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Old June 30th 20, 02:47 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default 'Mr Loophole' lawyer is back with another anti-cycling rant

On 30/06/2020 10:52, Simon Mason wrote:

Mr A-hole is at it again.
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Nick Freeman - nicknamed 'Mr Loophole' for his history of getting clients such as David Beckham and Jeremy Clarkson off the hook for motoring offences - is once again trotting out his calls for cyclists to wear high-vis jackets "stamped with a registration number" and hold compulsory insurance, this time in a magazine about rural life in Cheshire. It's safe to say it didn't go down very well on social media.

In the article, Nutsford resident Freeman claims he was out on a walk with a friend's young son, when the boy was almost hit by a cyclist. He says this "was no isolated incident", and suggests that his high-vis registration tabard and insurance idea would solve the problem so cyclists can be identified (because of course, 100% of drivers are licenced and insured (link is external), Mr Freeman). His tweet describing cyclists as doing "top speed" has also caused confusion, and Freeman is yet to clarify his comments. Cheshire Life are yet to comment and have today shared the article again, saying that it "caused quite the stir over the weekend."

Over the years, Freeman has made repeated claims for cyclists and pedestrians to wear high-vis, while continuing to defend law-breaking and even killer motorists. In 2014, Freeman argued that his client Simon Martins - who ran over and killed rabbi Hyman Steinberg in Salford back in 2012 - may have avoided the collision if Mr Steinberg was wearing reflective clothing. He's also said that cyclists should be forced to use designated cycle lanes, and in 2015 urged motorists to "fight back" against cyclists using headcams to film dangerous driving.

https://road.cc/content/news/cycling...ne-2020-274983


The writer is quite right on this point: "...100% of drivers are
licenced". That is a tautology.

Anyone who hasn't got a licence to drive is just a *cyclist*.

And where is this "Nutsford" place?

Is it anywhere near Knutsford in Cheshire?

Or is it just another example of the ignorance and lack of basic
literary competence on the part of contributors to road.cc?
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