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The car can be repaired poor thing. There is an estate in Warrington called Chapleford which is plagued by this every day.

http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/...in_Chapelford/

http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/...police_arrive/

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Such adolescent naughtiness.

Oh, and the same applies to those thugs on bikes :D.

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4 year old mowed down by cyclist in pedestrian area.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-engl...own-by-cyclist

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Could easily have been far worse for the little lad. It's great that the police there are taking it more seriously and the idiot on wheels deserved what he got. It'll take time but slowly and surely those who choose to behave like morons on 2 wheels are going to face justice, that's if they don't kill themselves first.

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The outdoors is only safe for people like Bear Grylls. You two are right to stay at home and watch it pass by on the telly and internet.

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From the picture of the incident scene it looks like she was on a pedestrian crossing though there's no information as to the state of the lights at the time.

Let's hope she recovers.

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Well it's not the ones on the roads that frighten me. It's the twonks who ride along the designated pedestrian pavements and beach promenades that I want dealt with. They won't keep to the designated cycling routes and pavements assigned to them by the local council at my expense as a local taxpayer. One of these days they will injure and possibly kill someone because the local council don't apparently have anyone policing these routes.

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Cyclists are the scourge of the road - if not all then certainly the Lycra brigade. They go fast when you need them to go slow; they go slow when you need them to go fast; they ride two or three abreast (sometimes) just to make a point. Ugh.

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It was 4 years ago today i was crossing at a green man at George Square in glasgow whwn a daftie on a bike went tgrough the red light and nearly ràn me over. I proceeded to advise the twonk on the rules of the road and he just carried on and then got off his bike and ran after me. He swung at me and thankfully missed. I tried to chase him but he luckily got back on his bike and rode off

Cyclists are total idiots. I think the worst offenders now are the Uber eats people. They do not care about anything or anyone, not even their own safety.

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In my experience, the designated cycling routes are congested with pedestrians (and/or cars). And cyclists pay tax too you know.

You regard cyclists as a scourge for not complying with your rules? Bit selfish of you. Also 2/3 abreast - that'll be about the width of the car you're traveling in, going too fast and polluting as you go. You are a scourge.

You had a little spat with a nutter who had a bike 4 years ago.....good grief man, let it go.

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That incident happened 4 years ago but it still happens at least once a week with cyclists going through red lights while I am crossing or delivery bikes behaving like they are on a downhill mountain bike run.

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Really? Every week? You're clearly an observant chap. How many times a week do you observe motorists breaking the law? I know it's OT but you like a good ol' moan eh?

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Yes every week. Glasgow is a busy place.

Also I of course observe drivers too, again many running Amber lights or red lights. I am a pedestrian and walk a lot, there for I am always watching and awareofmy surroundings. Perhaps it's my OCD or partly as I got knocked down by a careless speeding driver when I was 13.

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Well, all road users seem unhappy with their lot. (Some) motorists consider cyclists to be vermin; (most) cyclists ride defensively to survive and (the majority of) pedestrians don't like sharing space. It's all a bit tense out there. Radical change is needed; simply waiting for gridlock is a cop out.

I would have thought that Glasgow has dangers other than bikes running traffic lights ;).

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One might infer that Kursk is a cyclist to some degree of devotion. The lycra brigade to which I am referring will hold up a stream of traffic on a two way (one lane) carriage way for miles out of sheer bloody mindedness. It is no wonder that some motorists might consider such cyclists to be "vermin.

One of Boris' follies was the East-West Cycle Way Route along the Thames embankment. A huge chunk of road was commandeered for cyclists so that for two hours at the start of the working day and two hours at the end, they can ride in safety whilst ignoring traffic lights particularly at pedestrian crossings. During the rest of the day, the cycle-way is empty but displaced traffic (now one lane) crawls all the way from Westminster Bridge to Tower Hill - no reversion to motor use during the off-peak.

At Tower Hill itself, there are three or four sets of pedestrian crossing lights. Of course, many/most cyclists stop at a red light; but the ones that don't, a noticeable percentage, are a danger to pedestrians and I've seen some incidents arising out of that - and well deserved too.

On country roads, where the lycra brigade like to assert their power to thwart motorists, they are indeed a scourge and even justify the vermin handle.