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Old April 13th 11, 07:46 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Mrcheerful[_2_]
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Default Causing death by dangerous cycling gets approval

Doug wrote:
On Apr 12, 7:29 pm, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
On 12/04/2011 11:55, Doug wrote:



On Apr 10, 6:26 pm, wrote:
Should have been on the books years ago
You should read the wriggling by the cyclist groups, just like on
here. What is the matter with them?, stay off the pavements, ride
sensibly and don't run into people and the law won't be used, will
it?


http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...ngerous-cyclin...


You source says... "In 2009, the last year for which road death
statistics have been collated, no pedestrians were killed by
cyclists whereas 426 died in collisions with motor vehicles."


Actually I think the new legislation is a good idea as it would
apply the same 'soft' laws to cyclists as there are for motorists at
present. So, instead of the cyclist being done for manslaughter, max
life, he will get dangerous cycling instead, max 14 years. OTOH,
motorists who kill cyclists will still be given the same 'soft'
option.


Also note that cyclists CAN NOT kill motorists


Whoops! Seems THEY
CANhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-11746966andhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-11865390

Duh! You seem to have missed the point by a mile. This is about
traffic on roads..

It is virtually impossible for a cyclist to kill a motorist in his car
by colliding with it but it is all too easy for a motorist to kill a
cyclist by colliding with his cycle. Therein lies the inequality.
Obviously, in this context, a motorist is infinitely more dangerous
and lethal than a cyclist.

-- .
UK Radical Campaigns.(Recently updated).
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A driving licence is a licence to kill cyclists.


an elephant can squash a human by sitting on it, yet a human cannot squash
an elephant by sitting on it. The answer to this is that the human avoids
getting into a situation where the elephant may accidentally or deliberately
sit on the human.

If cyclists took the same care to avoid being sat upon by motor vehicles
then there would be far fewer deaths and injuries of cyclists.


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