Pedestrian fights for life after cyclist hits him on Vauxhall superhighway

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3258116.html

It can't be true, cyclists can't hurt pedestrians.

On 27/05/2016 21:11, Alycidon wrote:
On Friday, 27 May 2016 18:20:07 UTC+1, francis wrote:
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3258116.html

It can't be true, cyclists can't hurt pedestrians.

Looks like he walked out in front of the cyclist without checking properly that it was safe first. He was very lucky it wasn't a car that hit him, otherwise he could have been killed.

He will be more careful the next time.


If I had ran over every cyclist that had ever pulled out without looking
then there would be dozens of killed or maimed.

The cyclist was travelling too fast for the conditions, end of.

On Friday, 27 May 2016 18:20:07 UTC+1, francis wrote:
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3258116.html

It can't be true, cyclists can't hurt pedestrians.

Looks like he walked out in front of the cyclist without checking properly that it was safe first. He was very lucky it wasn't a car that hit him, otherwise he could have been killed.

He will be more careful the next time.

On 27/05/2016 18:20, francis wrote:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3258116.html

It can't be true, cyclists can't hurt pedestrians.

There are some very wise people here who will reassure you that it's
very difficult (if not actually impossible) for a cyclist to injure a
pedestrian.

And even if a cyclist *does* injure a pedestrian, the injury can't be
serious.

And even it is *is* a serious injury, it's less serious than it would
have been if they'd been hit by a car.

And even if the pedestrian is *killed* by a cyclist running into them
whilst trying to outdio his personal worst on the Strava, well, that
doesn't matter because it's *rare*.

On 27/05/2016 20:11, Alycidon wrote:

On Friday, 27 May 2016 18:20:07 UTC+1, francis wrote:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3258116.html

It can't be true, cyclists can't hurt pedestrians.

Looks like he walked out in front of the cyclist without checking properly that it was safe first. He was very lucky it wasn't a car that hit him, otherwise he could have been killed.

Bingo.

[See another post near this one.]

He will be more careful the next time.

If he survives.

You're all heart, atren't you?

On 27-May-16 8:11 PM, Alycidon wrote:
On Friday, 27 May 2016 18:20:07 UTC+1, francis wrote:
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3258116.html

It can't be true, cyclists can't hurt pedestrians.

Looks like he walked out in front of the cyclist without checking properly that it was safe first. He was very lucky it wasn't a car that hit him, otherwise he could have been killed.

He will be more careful the next time.


According to many here, if a cyclist gets hit by a car because he is not
looking, then it's the car drivers fault.

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On Friday, 27 May 2016 21:14:48 UTC+1, Tony Dragon wrote:
On 27-May-16 8:11 PM, Alycidon wrote:
On Friday, 27 May 2016 18:20:07 UTC+1, francis wrote:
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3258116.html

It can't be true, cyclists can't hurt pedestrians.

Looks like he walked out in front of the cyclist without checking properly that it was safe first. He was very lucky it wasn't a car that hit him, otherwise he could have been killed.

He will be more careful the next time.


According to many here, if a cyclist gets hit by a car because he is not
looking, then it's the car drivers fault.

Some would say that if a driver who is doing 60mph that can't stop if a ped suddenly walks out 1 metre from his front bumper is driving too fast for the conditions.

On 27/05/2016 22:23, Alycidon wrote:
On Friday, 27 May 2016 21:14:48 UTC+1, Tony Dragon wrote:
On 27-May-16 8:11 PM, Alycidon wrote:
On Friday, 27 May 2016 18:20:07 UTC+1, francis wrote:
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3258116.html

It can't be true, cyclists can't hurt pedestrians.

Looks like he walked out in front of the cyclist without checking properly that it was safe first. He was very lucky it wasn't a car that hit him, otherwise he could have been killed.

He will be more careful the next time.


According to many here, if a cyclist gets hit by a car because he is not
looking, then it's the car drivers fault.

Some would say that if a driver who is doing 60mph that can't stop if a ped suddenly walks out 1 metre from his front bumper is driving too fast for the conditions.



Wow ! an accurate observation for once.

and now scale it to the cyclist in question, if the cyclist is
travelling fast enough to cause such a serious injury in the event of
collision, should the cyclist be travelling that fast when it is
patently obvious that pedestrians are about and might step into his
pathway ?

francis wrote:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3258116.html

It can't be true, cyclists can't hurt pedestrians.

Who claimed that, then?

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JNugent wrote:
On 27/05/2016 18:20, francis wrote:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3258116.html

It can't be true, cyclists can't hurt pedestrians.

There are some very wise people here who will reassure you that it's very
difficult (if not actually impossible) for a cyclist to injure a
pedestrian.

And there are some pathetic, pig-ignorant, lying trolls who will
continually fabricate quotations out of thin air, and attribute them to
cyclists, just to demonize cyclists.

Like, for example..

'Elsewhere, and quite recently, Yitzhak has explicitly claimed to have
three law degrees'
(Nugent, 9 May 2016)

And now...

'here are some very wise people here who will reassure you that it's
very difficult (if not actually impossible) for a cyclist to injure a
pedestrian'

Both allegations completely fabricated.

If you can't win an 'argument' without resorting to lying, it means you've
already lost.

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'It never gets any easier. You just get faster'
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