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Ferrari driver wrote off rare £400,000 sports car when he swerved to miss a cyclist



 
 
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Old June 9th 20, 05:49 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Simon Mason[_6_]
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Default Ferrari driver wrote off rare £400,000 sports car when he swerved to miss a cyclist

A very expensive mistake! Obviously was NOT safe to overtake there.
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A FERRARI driver wrote off his rare £400,000 sports car when he swerved to miss a cyclist.

The red 488 Pista — one of just 3,500 made and with a top speed of 205mph — careered into a kerb and burst a tyre before ploughing into roadside trees. The “elderly male” driver and the cyclist were unhurt in the smash on the A25 in Albury, Surrey.

A witness said: “The Ferrari is a write-off. It’s unbelievable the damage done.

“Half of the front of the car was caved in, with branches protruding into the vehicle.

“One of sides of the Ferrari came off and there were scratches and dents everywhere.

“Miraculously there was no-one injured.

“Only presumably the insurance premiums of the gutted Ferrari driver suffered. How gutting.”

The driver was behind three cyclists in single file on the narrow road and in the process of overtaking.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/118152...erved-cyclist/
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Old June 10th 20, 12:30 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
jnugent
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Default Ferrari driver wrote off rare £400,000 sports car when he swerved to miss a cyclist

On 09/06/2020 17:49, Simon Mason wrote:
A very expensive mistake! Obviously was NOT safe to overtake there.
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A FERRARI driver wrote off his rare £400,000 sports car when he swerved to miss a cyclist.

The red 488 Pista — one of just 3,500 made and with a top speed of 205mph — careered into a kerb and burst a tyre before ploughing into roadside trees. The “elderly male” driver and the cyclist were unhurt in the smash on the A25 in Albury, Surrey.

A witness said: “The Ferrari is a write-off. It’s unbelievable the damage done.

“Half of the front of the car was caved in, with branches protruding into the vehicle.

“One of sides of the Ferrari came off and there were scratches and dents everywhere.

“Miraculously there was no-one injured.

“Only presumably the insurance premiums of the gutted Ferrari driver suffered. How gutting.”

The driver was behind three cyclists in single file on the narrow road and in the process of overtaking.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/118152...erved-cyclist/


Did he do the right thing or should have have mown down the cyclists?

Your view appears to support the second option.
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Old June 13th 20, 07:00 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Bret Cahill
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Default Ferrari driver wrote off rare £400,000 sports car when he swerved to miss a cyclist

$3 am transponders -- cheaper and better than bike lights -- could alert drivers when within 20 - 50 m of cyclists on narrow twisty roads.

The FCC was encouraging as was the cycling dept at CalTrans Eureka where a lot of roads are as dangerous as those in the UK. I was considering a GoFundMe to get some pull in Sacramento but Mom said crowd sourcing is tacky, especially with this as "there is no argument against the idea."

Well here we are a year later, still no cycling transponders.


Bret Cahill



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Old June 13th 20, 04:17 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Simon Mason[_6_]
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Default Ferrari driver wrote off rare £400,000 sports car when he swerved to miss a cyclist

On Saturday, June 13, 2020 at 7:00:49 AM UTC+1, Bret Cahill wrote:
$3 am transponders -- cheaper and better than bike lights -- could alert drivers when within 20 - 50 m of cyclists on narrow twisty roads.

The FCC was encouraging as was the cycling dept at CalTrans Eureka where a lot of roads are as dangerous as those in the UK. I was considering a GoFundMe to get some pull in Sacramento but Mom said crowd sourcing is tacky, especially with this as "there is no argument against the idea."

Well here we are a year later, still no cycling transponders.


Bret Cahill


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