Forum: UK
August 30th 07, 01:15 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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More leniency on motorists
David Hansen wrote:
The maximum for this crime was put up to ten years some time ago. I
have a vague impression that it has been raised again BICBW.
details...
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Forum: UK
August 30th 07, 11:06 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 45
Views: 1,000
More leniency on motorists
cupra wrote:
Tom Crispin wrote:
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:00:06 +0100, " cupra"
wrote:
I'm also in favour of driving licence bans for crimes and
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Forum: UK
August 26th 07, 04:54 PM Posted to uk.transport,uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 1,086
Views: 18,800
Criminals on TV
ŽiŠardo wrote:
Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:41:56 +0100, Conor
said in :
Have you ever looked at...
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Forum: UK
August 24th 07, 02:50 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 15
Views: 964
Where are those statistics?
Mark T wrote:
I
believe the per hour data swaps the two around.
Per hour: the average cyclist risk is about 2.3 times the average pedestrian
risk
pk
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Forum: UK
August 23rd 07, 05:17 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,172
A case for pedestrian helmets?
Ace wrote:
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:40:24 +0100, "p.k."
wrote:
Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
What physical measure do you suggest?
in many of the villages...
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Forum: UK
August 23rd 07, 04:42 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,172
A case for pedestrian helmets?
David Hansen wrote:
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:46:49 +0100 someone who may be Paul Boyd
usenet.is.worse@plusnet wrote this:-
From the BBC website:
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Forum: UK
August 23rd 07, 04:40 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,172
A case for pedestrian helmets?
Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
What physical measure do you suggest?
in many of the villages we drove through in France a few weeks ago, there
was:
# decorative planting by the roadside
# a...
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Forum: UK
August 23rd 07, 04:30 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 33
Views: 749
Should have used a car!
Matt B" "matt.bourke wrote:
Was he impartial? Can you give us more details - a news report
perhaps. Was a sausage involved?
no but the car was an old banger
er, I'll get mi coat!
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Forum: UK
August 20th 07, 04:02 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 21
Views: 527
c2c
wrote:
Thanks for the reassurance, but I still feel a bit worried. It's a
blow out from overheating that bothers me - really don't fancy that
happening on the front...
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Forum: UK
July 25th 07, 03:17 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 31
Views: 588
Another wire at neck height
Ace wrote:
Are you trying to argue that stretching a wire at neck-height across a
cyclepath could _not_ be deemed as intention to do serious harm?
Deeming is not the name of the game - the game...
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Forum: UK
July 25th 07, 12:31 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 31
Views: 588
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Forum: UK
July 25th 07, 11:44 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 31
Views: 588
Another wire at neck height
Simon Brooke wrote:
in message , Nigel
') wrote:
Beacause it's harder to prove. if the charge is GBH then the harm...
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Forum: UK
July 25th 07, 08:39 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 31
Views: 588
Another wire at neck height
Ace wrote:
murder.
If I intend to cause someone GBH and kill them, it is murder. If I
only succeed in GBH it is GBH not murder!
But why not attempted murder? Still seems to me that it...
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Forum: UK
July 25th 07, 12:10 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 31
Views: 588
Another wire at neck height
Martin Dann wrote:
p.k. wrote:
Simon Brooke wrote:
I think that's right. It's reckless behaviour which might reasonably
be expected to kill. If it did kill it would be murder. So if...
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Forum: UK
July 24th 07, 10:44 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 31
Views: 588
Another wire at neck height
Simon Brooke wrote:
I think that's right. It's reckless behaviour which might reasonably
be expected to kill. If it did kill it would be murder. So if it
doesn't, attempted murder looks like...
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Forum: UK
July 24th 07, 10:10 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,160
Rim Failure
wrote:
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Didn't cause a problem with a back wheel, I find the prospect of the
same thing happening with a front wheel rather scary.
Back wheel would be eqaully scary...
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Forum: UK
July 24th 07, 08:31 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,160
Rim Failure
Noel wrote:
It all looked rather weird so I yanked the wheel backwards to free it
and get a better look but when I did that the top half of the rim
itself started peeling and curling away! I...
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Forum: UK
July 19th 07, 01:47 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 49
Views: 1,292
How dangerous are rabbits?
Marc Brett wrote:
Richond Park has a perticularly wonderful downhill bordered by
rabbit-infested bracken on either side. When our daughter was
bike-seat-sized, I whizzed down it, and of course...
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Forum: UK
July 17th 07, 06:18 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 21
Views: 742
Solicitors - recommendations appreciated
David Lloyd wrote:
Came off my bike on Thursday evening, on a quiet country lane which
had judt been resurfaced by a loose coating off small gravel
chippings applied to thin liquid asphalt. A...
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Forum: UK
July 5th 07, 08:32 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 184
Views: 3,386
What would it take for the Police take action.
Trevor A Panther wrote:
I am not a rabid anti motorist -- after all I drive a car ( less and
less every year) but it is not just the dangerous driver but the
thoughtless, "I didn't see you"...
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Forum: UK
July 1st 07, 05:02 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 97
Views: 1,815
Rhyl verdict out
p.k. wrote:
Simon Brooke wrote:
in message , p.k.
') wrote:
JNugent wrote:
I have to admit to some surprise that...
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Forum: UK
July 1st 07, 04:53 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 97
Views: 1,815
Rhyl verdict out
Simon Brooke wrote:
in message , p.k.
') wrote:
JNugent wrote:
I have to admit to some surprise that the experts...
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Forum: UK
July 1st 07, 12:58 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 97
Views: 1,815
Rhyl verdict out
JNugent wrote:
I have to admit to some surprise that the experts concluded what they
did conclude - because it's instinctively counter-intuitive and I
claim no expertise in the detail of such...
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Forum: UK
July 1st 07, 12:03 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 97
Views: 1,815
Rhyl verdict out
Simon Brooke wrote:
Exactly. Three bald tyres.
The fact that others has skidded at the same position on the same day
would seem to suggest that the *any* test would fail.
How many of...
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Forum: UK
July 1st 07, 01:40 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 97
Views: 1,815
Rhyl verdict out
Simon Brooke wrote:
Not at all. Manslaughter does not require any intention, merely gross
negligence. This case was gross negligence.
From the CPS web site:
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GROSS NEGLIGENCE...
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