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Old October 16th 14, 09:17 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
jnugent
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Default No lights, dark clothing, no reflectives, no street lights.

On 16/10/2014 20:28, Phil W Lee wrote:

"Tarcap" :
"Mrcheerful" wrote:


Not too surprising that he is dead, really.


http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/ne...pton-1-6359774


The sad thing is that they expect others (i.e. motorists, lorry drivers,
councils, etc.) to jump through hoops "in the interests of safety", but they
are too bloody mean to spend a few quid to provide even the most basic
safety equipment.
Darwin at work yet again.


Presumably you would also be defending the van driver if he'd run down
a pedestrian crossing the road into which he was turning, despite the
pedestrian having the right-of-way and no obligation to use any lights
at all, or even wear anything other than ordinary clothing.


But the van driver *didn't* "run down" the cyclist (according to the
report), did he?
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