One for Doug

I wonder how Doug will blame this on a motorist.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/10252493.stm

PeterG wrote:
I wonder how Doug will blame this on a motorist.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/10252493.stm

"Police said the cyclist in the Lawford accident died shortly after she was
taken to Colchester General Hospital with head injuries".

Good job she wasn't wearing a cycle helmet. According to the ****wits
around here it could have been even worse.


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Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a
viable form of transport.

The Medway Handyman wrote:
PeterG wrote:
I wonder how Doug will blame this on a motorist.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/10252493.stm

"Police said the cyclist in the Lawford accident died shortly after she was
taken to Colchester General Hospital with head injuries".

Good job she wasn't wearing a cycle helmet. According to the ****wits
around here it could have been even worse.

Where did you get ANY information
about wether she was wearing a helmet or not?

There's certainly none on the linked BBC page.

Or are you (gasp!) just trolling?

BugBear

On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:15:18 +0100 someone who may be bugbear
wrote this:-

Where did you get ANY information
about wether she was wearing a helmet or not?

There's certainly none on the linked BBC page.

Or are you (gasp!) just trolling?

Trolling certainly.

We don't see the same people making comments about motoring helmets
after people are killed or injured in or near cars.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7883273.stm
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/03/24/motorist-ho-killed-taxi-driver-after-crashing-into-cab-in-suicide-bid-is-jailed-86908-22135850/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/4143868/Good-Samaritan-motorist-killed-helping-at-crash.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1164141/Motorist-killed-driver-single-punch-motorway-road-rage-fight-faces-jail.html



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I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000...#pt3-pb3-l1g54

David Hansen wrote:
On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:15:18 +0100 someone who may be bugbear
wrote this:-

Where did you get ANY information
about wether she was wearing a helmet or not?

There's certainly none on the linked BBC page.

Or are you (gasp!) just trolling?

Trolling certainly.

We don't see the same people making comments about motoring helmets
after people are killed or injured in or near cars.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7883273.stm
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/03/24/motorist-ho-killed-taxi-driver-after-crashing-into-cab-in-suicide-bid-is-jailed-86908-22135850/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/4143868/Good-Samaritan-motorist-killed-helping-at-crash.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1164141/Motorist-killed-driver-single-punch-motorway-road-rage-fight-faces-jail.html

Yes. All motorists should use proper 6 point harnesses, for safety.

I mean, yes, they're *slightly* inconvenient
and uncomfortable, but you can't put a price on human life.

BugBear

On Jun 8, 12:38*pm, David Hansen
wrote:
On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:15:18 +0100 someone who may be bugbear
wrote this:-

Where did you get ANY information
about wether she was wearing a helmet or not?

There's certainly none on the linked BBC page.

Or are you (gasp!) just trolling?

Trolling certainly.

We don't see the same people making comments about motoring helmets
after people are killed or injured in or near cars.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7883273.stm
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/03/24/motorist-h...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/4143868/Good-Samaritan-motor...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1164141/Motorist-killed-drive...

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Probably because motorists don't normally wear cycle helmets, because
motoring is nearly 20 times safer per mile than cycling, and cars have
other safety measures such as seatbelts and airbags. The driver in the
DM article was killed by a punch to the face in a road rage incident.
How would a cycle helmet have helped there?

Derek C

On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:47:38 +0100 someone who may be bugbear
wrote this:-

Yes. All motorists should use proper 6 point harnesses, for safety.

I mean, yes, they're *slightly* inconvenient
and uncomfortable, but you can't put a price on human life.

AOL.


--
David Hansen, Edinburgh
I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000...#pt3-pb3-l1g54

On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:38:31 +0100, David Hansen
wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:15:18 +0100 someone who may be bugbear
wrote this:-

Where did you get ANY information
about wether she was wearing a helmet or not?

There's certainly none on the linked BBC page.

Or are you (gasp!) just trolling?

Trolling certainly.

We don't see the same people making comments about motoring helmets
after people are killed or injured in or near cars.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7883273.stm
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/03/24/motorist-ho-killed-taxi-driver-after-crashing-into-cab-in-suicide-bid-is-jailed-86908-22135850/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/4143868/Good-Samaritan-motorist-killed-helping-at-crash.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1164141/Motorist-killed-driver-single-punch-motorway-road-rage-fight-faces-jail.html


Feel free to explain why you are encouraging people to make posts
about motorists and cars in URC.

I am sure they will if you ask nicely.



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There can be no doubt that a failure to wear a helmet may expose the cyclist to the risk of greater injury.

The wearing of helmets may afford protection in some circumstances and it must therefore follow that a cyclist of ordinary prudence should wear one.

Mr Justice Griffith Williams