycling forum (like C+) and check their section on the London to Brighton ride, who know, maybe the idiot might says something like "a peds step out, almost got taken out by her, what an idiot", and there's your cyclist.
is the cyclist the only one or are they're cycling with more than 1 cyclists?
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What a cunt (the cyclist that is).
since this is the London to Brighton cyclist, I urge you to go and check every cycling forum (like C+) and check their section on the London to Brighton ride, who know, maybe the idiot might says something like "a peds step out, almost got taken out by her, what an idiot", and there's your cyclist.
is the cyclist the only one or are they're cycling with more than 1 cyclists?
thanks ed, that's really helpful i'll check them out over the next few days. i believe there must have been a peloton of riders, but will have to check.
she was crossing the road" a bit further down" from the lights and they "appeared from nowhere".I'm feeling for your friend with her broken leg and he should have stopped if he felt impact but story seems to have holes in it.Was she properly looking where she was walking?
obviously i wasn't there, but she was crossing the road (not at a ped crossing) because she saw a red light and stationary cars. i don't know how much attention she was paying to what was going on, but if you have no idea a bunch of cyclists are going to be coming from nowhere at very fast pace then you probably don't have the same time to react as you would in everyday traffic conditions. you will no-doubt find very competitive riders on this race only caring about their finish time, even though it's not really a race (or is it?)
yes the rider should have stopped.
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^^St James St in Brighton, probably.
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They should ban cycling altogether.
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she was crossing the road" a bit further down" from the lights and they "appeared from nowhere".I'm feeling for your friend with her broken leg and he should have stopped if he felt impact but story seems to have holes in it.Was she properly looking where she was walking?
The cyclists jumped a red light when he shouldn't, thus the accident regardless of whether she's looking properly or not.
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She says the police are taking it very seriously and are coming to see her on Tuesday. The organisers called Cycle Rides who organise on behalf on the BHF and are in charge of signage/railings, etc will wait to hear reports back and also contact her on Tuesday.
This is the spot where the incident occurred http://bit.ly/aAefif crossing over towards the dental surgery. The cyclists were coming from the left of the pic down the Old Steine.
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That's rough mate, I hope they find the person that did it and cycled away BUT:
"She said she was crossing the road a bit further down from the traffic lights"
^ This is the key here
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Ooops, I didn't read #6
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What a bad crash. I do hope the rider comes forward or is found, although the latter's obviously a bit difficult with 50,000-odd people doing it. That they didn't stop is terrible. It really isn't possible if you're on a bike not to notice that you may have just injured someone, let alone notice you've hit them.
Whether the pedestrian crossed at a designated crossing or not is completely immaterial, and blaming pedestrians is often bad form. There are obviously crashes that are primarily caused by pedestrians, but they are very few. Very generally it is the faster and more heavily-equipped road user who primarily causes crashes, for instance on account of their speed. Cyclists of course often get nervous about how to interact with pedestrians, but how to do that well can all be learned, e.g. through cycle training. It's not rocket science. Sail before steam.
I hope your friend recovers well!
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I feel for your friend and hope she gets better but what is she hoping to get from this? lost earnings? an apology? Maybe your friend was let down by the marshals who should have been keeping an eye on things, maybe your friend should have been paying more attention crossing the road?
Im not trying to be a cunt I just think it was an unfortunate accident.
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Hope your friend heals up soon, we drove through Clapham early yesterday morning and there were a lot of the BHF cyclists taking a lot of silly risks, around that area
on a rather sadder note
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10362762.stm
R.I.P.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10362762.stm
R.I.P.
Why does the report go on to talk about traffic delays? This happened in another Rider Down Fatality thread. Bad news. RIP.
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2010-06-20 - Ped Down, London to Brighton
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@econodog
My good friend in Brighton was hit by a RLJing London to Brighton cyclist today and now has a broken leg and will be in a cast for 6 weeks. They didn't stop.
She said she was crossing the road a bit further down from the traffic lights and the bottom of St James St. All the traffic had stopped and she crossed, and all the bikes appeared from nowhere.
She was to late to stop as they were going so fast, so launched herself towards the pavement and one of them hit her in the leg.
There were a couple of witnesses who saw what happpened and came to her first aid but she was in too much pain to think about getting peoples details etc. She was on the pavement for an hour and no police came only St John's Ambulance medics.
Any idea what she might able to do besides contact the British Heard Foundation who are the organisers, and the police?
A real shame as it doesn't reflect well on cyclists...