Always leave enough room to stop

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3252396.html

On 19/05/2016 19:06, TMS320 wrote:
On 19/05/16 16:23, MrCheerful wrote:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3252396.html


...but if a cyclist isn't involved, blame the road and don't mention
anything about drivers. Gosh these new fangled self driving vehicles are
a menace.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pensioner-...100927372.html


is that about cyclists in the UK?

On 19/05/2016 16:23, MrCheerful wrote:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3252396.html

QUOTE:
Police said his injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.
[ ... ]
Cyclist James Dane, 42, head of IT at a financial company in the City,
said he saw the man being treated as he made his way to work.
He told the Standard: “What I saw was a cab with the back window
smashed, glass all over the floor immediately behind the cab and a
cyclist with a blood-splattered face being tended to.
ENDQUOTE

Not so sure about "not life-threatening". I once witnessed a collision
where a bike-rider hit the back of a stationary black cab. He didn't
even manage to smash the glass, but was rendered permanently
quadraplegic. This all came out at the later court hearing.

MrCheerful wrote:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3252396.html

'Car crashes into the back of London Taxi....'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbayumtyM1g

--
john smith |MA (Hons)|MPhil (Hons)|CAPES (mention très bien)|LLB (Hons)
'It never gets any easier. You just get faster'
(Greg LeMond (1961 - ))

On 19/05/16 16:23, MrCheerful wrote:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3252396.html

....but if a cyclist isn't involved, blame the road and don't mention
anything about drivers. Gosh these new fangled self driving vehicles are
a menace.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pensioner-...100927372.html

TMS320 wrote:
On 19/05/16 16:23, MrCheerful wrote:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3252396.html

...but if a cyclist isn't involved, blame the road and don't mention
anything about drivers. Gosh these new fangled self driving vehicles are
a menace.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pensioner-...100927372.html

As some of the commentators are pointing out, what probably happened is
that the taxi driver passed the cyclist and then 'brake checked' him with
just a bit too much vigour.

No helmet cam, no witnesses willing to come forward, solution: blame the
Joooooo of the road.

--
john smith |MA (Hons)|MPhil (Hons)|CAPES (mention très bien)|LLB (Hons)
'It never gets any easier. You just get faster'
(Greg LeMond (1961 - ))

MrCheerful wrote:
On 19/05/2016 19:06, TMS320 wrote:
On 19/05/16 16:23, MrCheerful wrote:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3252396.html


...but if a cyclist isn't involved, blame the road and don't mention
anything about drivers. Gosh these new fangled self driving vehicles are
a menace.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pensioner-...100927372.html


is that about cyclists in the UK?

You're not a cyclist, so if you're not happy, **** off to a motoring
newsgroup, you thick ****.

--
john smith |MA (Hons)|MPhil (Hons)|CAPES (mention très bien)|LLB (Hons)
'It never gets any easier. You just get faster'
(Greg LeMond (1961 - ))

On 19/05/16 17:20, MrCheerful wrote:
On 19/05/2016 19:06, TMS320 wrote:
On 19/05/16 16:23, MrCheerful wrote:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3252396.html

...but if a cyclist isn't involved, blame the road and don't mention
anything about drivers. Gosh these new fangled self driving vehicles are
a menace.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pensioner-...100927372.html

is that about cyclists in the UK?

It is about people that cyclists in the UK have to share the roads with.
When you post your sarky comments about bicycle users running into
things what do you expect in return?

On Thursday, 19 May 2016 20:03:41 UTC+1, TMS320 wrote:


It is about people that cyclists in the UK have to share the roads with.
When you post your sarky comments about bicycle users running into
things what do you expect in return?

Is this big enough to see?

http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/UP...ail/story.html

On Thu, 19 May 2016 12:27:35 -0700 (PDT)
Alycidon wrote:

On Thursday, 19 May 2016 20:03:41 UTC+1, TMS320 wrote:


It is about people that cyclists in the UK have to share the roads
with. When you post your sarky comments about bicycle users running
into things what do you expect in return?

Is this big enough to see?

http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/UP...ail/story.html

Clearly the army trucks should have been wearing yellow vests, because
drivers shouldn't have to pay attention to what they're driving towards.