Cyclist knocks over child ON THE PAVEMENT...
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She may will have been just out of the gates, but it was a split second thing.
Now, don't get me wrong, the cyclist was totally in the wrong but in m mind , he didn't callously mow down a child and then cycle off.
The poor girl came out of nowhere at speed, he was speeding (on the pavement ) and struck her,
He is totally in the wrong and should be royally b
ked and have the appropriate fines, but I don't think that he needs to be vilified and lose his job or company for being an idiot.
Now, don't get me wrong, the cyclist was totally in the wrong but in m mind , he didn't callously mow down a child and then cycle off.
The poor girl came out of nowhere at speed, he was speeding (on the pavement ) and struck her,
He is totally in the wrong and should be royally b
ked and have the appropriate fines, but I don't think that he needs to be vilified and lose his job or company for being an idiot.Issi said:
He is totally in the wrong and should be royally bked and have the appropriate fines, but I don't think that he needs to be vilified and lose his job or company for being an idiot.
Bloody cyclists, not even mastered the art of boasting about running someone over on twitter yet so we can be unanimous in calling for them to loose their job!ked and have the appropriate fines, but I don't think that he needs to be vilified and lose his job or company for being an idiot.And another...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-ea...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-ea...
Beeb said:
A jogger has been seriously injured in a collision with a bicycle in Livingston.
The 49-year-old man sustained a head injury following the incident at about 09:00 on the Loan Footpath, at its junction with Fergus Avenue.
He was taken to the Western General where his condition is now considered to be serious.
Police Scotland are trying to trace the cyclist, who did not swap details with the jogger at the time.
No doubt the lycra-clad brigade will blame the jogger The 49-year-old man sustained a head injury following the incident at about 09:00 on the Loan Footpath, at its junction with Fergus Avenue.
He was taken to the Western General where his condition is now considered to be serious.
Police Scotland are trying to trace the cyclist, who did not swap details with the jogger at the time.
Issi said:
She may will have been just out of the gates, but it was a split second thing.
Now, don't get me wrong, the cyclist was totally in the wrong but in m mind , he didn't callously mow down a child and then cycle off.
The poor girl came out of nowhere at speed, he was speeding (on the pavement ) and struck her,
He is totally in the wrong and should be royally bked and have the appropriate fines, but I don't think that he needs to be vilified and lose his job or company for being an idiot.
He knocked her down, swore at the parents, then rode off.Now, don't get me wrong, the cyclist was totally in the wrong but in m mind , he didn't callously mow down a child and then cycle off.
The poor girl came out of nowhere at speed, he was speeding (on the pavement ) and struck her,
He is totally in the wrong and should be royally b
ked and have the appropriate fines, but I don't think that he needs to be vilified and lose his job or company for being an idiot.You can hardly say the toddlers speed was a factor.if it was a car or motorbike doing the same how much blame would you put on the toddler?
Issi said:
Now, don't get me wrong, the cyclist was totally in the wrong but in m mind , he didn't callously mow down a child and then cycle off.
Correct. He mowed down the child and then callously cycled off. The mowing down was not callous, simply an act of the highest stupidity and recklessness. Only the cycling away from an injured child who had been through his chain was callous.
Cyclists - or as I call them, b
ds - are the most arrogant of road user. Worse even than horse women. 
Issi said:
If you watch the video clip, it appears that the little girl actually ran into the side of the bike. I'm not trying to defend the cyclist as he definitely shouldn't have been riding at that speed on a pavement, but it's clear that the little girl wasn't standing stock still on the pavement and the cyclist just ran into her.
I'm obviously misunderstanding the purposes of pavements... surely they are for walking/jogging on not for standing stock still on (you'd never get anywhere)Issi said:
The poor girl came out of nowhere at speed, he was speeding (on the pavement ) and struck her,
a 3 y/o came out of nowhere at speed??? Seriously dude? She ain't fecking Usain Bolt, she's a young kid.I do acknowledge that you've (correctly) assigned the blame in this case to the cyclist. My problem with this thread is that there is only one person responsible for the incident here and that is the 100% cyclist. All the other usual arguments (drivers are t
ts, cyclists are wkers) have no place here - it's irrelevant. irocfan said:
Issi said:
If you watch the video clip, it appears that the little girl actually ran into the side of the bike. I'm not trying to defend the cyclist as he definitely shouldn't have been riding at that speed on a pavement, but it's clear that the little girl wasn't standing stock still on the pavement and the cyclist just ran into her.
I'm obviously misunderstanding the purposes of pavements... surely they are for walking/jogging on not for standing stock still on (you'd never get anywhere)Issi said:
The poor girl came out of nowhere at speed, he was speeding (on the pavement ) and struck her,
a 3 y/o came out of nowhere at speed??? Seriously dude? She ain't fecking Usain Bolt, she's a young kid.I do acknowledge that you've (correctly) assigned the blame in this case to the cyclist. My problem with this thread is that there is only one person responsible for the incident here and that is the 100% cyclist. All the other usual arguments (drivers are t
ts, cyclists are wkers) have no place here - it's irrelevant. it always seems to degenerate like this...
a particular cyclist is a without a car in the equation - cyclists then rally round to point fingers at various drivers being s or point out why said cyclist isn't actually all bad (eg 3y/o hurls herself lemming like at a cyclist) because a cyclist has been insulted.
a particular driver is a without a cyclist in the equation - other drivers rally round and agree that yes said driver was, indeed, a (only likely without the depth or warmth) with no mention made of other road users being just as bad or worse.
strange
a particular cyclist is a
without a car in the equation - cyclists then rally round to point fingers at various drivers being s or point out why said cyclist isn't actually all bad (eg 3y/o hurls herself lemming like at a cyclist) because a cyclist has been insulted.a particular driver is a
without a cyclist in the equation - other drivers rally round and agree that yes said driver was, indeed, a (only likely without the depth or warmth) with no mention made of other road users being just as bad or worse.strange
irocfan said:
it always seems to degenerate like this...
a particular cyclist is a without a car in the equation - cyclists then rally round to point fingers at various drivers being s or point out why said cyclist isn't actually all bad (eg 3y/o hurls herself lemming like at a cyclist) because a cyclist has been insulted.
a particular driver is a without a cyclist in the equation - other drivers rally round and agree that yes said driver was, indeed, a (only likely without the depth or warmth) with no mention made of other road users being just as bad or worse.
strange
I couldn't be arsed to read another predictable thread, but.....a particular cyclist is a
without a car in the equation - cyclists then rally round to point fingers at various drivers being s or point out why said cyclist isn't actually all bad (eg 3y/o hurls herself lemming like at a cyclist) because a cyclist has been insulted.a particular driver is a
without a cyclist in the equation - other drivers rally round and agree that yes said driver was, indeed, a (only likely without the depth or warmth) with no mention made of other road users being just as bad or worse.strange
Has anyone blamed the parent yet, for allowing his child to be in the way of the cyclist?
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