On 20/12/2018 20:16, wrote:

The cyclist was not blamed for the girl's injuries.

QUOTE:
"She said: "A lot of corners around the road are blind corners. *****Parking on the road obscures the view***** (EMPHASIS MINE), especially at school pick-up time.

In that case, all road-users are supposed to slow to a speed from which
they can *stop* *within* *the* *distance* *they* *can* *see* *to* *be*
*clear*. [emphasis mine]

That includes, and certainly does not exclude, cyclists.

No-one - not even a cyclist - has any sort of legal right to proceed any
faster than that and needing an excuse ("it was a blind corner")
indicates fault, not lack of blame.

Oddly enough, I have never rounded a corner or bend so fast that I could
not stop if my way happened to be obstructed, whether by a pedestrian or
anything else. But that cyclist has.

"Jessica was just standing with a group of kids and I think what she did was just step forward (into the road).

"It was horrible and there was a lot of children who witnessed it. I think some of them have been really upset by it.

"I know there's a lot of parents at the school who have been concerned about the situation.

"Something's got to give because ***** if it had been a car I dread to think what would have happened*****."(EMPHASIS MINE)

But it wasn't a car driver who came around that bend too fast to stop,
was it?

it was a *cyclist*. [emphasis mine]

The issue was brought up at a full council meeting on Wednesday, by Ossett ward councillor Lynn Masterman, who asked for the local authority to "intervene".

She said: "In the past we've requested a crossing for Church Street, near Holy Trinity.

"Unfortunately a few weeks ago, a little girl was knocked over by a cyclist. She had really bad facial injuries.

"If it had been a car she could have been killed." APPLAUSE
ENDS

There's no point in putting a crossing near a blind bend if cyclists are
still going to hurtle round it too fast to be able to stop in time. Not
even if they were prepared to respect the rights of pedestrians when
they could actually see them (and as we all know, that's not something
which can be guaranteed).

She will be more careful in the future and will learn from the experience, hopefully.

It wasn't her fault.

As described (and taking into account the proffered excuse), it was the
cyclist's fault.

https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/n...hool-1-9503747

Was the girl who suffered really bad facial injuries struck by a car or
by a bicycle?