On 19/02/18 19:34, MrCheerful wrote:
On 19/02/2018 19:31, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
From Harry on the diy group.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...shing-car.html



yep totally ignoring the very clear signal, and travelling too fast
for the conditions. I hope he has fridge freezer insurance.

In any civilised country (*) the whole point of a bike lane is that a
collision between car and bicycle in such a lane is quite plainly the
driver's fault. The car even crosses a continuous section of line. The
only issue for the victim is that it is usually better to survive than
to be in the right.

(*) Don't know about Ireland but unlikely to apply to the UK: where the
main point of installing "cycle facilities" seems to be for councils to
get "sustainable transport" grants to give their workers something to do.