Another pavement motorist posed a serious danger to all, including cyclists.

"A car driven by a man in his 80s has crashed through the window of a
frozen food store in Bedfordshire.

The crash happened at 1215 BST on Sunday, on Greenhill Street, in the
Allhallows area of Bedford.

The Vauxhall Astra car hit other vehicles before crashing into the
Iceland shop.

The driver was seen trying to avoid pedestrians, said Bedfordshire
Police. No-one was hurt, but the driver suffered shock.

Police said they were not yet sure what caused the crash."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-12879979

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Yet another!

Doug wrote:
"A car driven by a man in his 80s has crashed through the window of a
frozen food store in Bedfordshire.

The crash happened at 1215 BST on Sunday, on Greenhill Street, in the
Allhallows area of Bedford.

The Vauxhall Astra car hit other vehicles before crashing into the
Iceland shop.

The driver was seen trying to avoid pedestrians, said Bedfordshire
Police. No-one was hurt, but the driver suffered shock.

Police said they were not yet sure what caused the crash."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-12879979

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was the driver making a routine journey along the pavement?
If not then he was not a pavement motorist. In all probability it is
another case of an elderly person losing control of a vehicle, there are
dozens of such cases every year, including many cyclists. If enough cases
occur every year then I expect the issue will be dealt with by some new
legislation for elderly drivers, and hopefully elderly cyclists too.

In the meantime it is a rather OT post for a cycling newsgroup as it does
not even mention a cyclist in any way.

On 28/03/2011 12:33, Doug wrote:

"A car driven by a man in his 80s has crashed through the window of a
frozen food store in Bedfordshire.
The crash happened at 1215 BST on Sunday, on Greenhill Street, in the
Allhallows area of Bedford.
The Vauxhall Astra car hit other vehicles before crashing into the
Iceland shop.
The driver was seen trying to avoid pedestrians, said Bedfordshire
Police. No-one was hurt, but the driver suffered shock.
Police said they were not yet sure what caused the crash."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-12879979

"The driver was seen trying to avoid pedestrians, said Bedfordshire Police.
No-one was hurt".

If only *everyone* travelling along the footway (as distinct from across it)
tried to avoid pedestrians, eh?

On 28/03/2011 12:33, Doug wrote:
"A car driven by a man in his 80s has crashed through the window of a
frozen food store in Bedfordshire.

No cyclists involved - OT.


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On Mar 28, 12:33*pm, Doug wrote:
"A car driven by a man in his 80s has crashed through the window of a
frozen food store in Bedfordshire.

Probably a disabled cyclist who was not allowed to cycle around the
shop, so he thought he would take 'direct action'


The crash happened at 1215 BST on Sunday, on Greenhill Street, in the
Allhallows area of Bedford.

I bet he had forgot to put the clocks forward & misunderstood the
opening hours.


The Vauxhall Astra car hit other vehicles

How many other vehivcles, we should be told, give us all the
information.

before crashing into the
Iceland shop.

I bet he didn't crash, he 'rammed'.


The driver was seen trying to avoid pedestrians,

There you go the silly sod could not even aim correctly.

said Bedfordshire
Police.

You never believe the police, why start now?

No-one was hurt,

These 'car weapons' aren't that good, are they?

but the driver suffered shock.

He saw the prices that Iceland charge for a 'Meat Feast Pizza'


Police said they were not yet sure what caused the crash."

They should check the on board computer, they make all cars crash.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-12879979

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So there it is , a disabled cyclist who did not know the time & was
upset at the price of Pizzas, tried to knock over some peds, but
missed and rammed a shop after his cars computors failed

On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:24:07 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

On 28/03/2011 12:33, Doug wrote:
"A car driven by a man in his 80s has crashed through the window of a
frozen food store in Bedfordshire.

No cyclists involved - OT.

Also the driver was trying to avoid pedestrians and no-one was hurt.



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On Mar 28, 8:24*pm, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
On 28/03/2011 12:33, Doug wrote:

"A car driven by a man in his 80s has crashed through the window of a
frozen food store in Bedfordshire.

No cyclists involved - OT.

Are you trying to deny that motorists are a considerable danger to
cyclists, especially when they crash? Shouldn't this NG be free to
discuss anything which is a danger to cyclists?

Doug.

Doug wrote:
On Mar 28, 8:24 pm, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
On 28/03/2011 12:33, Doug wrote:

"A car driven by a man in his 80s has crashed through the window of
a frozen food store in Bedfordshire.

No cyclists involved - OT.

Are you trying to deny that motorists are a considerable danger to
cyclists, especially when they crash? Shouldn't this NG be free to
discuss anything which is a danger to cyclists?

Doug.

We could of course discuss suicide jumpers, they represent a real and
demonstrable danger to cyclists.

or we could just discuss the danger that cyclists cause themselves and
others by their constant deliberate law breaking in cycling on pavements,
ignoring red lights, one way streets, pedestrian crossings, give way lines,
stop lines, railway crossing barriers, lighting regs, safety requirements,
common courtesy etc. etc.

"Mrcheerful" wrote:

or we could just discuss the danger that cyclists cause themselves and
others by their constant deliberate law breaking in cycling on pavements,
ignoring red lights, one way streets, pedestrian crossings, give way lines,
stop lines, railway crossing barriers, lighting regs, safety requirements,
common courtesy etc. etc.

And yet despite all that, the police attribute the vast majority of such
accidents to the driver's fault and in an Australian study using cyclists
with cameras, 85-95% of incidents were caused by the motorist not the
cyclist.
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