Pavement cyclist in hit and run
On 21/11/2015 13:27, David Lang wrote:
On 21/11/2015 10:20, John Smith wrote:
Mrcheerful wrote:
Judith Owen, 59, was coming out of Mr Chips in Rosliston Road, Burton,
when a man cycling on the pavement without lights on his bike collided
with her.
'A total of 1,043 pedestrians — around 20 a week — and 896 cyclists
plus motorcyclists and others were victims of motorists who drove
off
from accidents without stopping in 2013.
There were 4,154 people injured on London’s roads in hit-and-runs in
2013, compared to 3,876 the previous year...'
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/eighty-hit-and-runs-each-week-on-londons-lawless-roads-9830590.html
'The Government has faced calls to clamp down on the growing
number of
illegal motorists as an alarming rise in the number of hit-and-run
deaths was revealed.
In 2004, 145 people were killed in 23,714 hit-and-run incidents.
There
were 119 deaths in 18,357 such crashes in 1997 when Labour came to
power. This is a 22 per cent increase in deaths and a 30 per cent
rise
in the number of hit-and-run crashes...'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1515864/145-hit-and-run-deaths-prompt-calls-for-action-against-illegal-drivers.html
Which doesn't address the problem of dangerous cyclists.
and this is a cycling group
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