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Economy with the truth
I just read this on a cycling fanatics website.
When it says "took to the capital's streets" - I think it means "took to the capital's pavements" in his particular case :-) Still - why tell the truth when a lie will do. ================================================== ============== The Big Ride 28 APR 12 A video of a trip to London where I was one of the several thousands of people who took to the capital's streets to request that cycle safety be at the forefront of the new Mayor's road policy. ================================================== ============= -- Simon Mason used to post from BP Chemicals where he works. He repeatedly said that he was wasting BP's time; and not his own time - like other posters were. After the BP AGM in April 2012 Mason suddenly stopped posting from a BP IP address. People have asked why - but he won't say :-) |
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Cyclist's widow awarded £200,000… but what she really wanted was an apology
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The wife of a cyclist killed on the A1 in 2009 has accepted a £200,000 out of court compensation settlement but says she still hasn't received what she really wanted - an apology from the lorry driver who killed her husband. 65 year old Basil Clarke, known as Bas, died from his injuries in September 2009 two days after being hit while riding on the A1 at Tickencote in Rutland by lorry driver Karel Sedivy from the Czech Republic. The incident happened as Bas returned home from his regular Saturday morning ride around the lanes near his home. In a statement released by her solicitors, Mr Clarke's widow, Jane said: “This settlement won’t even come close to making up for losing Bas, he was such a big character and a friend to so many people – we miss him every single day. Cycling was his passion. He had been a member of various cycling clubs for fifty years and was incredibly fit for a man of 65 years old. “There’s no doubt in my mind that Bas had excellent road sense, he cycled on the A1 every week for years. All I ever really wanted was an apology from the driver of the HGV but, despite being given the opportunity to say sorry, he never has. As reported at the time, Sedivy was convicted and sentenced to 16 months in jail on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving. Evidence presented at his trial showed that Sedivy had neither slowed down nor attempted to alter the direction of his 7.5 tonne lorry during the course of the incident that claimed Mr Clarke's life - he served six months of his 16 month jail sentence. At the time of his death Mr Clarke was one month in to his retirement from his job as a stonemason, he was a well known and highly respected breeder of ornamental water-fowl. Mr Clarke had been a cyclist all his life joining the Rockingham Forest Wheelers at the age 14 and winning many trophies for the club and for VC Slough the club he rode for in the 80s and 90s. He was a renowned time triallist in his prime reckoned to be amongst the fastest men in the country. Commenting on the settlement Mrs Clarke's solicitor, Jonathan Reid of Russell Jones & Walker, said: “The settlement finally draws to a close what has undoubtedly been a devastating time for Bas’s family. “We work with many families whose loved ones have been killed or seriously injured and many find the prospect of reliving the tragedy in court almost too much to bear. When a family feels like this, we always try our best to keep cases out of the courts, while also ensuring those left behind receive a full and realistic settlement. “Of course, no amount of money will ever bring Bas back, or go any way to filling the void that he has left, but hopefully it will provide his family with some financial security for the future.” http://road.cc/content/news/57822-cy...ed-was-apology -- Simon Mason |
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Cyclist's widow awarded £200,000… but what she really wanted was an apology
On Mon, 7 May 2012 23:45:03 -0700 (PDT), Simon Mason
wrote: snip There’s no doubt in my mind that Bas had excellent road sense, he cycled on the A1 every week for years. ffs - he had been a knob for years - was she surprised that the grim reaper caught up with him. The A1 is probably one of the busiest and fastest non-motorway roads in the UK. "He was a renowned time triallist in his prime reckoned to be amongst the fastest men in the country." Oh - I hadn't realised that time-trials were races. |
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Cyclist's widow awarded £200,000… but what she really wanted was an apology
On May 8, 7:45*am, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE: The wife of a cyclist killed on the A1 in 2009 has accepted a £200,000 out of court compensation settlement but says she still hasn't received what she really wanted - an apology from the lorry driver who killed her husband. 65 year old Basil Clarke, known as Bas, died from his injuries in September 2009 *two days after being hit while riding *on the A1 at Tickencote in Rutland by lorry driver Karel Sedivy from the Czech Republic. The incident happened as Bas returned home from his regular Saturday morning ride around the lanes near his home. In a statement released by her solicitors, Mr Clarke's widow, Jane said: “This settlement won’t even come close to making up for losing Bas, he was such a big character and a friend to so many people – we miss him every single day. Cycling was his passion. He had been a member of various cycling clubs for fifty years and was incredibly fit for a man of 65 years old. “There’s no doubt in my mind that Bas had excellent road sense, he cycled on the A1 every week for years. All I ever really wanted was an apology from the driver of the HGV but, despite being given the opportunity to say sorry, he never has. As reported at the time, Sedivy was convicted and sentenced to 16 months in jail on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving. Evidence presented at his trial showed that Sedivy had neither slowed down nor attempted to alter the direction of his 7.5 tonne lorry during the course of the incident that claimed Mr Clarke's life - he served six months of his 16 month jail sentence. At the time of his death Mr Clarke was one month in to his retirement from his job as a stonemason, he was a well known and highly respected breeder of ornamental water-fowl. Mr Clarke had been a cyclist all his life joining the Rockingham Forest Wheelers at the age 14 and winning many trophies for the club and for VC Slough the club he rode for in the 80s and 90s. He was a renowned time triallist *in his prime reckoned to be amongst the fastest men in the country. Commenting on the settlement Mrs Clarke's solicitor, Jonathan Reid of Russell Jones & Walker, said: “The settlement finally draws to a close what has undoubtedly been a devastating time for Bas’s family. “We work with many families whose loved ones have been killed or seriously injured and many find the prospect of reliving the tragedy in court almost too much to bear. *When a family feels like this, we always try our best to keep cases out of the courts, while also ensuring those left behind receive a full and realistic settlement. “Of course, no amount of money will ever bring Bas back, or go any way to filling the void that he has left, but hopefully it will provide his family with some financial security for the future.” http://road.cc/content/news/57822-cy...d-%C2%A3200000... A comment from road.cc QUOTE: headfirst wrote: I've got to say, there's lots of good stories on road.cc, but recently I visit the site with a heavy heart as stories like this seem to be a daily feature, and they make me sad and angry! How many more cases like this will there be until we see a change for the better, in terms of law makers taking cyclists seriously and drivers showing us respect and consideration? Agree, seems to be a regular thing these days. The road culture of this country has become incredibly aggressive over the years. Almost better off being a pheasant, people often slow down for those. -- Simon Mason |
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Numb-nuts Mason changes the subject again.
On 08/05/2012 07:45, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE: The wife of a cyclist killed on the A1 in 2009 has accepted a £200,000 out of court compensation settlement but says she still hasn't received what she really wanted - an apology from the lorry driver who killed her husband. 65 year old Basil Clarke, known as Bas, died from his injuries in September 2009 two days after being hit while riding on the A1 at Tickencote in Rutland by lorry driver Karel Sedivy from the Czech Republic. The incident happened as Bas returned home from his regular Saturday morning ride around the lanes near his home. In a statement released by her solicitors, Mr Clarke's widow, Jane said: “This settlement won’t even come close to making up for losing Bas, he was such a big character and a friend to so many people – we miss him every single day. Cycling was his passion. He had been a member of various cycling clubs for fifty years and was incredibly fit for a man of 65 years old. “There’s no doubt in my mind that Bas had excellent road sense, he cycled on the A1 every week for years. All I ever really wanted was an apology from the driver of the HGV but, despite being given the opportunity to say sorry, he never has. As reported at the time, Sedivy was convicted and sentenced to 16 months in jail on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving. Evidence presented at his trial showed that Sedivy had neither slowed down nor attempted to alter the direction of his 7.5 tonne lorry during the course of the incident that claimed Mr Clarke's life - he served six months of his 16 month jail sentence. At the time of his death Mr Clarke was one month in to his retirement from his job as a stonemason, he was a well known and highly respected breeder of ornamental water-fowl. Mr Clarke had been a cyclist all his life joining the Rockingham Forest Wheelers at the age 14 and winning many trophies for the club and for VC Slough the club he rode for in the 80s and 90s. He was a renowned time triallist in his prime reckoned to be amongst the fastest men in the country. Commenting on the settlement Mrs Clarke's solicitor, Jonathan Reid of Russell Jones& Walker, said: “The settlement finally draws to a close what has undoubtedly been a devastating time for Bas’s family. “We work with many families whose loved ones have been killed or seriously injured and many find the prospect of reliving the tragedy in court almost too much to bear. When a family feels like this, we always try our best to keep cases out of the courts, while also ensuring those left behind receive a full and realistic settlement. “Of course, no amount of money will ever bring Bas back, or go any way to filling the void that he has left, but hopefully it will provide his family with some financial security for the future.” http://road.cc/content/news/57822-cy...ed-was-apology -- Simon Mason -- Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster University |
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Edinburgh cyclist to undertake Biggest Journey to raise awareness ofmental health issues
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A successful business networking professional from Edinburgh is gearing up to cycle 400 miles from Edinburgh to London to raise awareness of mental health issues as well as money for the charity Mind, and has used his work expertise to help spread the word on Twitter. Stuart Potter’s three-day ride, called The Biggest Journey, starts on June 19 and will see him stop four times en route from the Scottish capital to the English one to give presentations to members of business group 4Networking to help raise at least £4,000 for Mind. Edinburgh-based Potter, who works for Veecom Systems, has set up a website that sets out full details of his trip, and his preparations can also be followed on Twitter at @biggestjourney. Besides those stops en route, however, what sets the 35-year-old’s journey apart from many other charity rides is the fact that it’s less than a year since he took the important first step of himself visiting a doctor to confront his own depression. Married with a daughter and another child on the way, Potter says that it was his family that inspired him to confront his mental health issues, and wants to use his journey to raise awareness of mental health problems, which according to Mind affect one in four British adults in any given year. “I have been passionate about cycling all my life,” said Potter. “Evidence continually proves that time outdoors and physical exercise can help reduce depression, and as my coping mechanism, seemed a fitting way to support Mind. “I felt strongly that I wanted to embark on this journey to raise awareness as well as money. “Then I realised I couldn’t try to combat stigma, if I was still treating my own depression as taboo by keeping it secret. “It was important to me to say out loud and publicly ‘I am one of those one in four’, and believe me, it is scary and very emotional. “However, the reaction has been overwhelming. This has been an incredible year for me, with very difficult challenges in facing up to depression. But it has also been uplifting and life affirming, because of all the support and understanding I have encountered. “Being involved in 4Networking has been brilliant, both for business referrals but also for friendship and support, which can be vital particularly in today’s tough climate, so I’m delighted to be involving them in my journey,” he continued. “I’m also thrilled and grateful for the support of Veecom Systems, which as well as being a great place to work, has donated £400 and given me the week off to complete the challenge. “It is really important to me to raise awareness of mental health and work to reduce stigma, because I know first hand that secrecy and taboo surrounding depression can exacerbate the problem and discourage sufferers from seeking vital help.” Potter is now undergoing treatment for his depression, which has given him a more positive outlook for the future. “Really it is my love for my family, and my desire to conquer depression to be a better husband and father, which prompted my first step and now Biggest Journey. We are very excited about the arrival of our second child in August. It’s going to be an incredible summer,” he added. When talking about cycling and depression, thoughts inevitably turn to Graeme Obree, who is now back in the spotlight with a world human powered vehicle record attempt later this year, and whose battles with illness, including attempting suicide, were captured in his autobiography The Flying Scotsman, later turned into a film. Obree’s thoughts last year on Gary Speed, the Wales national football team manager who took his own life, certainly struck a chord among road.cc users, judging by the comments to that article, and we’re sure you’ll join us in wishing Stuart Potter all the best not only for his journey from London to Edinburgh, but also the ongoing one he will continue to undertake beyond that. http://road.cc/content/news/57916-ed...-health-issues -- Simon Mason |
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