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Old November 26th 18, 11:30 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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An Uber driver has been found guilty of negligent driving occasioning death.
Cyclist Samuel Thomas, 30, was struck by a bus getting out of the car at a red light. Nazrul Islam, 32, 'did not keep a proper lookout' (EMPHASIS MINE), a magistrate found on Monday.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...oming-bus.html
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Old November 26th 18, 12:13 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Cab driver found guilty of allowing cyclist to exit car

On Monday, November 26, 2018 at 10:30:43 AM UTC, wrote:
An Uber driver has been found guilty of negligent driving occasioning death.
Cyclist Samuel Thomas, 30, was struck by a bus getting out of the car at a red light. Nazrul Islam, 32, 'did not keep a proper lookout' (EMPHASIS MINE), a magistrate found on Monday.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...oming-bus.html


What exactly was the driver supposed to do? Put the child locks on maybe.

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Old November 26th 18, 01:23 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Cab driver found guilty of allowing cyclist to exit car

On 26/11/2018 11:13, Simon Jester wrote:

On Monday, November 26, 2018 at 10:30:43 AM UTC, wrote:
An Uber driver has been found guilty of negligent driving occasioning death.
Cyclist Samuel Thomas, 30, was struck by a bus getting out of the car at a red light. Nazrul Islam, 32, 'did not keep a proper lookout' (EMPHASIS MINE), a magistrate found on Monday.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...oming-bus.html


What exactly was the driver supposed to do? Put the child locks on maybe.


I hear that this has now changed, but at one time, Home Office
specifications for a purpose-built cab* included a requirement that the
two rear access doors may not be fitted with a lock of any kind, such
that passengers could not be "locked in" either by their own action or
that of the driver. It had implications for the security of parked
taxis, of course, and eventually, that was sufficient to outweigh the
former chief concerns.

[* Not that the vehicle in question was a cab, nor the defendant a
cab-driver, of course.]
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Old November 26th 18, 01:25 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Cab driver found guilty of allowing cyclist to exit car

On 26/11/2018 12:17, JNugent wrote:
On 26/11/2018 10:30, wrote:
An Uber driver has been found guilty of negligent driving occasioning
death.
Cyclist Samuel Thomas, 30, was struck by a bus getting out of the car
at a red light. Nazrul Islam, 32, 'did not keep a proper lookout'
(EMPHASIS MINE), a magistrate found on Monday.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...oming-bus.html


He isn't a cab driver. He was the driver of a pirate car.


Are you a cab driver?

You do seem to be a stupid, right wing bigot, who insists on
broadcasting his inane opinions to people who just aren't interested.

I can certainly see the similarities...
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Old November 26th 18, 01:26 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Cab driver found guilty of allowing cyclist to exit car

wrote:
An Uber driver has been found guilty of negligent driving occasioning
death.
Cyclist Samuel Thomas, 30, was struck by a bus getting out of the car
at a red light. Nazrul Islam, 32, 'did not keep a proper lookout'
(EMPHASIS MINE), a magistrate found on Monday.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...oming-bus.html

This is not 100% the fault of the driver. The cyclist was ****ed up.
One would have thought that a cyclist/road user would have been more
careful?
In a past life I've owned taxis and many a time I've had to shout "DON'T
OPEN THE DOOR"!!!!!!!


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Old November 26th 18, 01:44 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Cab driver found guilty of allowing cyclist to exit car

On 26/11/2018 12:25, Tom.Evans wrote:

On 26/11/2018 12:17, JNugent wrote:
On 26/11/2018 10:30, wrote:


An Uber driver has been found guilty of negligent driving occasioning
death.
Cyclist Samuel Thomas, 30, was struck by a bus getting out of the car
at a red light. Nazrul Islam, 32, 'did not keep a proper lookout'
(EMPHASIS MINE), a magistrate found on Monday.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...oming-bus.html


He isn't a cab driver. He was the driver of a pirate car.


Are you a cab driver?


No.

You do seem to be a stupid, right wing bigot, who insists on
broadcasting his inane opinions to people who just aren't interested.


We are all well aware that cyclists are only interested in themselves
and their own self-justifications. That doesnn't mean that they should
be allowed to reside within their natural state of ignorance.

I can certainly see the similarities...


BTW: Was the "cyclist" in the story really riding his bike in the back
of the car?

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Old November 26th 18, 02:45 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Cab driver found guilty of allowing cyclist to exit car

On 26/11/2018 12:44, JNugent wrote:
On 26/11/2018 12:25, Tom.Evans wrote:
On 26/11/2018 12:17, JNugent wrote:
On 26/11/2018 10:30, wrote:


An Uber driver has been found guilty of negligent driving
occasioning death. Cyclist Samuel Thomas, 30, was struck by a
bus getting out of the car at a red light. Nazrul Islam, 32,
'did not keep a proper lookout' (EMPHASIS MINE), a magistrate
found on Monday.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...oming-bus.html



He isn't a cab driver. He was the driver of a pirate car.


Are you a cab driver?


No.

You do seem to be a stupid, right wing bigot, who insists on
broadcasting his inane opinions to people who just aren't
interested.


We are all well aware that cyclists are only interested in themselves
and their own self-justifications. That doesnn't mean that they
should be allowed to reside within their natural state of ignorance.


It's pretty certain that you have not seen the light of day for many
years. It's not just a lack of vitamin d that you're suffering from.

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Old November 26th 18, 03:10 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Cab driver found guilty of allowing cyclist to exit car

On Monday, November 26, 2018 at 12:26:18 PM UTC, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
wrote:
An Uber driver has been found guilty of negligent driving occasioning
death.
Cyclist Samuel Thomas, 30, was struck by a bus getting out of the car
at a red light. Nazrul Islam, 32, 'did not keep a proper lookout'
(EMPHASIS MINE), a magistrate found on Monday.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...oming-bus.html

This is not 100% the fault of the driver. The cyclist was ****ed up.
One would have thought that a cyclist/road user would have been more
careful?
In a past life I've owned taxis and many a time I've had to shout "DON'T
OPEN THE DOOR"!!!!!!!


So when a cyclist is riding past a parked car and the driver opens his door and kills the cyclist, it is the passing cyclist's fault to riding too close?

However, a drunken cyclist is killed as he exits a taxi without looking and now it is the car's occupant that is to blame for not looking.

In this trial though, the taxi driver was found to be at fault for allowing his passenger to exit when it wasn't safe.

Interesting decision.
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Old November 30th 18, 01:44 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Cab driver found guilty of allowing cyclist to exit car

On 26/11/2018 14:10, wrote:
On Monday, November 26, 2018 at 12:26:18 PM UTC, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
wrote:
An Uber driver has been found guilty of negligent driving occasioning
death.
Cyclist Samuel Thomas, 30, was struck by a bus getting out of the car
at a red light. Nazrul Islam, 32, 'did not keep a proper lookout'
(EMPHASIS MINE), a magistrate found on Monday.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...oming-bus.html

This is not 100% the fault of the driver. The cyclist was ****ed up.
One would have thought that a cyclist/road user would have been more
careful?
In a past life I've owned taxis and many a time I've had to shout "DON'T
OPEN THE DOOR"!!!!!!!


So when a cyclist is riding past a parked car and the driver opens his door and kills the cyclist, it is the passing cyclist's fault to riding too close?

However, a drunken cyclist is killed as he exits a taxi without looking and now it is the car's occupant that is to blame for not looking.


If he rode his bike in the back of a car, what did he expect?

 




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