2010-09-01 rider down deptford bridge

I am always suspicious of Police telling another cyclist at the scene 'Oh yeah well the cyclist ran a red light' it feels like a knee-jerk 'I'm going to try to pressure this cyclist about red lights'...

Maybe she did. Seems to me if the police officer really knew that was the case it's unlikely they would disclose that to anyone not directly concerned.

Hope the cyclist lives to see another day and isn't permanently maimed by this.

And also this--I had to re-learn this recently when I reported a friend's account of the crash in Graham Road. My friend had heard it from police officers at the scene that the victim had died. In fact, she died much later in hospital. Had it been me at the scene, I wouldn't have reported it, but I did because it came at one remove. I knew it before and won't forget it again.