On 27/11/2013 16:07, Rob Morley wrote:

Derek C wrote:

A hit and run cyclist who critically injured a girl aged 9 after he
knocked her down on a pedestrian crossing is facing jail. He is being
charged with causing grievous bodily harm by Wanton and Furious
Cycling under the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act. The collision
occurred near Poole in Dorset.

No he's not, and even if the charge hadn't been dropped there's no such
offence as "Wanton and Furious Cycling" - IIRC the wording of the act
describes driving a "carriage or other vehicle". Bicycles as we know
them, two wheeled vehicles propelled by pedals (they still had wooden
wheels with iron tyres), had only just been introduced in 1861 and can't
have been in common use.

So what?