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Just thought I'd post this here, I ride with them very now and again, and I think a few people from here ride out that way, a few things to take on board, ID at all times being one of them!
Fair play to the CPR guy.
http://www.kingstonwheelers.co.uk/kwccforum/viewto...
Fair play to the CPR guy.
http://www.kingstonwheelers.co.uk/kwccforum/viewto...
witness said:
"Spoke to the driver who said they were racing down 3 or 4 abreast and the guy who hit his car was well over onto the other side of the road, there was nothing the driver could have done to avoid him, he said to me."
I live on Box Hill and see this all the time.The scratches on the left-hand side of my car will attest to the number of times I've had to dive for the hedge to avoid crazy downhillers on the Zig Zag (often three abreast) coming straight at me.
Yet no doubt it would be my fault (since 2 wheels good; 4 wheels bad) if I were unable to get out of the way in time and hit one.
t
ts.Cyclists should a. be more considerate; b. have some regard for their own safety.
okgo said:
ID at all times being one of them!
I use one of these: http://www.icetags.co.uk/ to appease the OH's worries when I'm out running.Mobile Chicane said:
witness said:
"Spoke to the driver who said they were racing down 3 or 4 abreast and the guy who hit his car was well over onto the other side of the road, there was nothing the driver could have done to avoid him, he said to me."
I live on Box Hill and see this all the time.The scratches on the left-hand side of my car will attest to the number of times I've had to dive for the hedge to avoid crazy downhillers on the Zig Zag (often three abreast) coming straight at me.
Yet no doubt it would be my fault (since 2 wheels good; 4 wheels bad) if I were unable to get out of the way in time and hit one.
t
ts.Cyclists should a. be more considerate; b. have some regard for their own safety.
I took part in the Caledonia Etape on Sunday and was minutes behind a nasty incident probably 50 miles in.
Again I didn’t see what happened on the Etape or know the cause on the linked incident but for me reiterates the dangers we sometimes put ourselves at in not thinking what a 35 mph fall may do to us and also the need to go on a CPR course as I truly wouldn’t have known what to do if I was by myself.
Again I didn’t see what happened on the Etape or know the cause on the linked incident but for me reiterates the dangers we sometimes put ourselves at in not thinking what a 35 mph fall may do to us and also the need to go on a CPR course as I truly wouldn’t have known what to do if I was by myself.
I hope the cyclist makes a full recovery, it's never good when this happens.
I always try to ride conservatively, but you can never predict everything.
When you're on a bike, only pedestrians are lower in the food chain. If you're involved in a collision with anything else, the cyclist will invariably lose, regardless of who is at fault.
(I'm not assuming anything about the mentioned accident.)
The cyclist may have the physical injuries, but the car driver has will undoubtedly have thoughts like "If only I had remembered to clean my teeth this morning, I wouldn't have been on the road then" for a long time.
I always try to ride conservatively, but you can never predict everything.
When you're on a bike, only pedestrians are lower in the food chain. If you're involved in a collision with anything else, the cyclist will invariably lose, regardless of who is at fault.
(I'm not assuming anything about the mentioned accident.)
The cyclist may have the physical injuries, but the car driver has will undoubtedly have thoughts like "If only I had remembered to clean my teeth this morning, I wouldn't have been on the road then" for a long time.
Mobile Chicane said:
Cyclists should a. be more considerate; b. have some regard for their own safety.
Too right!They're all t
ts! ALL of them. Every single person that cycles is exactly the same. FFS OMFG! etcWhy do you keep coming on cycling threads and moan about people riding bikes? It's a bit creepy really. Do you go into other forums on PHs and b
h about their hobbies/sports/pastimes too?Edited by el stovey on Wednesday 18th May 11:09
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