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Kursk

19-09-2017 01:07

Re: [Update] Cyclist convicted of "wanton and furious driving"

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 35917037)

Yes but he's rightly concerned that the furious and wanton buggery wont be going on for a long enough period of time, this short sharp shock buggery won't suffice in this case.

You seem to be speaking from experience ;). But you're right, he'll be back on a bike in 3 months (albeit with a gel saddle).

TheDaddy

19-09-2017 07:24

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Originally Posted by Kursk (Post 35917045)

You seem to be speaking from experience ;).

It's true, there's a lot of people walking with a limp because of me

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But you're right, he'll be back on a bike in 3 months (albeit with a gel saddle).

You think they'd have banned old killer from cycling and crushed his girlie bike, they would have it it were a car he killed with rather than a push bike

Kursk

19-09-2017 14:04

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 35917058)

It's true, there's a lot of people walking with a limp because of me

Isn't there a proverb "Never a giver or taker be" or something like that? :D

Paul	19-09-2017 15:30

Re: [Update] Cyclist convicted of "wanton and furious driving"

If you neither give or take, there isnt much left to do :erm:

Kursk

19-09-2017 16:15

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Originally Posted by Paul M (Post 35917108)

If you neither give or take, there isnt much left to do :erm:

Can't disagree with someone who knows all the ins and outs :erm:.

OLD BOY

19-09-2017 17:14

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu (Post 35917014)

Sentence is NOT long enough.

Cyclist, have this feeling that they can use the roads, and pathways as they like. This will be the second death caused by an accident in the last six weeks.

And before cyclists start slagging me off. I ride a cycle each day - I wear head gear, high vis jackets and cycles. And ride only on the road. And have front and rear brakes.

Some cyclists are a menace

Do you think he should be put in the chain gang, Arthur?

Sirius

20-09-2017 18:40

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35917120)

Do you think he should be put in the chain gang, Arthur?

Maybe he should be made to fit new brakes on postman bikes

At least he will know what brakes are after that :)

heero_yuy

21-09-2017 10:10

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Dangerous cyclists face a decade in prison if they kill pedestrians under a new criminal offence being drawn up by ministers.

Transport Minister Jesse Norman announced an urgent review into cycle safety after a series of shocking recent incidents.

Top of a list of his proposals is a new offence of death by dangerous cycling.

The new law would fill the current gap between the charges of manslaughter and less grave offences.

Cyclist numbers have spiralled in Britain over the last decade.

At the same time, so has the number of accidents involving bicycles, with two pedestrians were killed and 96 seriously injured after being hit by a bicycle in 2015 alone.

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We definitely need something more up to date than a 150+ year old law intended for controlling badly driven horse drawn carriages.

Sirius

21-09-2017 10:30

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35917306)

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We definitely need something more up to date than a 150+ year old law intended for controlling badly driven horse drawn carriages.

Good news. I also agree the law needs bringing up to date

OLD BOY

21-09-2017 10:42

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35917306)

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We definitely need something more up to date than a 150+ year old law intended for controlling badly driven horse drawn carriages.

Yes, although I have to say that it still worked, and a prosecution was successfully brought about under this old law.

He may not have been riding a horse, but the principle was the same!

Kursk

21-09-2017 13:22

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35917306)

We definitely need something more up to date than a 150+ year old law intended for controlling badly driven horse drawn carriages.

Yes, not only is the law inadequate, officialdom is also partly culpable for dereliction of duty to the public by failing to make proper provision for cycling segregation between motorised vehicles/bikes/pedestrians.

Prevention will always work better than arse-backwards 'cure'. We'll all be cyclists soon anyway :D

pip08456

21-09-2017 14:03

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Originally Posted by Kursk (Post 35917090)

Isn't there a proverb "Never a giver or taker be" or something like that? :D

No. It's actually a quote from Hamlet.

“Neither a borrower nor a lender be. For loan oft loses both itself and friend.”
Act 1 Scene III Polonius to Laertes.

Kursk

21-09-2017 14:21

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Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35917349)

No. It's actually a quote from Hamlet.

“Neither a borrower nor a lender be. For loan oft loses both itself and friend.”
Act 1 Scene III Polonius to Laertes.

Thanks Pip, I did know that but adapted the words for the sake of context - that context being the alleged homosexual activity in prisons. Oh well, I tried.

pip08456

21-09-2017 14:26

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Originally Posted by Kursk (Post 35917355)

Thanks Pip, I did know that but adapted the words for the sake of context - that context being the alleged homosexual activity in prisons. Oh well, I tried.

I was merely pointing out that is not a proverb, but just advice. as it is true, it may as well be though.

OLD BOY

21-09-2017 15:38

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Originally Posted by Kursk (Post 35917342)

Yes, not only is the law inadequate, officialdom is also partly culpable for dereliction of duty to the public by failing to make proper provision for cycling segregation between motorised vehicles/bikes/pedestrians.

Prevention will always work better than arse-backwards 'cure'. We'll all be cyclists soon anyway :D

Hardly dereliction of duty! This is an old country with creaking infrastructure that was put in place in a different age. Have you considered the cost of realising that dream?

The best hope we can have is that new developments should be required to aspire to this ideal and we will get there over time.

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