What annoys you about cycling.

What annoys you about cycling.

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Dammit

3,790 posts

208 months

Friday 19th December 2014
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The thing that most annoys me about cycling is absolutely nothing being done when motorists kill cyclists: http://thecyclingsilk.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/inque...

Fastpedeller

3,872 posts

146 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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Dammit said:
The thing that most annoys me about cycling is absolutely nothing being done when motorists kill cyclists: http://thecyclingsilk.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/inque...
Absolutely in agreement with you.
This reminds me of the Rhyl Cycling Club tragedy a few years a go - yet another travesty of justice. Really not acceptable.

okgo

38,029 posts

198 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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Dammit said:
The thing that most annoys me about cycling is absolutely nothing being done when motorists kill cyclists: http://thecyclingsilk.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/inque...
Terrible.

Captain Ahab

184 posts

234 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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I drive a coach and I have idiots trying to beat me as I'm turning left at a junction on a daily basis.

This guy was very lucky..

http://news.sky.com/story/1395337/great-escape-as-...

How can the truck driver be to blame?? .maybe the not stopping afterwards.

Dammit

3,790 posts

208 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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You must have read the bit where it said "not only did he fail to spot the rider", but also you can see he hit him with his lorry.

Is this a trick question?

Fastpedeller

3,872 posts

146 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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Captain Ahab said:
I drive a coach and I have idiots trying to beat me as I'm turning left at a junction on a daily basis.

This guy was very lucky..

http://news.sky.com/story/1395337/great-escape-as-...

How can the truck driver be to blame?? .maybe the not stopping afterwards.
And China as well - Probably some (over zealous?) justice to the truck driver - he'll probably be jailed for 10 years! ISTR the heads of the company behind the chinese poisoned baby milk getting the death sentence!

Watchman

6,391 posts

245 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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I watched that somewhat impartially - being a driver and a cyclist. Remember the driver is on the left hand side of the truck cab. The truck seemed to me to describe a constant radius circle, whereas the cyclist seemed oblivious to the truck, and cut across the path of the truck.

In this circumstance, I blame the cyclist but I'm glad he escaped seemingly unhurt.

ecs

1,228 posts

170 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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That looks like an attempt to win a Darwin Award!