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Red light-jumping cyclist seriously injures woman
A Halifax woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a
cyclist blew through a red light and crashed into her, police say. The woman was crossing the street at a crosswalk at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night when the cyclist struck her. The collision threw the 56-year-old woman into the air and she hit her head as she landed on the pavement. Witnesses told police the cyclist went through a red light. The 49-year-old man remained at the scene. Police said he was arrested and faces charges of violating a court order as well as numerous charges under the Motor Vehicle Act. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2.../19414006.html |
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Icebike 2012 - Thule SlideBars make roof mounting your bikes a breeze
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Thule were at Icebike showing off their wares, the wares in question being car racks for carrying your bike in style. Mostly they wanted to talk to us about the new black and green livery they've been introducing to tie in with their adventure racing team; mostly we wanted to play with the SlideBars. Adventure racing isn't that big in the UK, at least not in the way it is in other countries around the globe. So it may have escaped your notice that Thule have an adventure racing team at all. But they do, and they were World Champions in 2011. So, well done them. Anyway, they have a nice black and green thing going on with their kit, and Thule have decided to have a go with that on some of their racks, mostly black with subtle green higlights. They look very nice indeed; the towbar-mounted 921 Euroway rack on display in team colours also had a wealth of features that made it look like a very complete solution. It's available as a 2- or 3-bike rack (the 923) and each individual track is adjustable to the length of the bike it's holding. The stabilising bars are lockable and easy to move around the frame so they're holding the bike securely. The buckles use a ratchet system to tighten everything up nice and snug, and once the bikes are in place you can still get your sandwiches out of the boot, thanks to a clever foot operated tilt pedal which arcs the bikes away from the rear of the car. You can even adjust the width of the lights so that the rack doesn't stick out if you have a small motor. It's a very well thought through piece of kit. The 921 retails at £279.99 and the 923 at £349.99 http://road.cc/content/news/53377-ic...r-bikes-breeze -- Simon Mason |
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Red light-jumping cyclist seriously injures woman
On 26/02/2012 10:48, Mr. Benn wrote:
A Halifax woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a cyclist blew through a red light and crashed into her, police say. The woman was crossing the street at a crosswalk at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night when the cyclist struck her. The collision threw the 56-year-old woman into the air and she hit her head as she landed on the pavement. Witnesses told police the cyclist went through a red light. The 49-year-old man remained at the scene. Police said he was arrested and faces charges of violating a court order as well as numerous charges under the Motor Vehicle Act. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2.../19414006.html Now come on, that is not the Halifax in the UK, you would never find a cyclist doing that in Halifax UK. |
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Red light-jumping cyclist seriously injures woman
"Mr. Benn" wrote in message ... A Halifax woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a cyclist blew through a red light and crashed into her, police say. The woman was crossing the street at a crosswalk at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night when the cyclist struck her. The collision threw the 56-year-old woman into the air and she hit her head as she landed on the pavement. Witnesses told police the cyclist went through a red light. The 49-year-old man remained at the scene. Police said he was arrested and faces charges of violating a court order as well as numerous charges under the Motor Vehicle Act. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2.../19414006.html As Doug would say, he was using his bicycle-weapon. |
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Icebike 2012 - Thule SlideBars make roof mounting your bikes a breeze
wrote in message ... It's available as a 2- or 3-bike rack (the 923) and each individual track is adjustable to the length of the bike it's holding. The stabilising bars are lockable and easy to move around the frame so they're holding the bike securely. I do hope that they hold bikes more securely than my old Halfords one did. I shipped a bike on the M62 once and bust a front wheel on it. -- Simon Mason |
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Red light-jumping cyclist seriously injures woman
On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:15:03 +0000, Tony Dragon
wrote: On 26/02/2012 10:48, Mr. Benn wrote: A Halifax woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a cyclist blew through a red light and crashed into her, police say. The woman was crossing the street at a crosswalk at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night when the cyclist struck her. The collision threw the 56-year-old woman into the air and she hit her head as she landed on the pavement. Witnesses told police the cyclist went through a red light. The 49-year-old man remained at the scene. Police said he was arrested and faces charges of violating a court order as well as numerous charges under the Motor Vehicle Act. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2.../19414006.html Now come on, that is not the Halifax in the UK, you would never find a cyclist doing that in Halifax UK. Oh for Gods sake! People have to trawl the globe to find incidences of cyclists shooting red lights. It shows what a rare offence red light jumping must be. |
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Red light-jumping cyclist seriously injures woman
On 26/02/2012 17:38, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:15:03 +0000, Tony Dragon wrote: On 26/02/2012 10:48, Mr. Benn wrote: A Halifax woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a cyclist blew through a red light and crashed into her, police say. The woman was crossing the street at a crosswalk at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night when the cyclist struck her. The collision threw the 56-year-old woman into the air and she hit her head as she landed on the pavement. Witnesses told police the cyclist went through a red light. The 49-year-old man remained at the scene. Police said he was arrested and faces charges of violating a court order as well as numerous charges under the Motor Vehicle Act. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2.../19414006.html Now come on, that is not the Halifax in the UK, you would never find a cyclist doing that in Halifax UK. Oh for Gods sake! People have to trawl the globe to find incidences of cyclists shooting red lights. It shows what a rare offence red light jumping must be. The rare thing is to see a cyclist obeying a traffic signal. Thought of a wriggle for bottling yet? -- Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster University |
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Red light-jumping cyclist seriously injures woman
On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:58:23 +0000, Phil W Lee
wrote: "Mr. Benn" considered Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:48:43 -0000 the perfect time to write: Path: forte-easynews!core-iad-easynews!news-in-02-iad.easynews.com!news.easynews.com!s03-b40.iad!npeersf02.iad.highwinds-media.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Mr. Benn" Newsgroups: uk.legal,uk.transport,uk.rec.cycling Subject: Red light-jumping cyclist seriously injures woman Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:48:43 -0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 1 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:48:44 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="NLgEivdSsJYBOejTBNzCqQ"; logging-data="4493"; "; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18HRhzgNSBkaHYB8zCK58OD" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V15.4.3538.513 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3538.513 Importance: Normal Cancel-Lock: sha1:WgbTQNLHusk/OImRaimY6OyFzCI= X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Received-Bytes: 1800 Xref: core-iad-easynews uk.legal:1492902 uk.transport:292402 uk.rec.cycling:646258 X-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:48:44 UTC (s03-b40.iad) A Halifax woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a cyclist blew through a red light and crashed into her, police say. The woman was crossing the street at a crosswalk at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night when the cyclist struck her. The collision threw the 56-year-old woman into the air and she hit her head as she landed on the pavement. Shouldn't she have been wearing a walking helmet? Witnesses told police the cyclist went through a red light. The 49-year-old man remained at the scene. Police said he was arrested and faces charges of violating a court order as well as numerous charges under the Motor Vehicle Act. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Mmm, so where was the motor vehicle? http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2.../19414006.html Ah, Canada. So off-topic for every group you cross-posted it to. I suppose it's difficult finding incidents of damaging cyclist misbehaviour, so you have to search the entire English speaking world to round up the few that happen. Obviously - in the UK it is more likely that a cyclist will be killed by a red light jumping driver than in jumping a red light himself. It's almost as if most cyclists realise that crossing a red light in conflict with motor traffic might be a bad idea... Guy -- Guy Chapman, http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk The usenet price promise: all opinions are guaranteed to be worth at least what you paid for them. |
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Red light-jumping cyclist seriously injures woman
On 26/02/2012 19:39, Just zis ****, you know? wrote:
Obviously - in the UK it is more likely that a cyclist will be killed by a red light jumping driver than in jumping a red light himself. Do you have any figures to back up that fantasy? Second request. -- Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster University |
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Red light-jumping cyclist seriously injures woman
On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:10:47 +0000, Dave - Cyclists VOR
wrote: On 26/02/2012 17:38, Bertie Wooster wrote: On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:15:03 +0000, Tony Dragon wrote: On 26/02/2012 10:48, Mr. Benn wrote: A Halifax woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a cyclist blew through a red light and crashed into her, police say. The woman was crossing the street at a crosswalk at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night when the cyclist struck her. The collision threw the 56-year-old woman into the air and she hit her head as she landed on the pavement. Witnesses told police the cyclist went through a red light. The 49-year-old man remained at the scene. Police said he was arrested and faces charges of violating a court order as well as numerous charges under the Motor Vehicle Act. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2.../19414006.html Now come on, that is not the Halifax in the UK, you would never find a cyclist doing that in Halifax UK. Oh for Gods sake! People have to trawl the globe to find incidences of cyclists shooting red lights. It shows what a rare offence red light jumping must be. The rare thing is to see a cyclist obeying a traffic signal. Thought of a wriggle for bottling yet? Yes - you refused the challenge. |
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