On 07/06/2018 17:27, MrCheerful wrote:
On 07/06/2018 15:28, Kerr-Mudd,John wrote:
On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 20:01:16 GMT, JNugent
wrote:

On 06/06/2018 15:59, Simon Jester wrote:

On Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 10:26:59 PM UTC+1, MrCheerful wrote:

"Just after 1pm, a report was received that a man on a push bike had
knocked a child pedestrian to the ground.
"A woman who witnessed the incident in her car asked the cyclist to
stop however, it is alleged the cyclist assaulted the lady before
leaving." Inspector Ian Jones said: “This was a particularly
heartless incident involving a young boy and for the offender to
knock him over and not check to see if the child was hurt is
shocking. “For the offender to then assault a member of the public
who was trying to help is completely unacceptable.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news...-knocks-over-c
hild-attacks-14748468

I think this more about the location rather than the mode of
transport. This is standard behaviour for 'people' from Liverpool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCbfMkh940Q

Nonense.

It was typical behaviour for male cyclists in all parts of the Kingdom
(particularly, though not exclusively, towards women). In this NG, we
see many reports af male cyclists behaving insultingly, aggressively
and even violently towards females, irrespective of the transport mode
of the females, though lone females in cars (whether or not
accompanied by children) seem to feature disproportionately as the
victims.

I will agree that I would expect more of it in north Liverpool than in
the the more salubrious and civilised south end of the conurbation.
Most cities exhibit some analogous geographical variance.


Well done; no unseemly hating of groups of people just because of where
they live. Just prejudice based on mode of transport!


no, it is prejudice based on the behaviour of users of said mode of
transport.
If the majority of the users were sensible, law abiding and behaved with
normal manners and sensibilities then no-one would have any problem with
them.

True, dat.

And within easy living memory, before adult cyclists became divided into
class warriors on the one hand and chavs on the other, I'd say that
cyclists were generally well-liked.

Cyclists, that is, like the insurance man who called each week to
collect the premiums from my grandmother, dressed summer and winter in a
gaberdine mac and a trilby, with the all-important cycle-clips
preventing his trouser legs from getting caught in the chain and
crank-wheel and worn when on the bike or inside the houses of his customers.

A nice man (though to be fair, his job necessitated being pleasant),
undemanding and co-operative.

How times have changed.