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Old March 15th 19, 11:03 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Peter Parry
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Default Pedestrian mows down cyclist

On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 08:59:51 -0700 (PDT), Simon Jester
wrote:

On Friday, March 15, 2019 at 1:37:14 PM UTC, Peter Parry wrote:

It didn't seem to be obvious, no spectators and no marshals in the
second clip. Why race on roads? "Training rides" and road racing
cause the death of numerous riders every year.


Rally? can you provide evidence to support this?


There is a web site where the owner publishes the details of all the
cycling fatalities he can find in local and national papers to act as
a memorial to "cyclists down". He generally puts the cause of the
death, The last time I looked early last year over a third of cyclist
deaths occurred while they were on club rides, time trials, "training
rides or similar club or racing related activities.

Roads are not for
racing, are there no suitable racing circuits?


So we should ban the London Marathon?


Most athletics/running events take place on tracks, a very few on
roads. Cycle racing on the other hand takes place predominately on
open roads with inadequate controls and little or no marshalling and
hide under the name of "Time trialling".

I suppose you think F1 drivers have to obey Monaco traffic laws.


Of course they do.


You really think drivers in the Monte Carlo GP should have to obey speed limits and stop at traffic lights and pedestrians should be free to cross the circuit at will?
How about following the 2 second rule for safe spacing between cars.


They obey Monaco's traffic laws. What makes you think they don't?



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