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remember last year on a 'sportive' I went past someone on a climb and he looked up at me and said in an annoyed voice 'wheres your helmet'. It didnt register what he said at first but when it sank in I realised I had just cycled past a cunt.
Just answer 'on my dick'
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Just got overtaken by an Openreach driver, I was signalling right and starting to move out, he overtook me. Annoying but not dangerous perhaps.
Should I report to Openreach?
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John Morland, father-of-two, aged 29
and another man Chris, father-of-fivehttp://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/purley-crash-victim-named-tilehurst-6710301
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Unfortunately the 'top comments' on articles these deaths are invariably victim blaming. One I read today was something along the lines of 'probably on his mobile phone, smoking a cigarette or listening to music'.
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Horrible news. I'm guessing it wasn't a closed road race?
I think it was, but the car was travelling in the other direction. Closed-road cycle events often allocate one side of the road to cars.
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Summary: girl walking home from stables, along a country road, hit from behind by a car, care required for life.
Insurers want to assign partial blame to the victim for not wearing hi-vis.
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=42927524-19e1-435c-bcb9-872e11ba857b
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/crime/teenage-schoolgirl-hit-by-motorist-seeks-high-court-damages-1-4074358 -
Well not universally. Quite a few helmet comments.
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Check this:
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/1676111-Was-involved-in-an-accident-this-morning
Really sickening and disgusting insight into police attitudes:
*I pulled out of a road, road was clear and as I crossed the junction heard a bang. Looked in the rear view mirror a d saw a bloke and his pushbike on the floor. So I stopped and got out to see if he was ok. His head was bleeding and the women who were there who were waiting to cross the road said I'd hit him. He went into the back end of my car. I genuinely did not see him. We called an ambulance because his head was bleeding. The ambulance arrived within minutes. I had to leave to take kids to school but said to ambulance paramedics that I'd be back. They said that's fine. Just as I pulled back up behind the ambulance my phone rang. It was the police. They said that I wasn't there and I said that I'd just pulled up at the back of the ambulance. They got out the police can and I went to meet them. The police woman got in my car and took details down and gave me a breath test. Which was clear.
**She took details and I said that I never saw him. And she said I'm not going to say you were at fault as both parties were negligent. She said tbh the old guy who was 77 shouldn't h e been riding his bike in this wind as its strong anyway. **
She said I may get a letter to attend a driver improvement course but she said she doubts I will get one. She took insurance details etc
**It shook me up but glad the police saw that it wasnt all my fault. The sun was bright which she put that down to not seeing him too.
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*The woman is more worried about her taking her kids to school than the well-being of an old man she has almost killed. And the police don't give a fuck either.
It says that she lives in East Yorkshire.
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Here's how many drivers think:
http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=76073
The driver emerges from the minor road and hits a cyclist, who happens to be a policeman, wearing hi-vis and with a light, who is riding along the main road:
He reckons
"it is hard to see cyclists in the dark"
"To me this is just an unfortunate accident where we were both unlucky."
noting
"Eventually after a few minutes we established that he was unhurt, his bike was undamaged, and my car had a scuff on the wing mirror. "
He adds
" It frustrates me that I would be automatically considered guilty because I didn't see the cyclist. As far as I am concerned, seeing cyclists in the dark is often difficult and the human eye (and brain) aren't perfect. Accidents can happen even if a driver takes the actions of an average competent driver, and it seems unfair to brand these people criminals. And I am unhappy with how the police have handled this case, even though they may not have contravened any regulations (maybe I'll complain)."
In other words if you as a driver run over a cyclist, then it's definitely not your fault, and if he complains he's a bent copper, and it's so fucking unfair that he has to do an awareness course to improve his shit driving, having knocked someone off who had right of way, and not even getting 3 points on his licence.
And obviously the fact that his wing mirror was scuffed (probably previously, but never mind) means that both parties were 'unlucky'.
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I don't think the angle at which they're filming Gareth helps him much.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-20578451
*A cyclist who was knocked off his bike in a collision in Bognor has died of his injuries.
The 23-year-old man collided with a silver VW Passat in Shripney Road, on Friday at 15:20 GMT.
He was taken to the neurological centre at Southampton General Hospital with serious head injuries, but died on Sunday morning.*
Not nice roads for cycling round there. RIP.
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Meanwhile in Africa..
the all-you-can-eat special on severed heads was going down a treat.
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Wow!
Was £199.99, now £99.99
If the bike doesn't fall apart under you and kill you, well the foam shooter gun certainly will!
Perfect gift for Christmas for any child.
There's even a matching Starfighter helmet, because nothing says you care like sending your kid out to play in the traffic on a Halfords bike with a gun AND a helmet as his weapons against the deadly tanks, sorry Range Rovers, roaming the streets.
Working brakes and correctly fitted fork not included. Not guaranteed to weigh less than your child. Always wear several helmets.
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In similar news:
Pic of similar bike:
Would stand out quite a bit outside yer average Manc Tesco I would have thought. Especially left unlocked.
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http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Second-cyclist-week-dies-collision/story-17349570-detail/story.html
A cyclist has died after a collision with a car in Cornwall. The rider, who has been named locally as Matt Collings, aged 36, suffered serious injuries after colliding with a vehicle near St Austell and died at the roadside. Police were called to the A391 at Menear Road, between the Menear Roundabout and St Austell Cricket Club, at 7.05am yesterday. Mr Collings, who was said to live locally and work at the Eden Project, is the second cyclist to suffer fatal injuries this week. On Sunday another cyclist, John Phillips, aged 50, died after a collision at St Mabyn, near Wadebridge.
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Someone was screaming at me yesterday. Me turning right to join main road from side road, he travelling along main road about 50cm from the kerb. I turn right into the main road as there's nothing else coming (except for matey), and enter the road towards the right of the lane, next to him, and he goes ape shit and starts shouting abuse about me pulling out on him.
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Need some emergency repairs done. Apparently theres chelsea cycles or cycleopedia both a mile away (bike has to be pushed). Any recommendations?
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It's a not stopping stoned crime.
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He needs proper storage. A rack or something.
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I reckon he was trying to sharpen it:
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Lolz
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/10045670.Newport_man_had_machete_taped_to_front_of_his_bike/
Seems like just the thing to deal with cars that pass too close.
Apparently he had it for cutting the grass (I don't know if this is of the wacky variety).
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Anyone tried these?
http://www.anvii.com/store/index.php
Rainbow the way to go I think
http://www.anvii.com/store/CoolStyle_wheel_AD/rainbow/index.php
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