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Macs' track's tac attack.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...al/8059601.stm
Apparently he was in Pitlochry buying 1000 carpet tacks a couple of days before (duh!) and is a personal injury lawyer. His website has, I was told, been clogged by hundreds of "enquiries" from cyclists! Also the local police were not exactly well disposed to him as their motorcycle escorts were of course the first to hit the tacks and had to be taken back on a trailer! |
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spindrift wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...al/8059601.stm Apparently he was in Pitlochry buying 1000 carpet tacks a couple of days before (duh!) and is a personal injury lawyer. His website has, I was told, been clogged by hundreds of "enquiries" from cyclists! Also the local police were not exactly well disposed to him as their motorcycle escorts were of course the first to hit the tacks and had to be taken back on a trailer! He should clearly plead not guilty on the grounds of insanity! Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Macs' track's tac attack.
On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 03:25:36 -0700 (PDT), spindrift
wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...al/8059601.stm Apparently he was in Pitlochry buying 1000 carpet tacks a couple of days before (duh!) and is a personal injury lawyer. His website has, I was told, been clogged by hundreds of "enquiries" from cyclists! Also the local police were not exactly well disposed to him as their motorcycle escorts were of course the first to hit the tacks and had to be taken back on a trailer! Friend of mine rode in the event, although thankfully wasn't punctured. Has anyoneany idea of this nutjob's motives? |
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On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:09:00 +0200 someone who may be Ace
wrote this:- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...al/8059601.stm Friend of mine rode in the event, although thankfully wasn't punctured. Has anyoneany idea of this nutjob's motives? If it gets to a trial then there will presumably some sort of defence, which will be reported. Until then we can only guess and the guess seems to be that he objected to the roads being closed. Of course his alleged actions presumably led to the roads being closed for longer then they would have been... -- David Hansen, Edinburgh I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54 |
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Ace wrote:
On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 03:25:36 -0700 (PDT), spindrift wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...al/8059601.stm Apparently he was in Pitlochry buying 1000 carpet tacks a couple of days before (duh!) and is a personal injury lawyer. His website has, I was told, been clogged by hundreds of "enquiries" from cyclists! Also the local police were not exactly well disposed to him as their motorcycle escorts were of course the first to hit the tacks and had to be taken back on a trailer! Friend of mine rode in the event, although thankfully wasn't punctured. Has anyoneany idea of this nutjob's motives? God Botherer? |
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David Hansen wrote:
On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:09:00 +0200 someone who may be Ace wrote this:- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...al/8059601.stm Friend of mine rode in the event, although thankfully wasn't punctured. Has anyoneany idea of this nutjob's motives? If it gets to a trial then there will presumably some sort of defence, which will be reported. Until then we can only guess and the guess seems to be that he objected to the roads being closed. Of course his alleged actions presumably led to the roads being closed for longer then they would have been... But not in his back yard...? |
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Marc wrote:
God Botherer? Ah, one of the complaints of the locals was that closing the roads made it impossible to get to church. Next year if he doesn't want the event he should offer to pay the 200,000 quid raised for cancer charity out of his own pocket or risk eternal damnation |
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Macs' track's tac attack.
On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:09:00 +0200, Ace wrote:
On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 03:25:36 -0700 (PDT), spindrift wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...al/8059601.stm Apparently he was in Pitlochry buying 1000 carpet tacks a couple of days before (duh!) and is a personal injury lawyer. His website has, I was told, been clogged by hundreds of "enquiries" from cyclists! Also the local police were not exactly well disposed to him as their motorcycle escorts were of course the first to hit the tacks and had to be taken back on a trailer! Friend of mine rode in the event, although thankfully wasn't punctured. Has anyoneany idea of this nutjob's motives? Now lets see. Does holding the race mean that roads have to be closed to all traffic? Is there slim possibility that the local people will be inconvenienced by this action? Is it possible that the local people do not give two chuffs about cycling? Is it possible that the local people do not want the race. Now your turn - analyse the above and produce a conclusion. -- In the UK in 2007 There were 30,959 pedestrians injured in traffice accidents There were 16,415 cyclists injured in traffic accidents I wonder what the relative numbers of pedestrians and cyclists in the UK is? It looks like cycling is much more dangerous than being a pedestrian. |
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David Hansen wrote:
This isn't the only event which causes roads to be closed, just the only cycling one. I wonder if the antis (a small but vocal group I gather [1]) would object as strongly to the closure of the same roads for a run. Yes, probably. Running race organisers are finding it harder and harder to get roads closed. I think it would be a mistake to see this as an anti-cyclist attitude: it's more an anti-anything-that-inconveniences-me-even-for-an-hour-on-one-day-of-the-year attitude. |
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