On Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 5:30:17 PM UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 26/06/2019 14:25, MrCheerful wrote:

He says while Frankie was a skilled rider, his ability to steer would
have been “greatly diminished” and the braking “dramatically reduced” by
the fact he was performing a wheelie.

I hope the family have fridge-freezer insurance to pay the motorist's
costs.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news...uyton-16483414

QUOTE:
Frankie, aged just 13, was struck by a car while riding his bike on
Liverpool Road in Page Moss , on October 24, 2016.

He was taken to hospital with serious injuries after the crash but died
a short time later .
ENDQUOTE

Just to be clear on this, A57 Liverpool Road in Huyton is part of the
main road from Liverpool to Warrington (and thus to the rest of the
world east and south of the Mersey).

It is a dual carriageway with three lanes per carriageway at that
location. It is subject to a 40mph speed limit - not the place to be
trying to impress your mates by doing stunts on a bike.

But no-one deserves to lose a 13 yr old son and it is an obvious tragedy
of great proportion for the bereaved family.

QUOTE:
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced in September, 2017, that
no charges would be brought against the driver of the car that killed
Frankie.
ENDQUOTE

Unless the charge was one of those administrative ones brought in a few
years ago (causing death whilst driving without a licence, causing death
whilst uninsured), it's hard to see what would stick, given the quite
lengthy and detailed report. The only possibility would be something
about speed in excess of the limit, but I'm not sure that forensic
estimates made on the basis of dash-cam evidence are sufficiently
probative for that, and that proper focused real-time measurement of
speed would be necessary.

But I'm impressed by the way the way the report is presented online and
would like to think it was as good in print.

So, in Nugentworld, no matter what happens it is the cyclist's fault.