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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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Molly coddled bloody modern society! If it shook the kid up enough to take notice of his surroundings, I'd say job done. If the guy had hit him or beaten him to a pulp, I'd agree that there is a problem. As it is, the kid did something wrong (walking onto a cycle path without looking), caused a cyclist to crash and got shouted at for his troubles. I'd say he got off lightly. If that had happened to me as a kid, I'd have got a thick ear from my parents for being such a pratt and told to count myself lucky that the cyclist wasn't asking for repairs to their bike!
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Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:18 pm |
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm Posts: 6580 Location: Getting there
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That's what I was thinking also. I'm surprised the cyclist isn't looking for the boy in order to claim damages from him.
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Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:28 pm |
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm Posts: 7173
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Er, he hit a pedestrian, if anyone's got a case it's the boy.
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Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:25 pm |
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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By the sound of it it's more like the pedestrian hit him. He was where he was supposed to be, the pedestrian wasn't.
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Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:27 pm |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm Posts: 8767 Location: behind the sofa
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This is why it's always better to make sure they're dead. No witnesses, no annoying paperwork or insurance claims, and they won't be getting in anyone's way again.
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Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:38 pm |
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm Posts: 6580 Location: Getting there
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yes, he hit the boy... because the boy walked into the cycle lane in front of him. If he had ridden onto the pavement and run the boy down I would agree with you.
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Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:47 am |
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veato
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:17 am Posts: 5550 Location: Nottingham
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If you step off the pavement onto the road without paying attention and I hit you with my car should I then get out and start throttling you?
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Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:10 am |
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paulzolo
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm Posts: 12251
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I see a lot of people just stepping into the road regardless of safety. You know what I always see when someone does this? They look at anything but the traffic. Usually straight down at the ground. It’s a defiance - if I can’t see them then they won’t hit me. My driving instructor told me that the softer target always wins. I think that’s a fairly general view of the situation, and there will be exceptions. Now, was this a cycle lane on a pavement, or was it a cycle lane on a road? Or was it one of those nebulous lanes that are laid down in pedestrianised areas (anyone who has walked through Watford will know what I mean) and the lane is not that clear or obvious?
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Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:36 am |
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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Turning this around, my brother was in London and crossing the road (red traffic light, green man on pedestrian crossing), when a cycle courier ran the red light and pelted straight into him. My brother is well built and he stumbled a bit, as the cyclist came to a sudden stop. He picked up the bike and threw it at the nearest lampost and then proceeded to throw the cyclist after his bike, before carrying on across the road.
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Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:18 am |
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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TBF, cycle couriers are the 'white van man' of cycling.
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Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:55 am |
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lacloss
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:48 am Posts: 1751 Location: Marbella Spain
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brill................ 
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Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:39 am |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Often mothers with push chairs. More specifically they push the pushchair out into the road, stopping on the pavement themselves, then expect you to stop even though you have right of way. I'm amazed more babies/toddlers aren't killed by their stupid mothers doing that.
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Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:48 pm |
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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+1, though I've seen any number of d1ckheads here who take corners when the green man's on display...
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paulzolo
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