Child Cyclist Sued

A New York child can be sued for crashing a bicycle into an elderly
pedestrian and causing injuries that led to her death, a judge has
ruled.

Juliet Breitman and another child were four years old when they raced
their small bicycles on a Manhattan street and ran into Claire Menagh,
87.

Juliet's lawyer had argued Juliet was too young to be held negligent.

The judge disagreed, ruling Juliet's lawyer had presented no evidence
she lacked intelligence or maturity.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11657376




Quite right too.


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Per billion passenger kilometres

Car KSI 18
Cycle KSI 541
Pedestrian 358

(KSI : Killed or Seriously Injured)
Dft 2008 FIgures

Who says cycling is safer than walking?

On 30 Oct, 20:02, JMS wrote:
A New York child can be sued for crashing a bicycle into an elderly
pedestrian and causing injuries that led to her death, a judge has
ruled.


Off topic for a UK NG.
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Simon Mason

"Simon Mason" wrote in message
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On 30 Oct, 20:02, JMS wrote:
A New York child can be sued for crashing a bicycle into an elderly
pedestrian and causing injuries that led to her death, a judge has
ruled.


Off topic for a UK NG.

JMS is an idiot and needs to be ignored.

On 30 Oct, 20:47, "mileburner" wrote:
"Simon Mason" wrote in message

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On 30 Oct, 20:02, JMS wrote:
A New York child can be sued for crashing a bicycle into an elderly
pedestrian and causing injuries that led to her death, a judge has
ruled.

Off topic for a UK NG.

JMS is an idiot and needs to be ignored.

But, but, but, I brought it up first! See below.

I demand ignorance too.

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 20:47:22 +0100, "mileburner"
wrote:


"Simon Mason" wrote in message
...
On 30 Oct, 20:02, JMS wrote:
A New York child can be sued for crashing a bicycle into an elderly
pedestrian and causing injuries that led to her death, a judge has
ruled.


Off topic for a UK NG.

JMS is an idiot and needs to be ignored.



Oh dear, oh dear.

I am sure I remember you from a couple of years ago.

Something like ABC rings a bell.

Or am I confusing you with Simple :-)

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Per billion passenger kilometres

Car KSI 18
Cycle KSI 541
Pedestrian 358

(KSI : Killed or Seriously Injured)
Dft 2008 FIgures

Who says cycling is safer than walking?

On 30/10/2010 20:24, Simon Mason wrote:
On 30 Oct, 20:02, wrote:
A New York child can be sued for crashing a bicycle into an elderly
pedestrian and causing injuries that led to her death, a judge has
ruled.


Off topic for a UK NG.

Have you tried to make the same complaint to the moderators of URCM who
accepted a similar post, about the same story, there more than an hour
before you posted that?

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Matt B

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 01:08:20 +0100, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
wrote:

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On 30/10/2010 22:49, Simon Mason wrote:
This NG has Mr Cheerful as its "moderator" but as he is not at his
post, I felt duty bound to act in absentia.

IRTA "dementia" &ISMPS.



Hello it's Porky Chapman throwing **** up in the air.

Is it true you've vowed to wreck URC?

How's things in the shed? Still wanking for England?

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"I have never said that I encourage my children to wear helmets. I would challenge judith
to find the place where I said I encourage my children to wear helmets." Guy Chapman
Judith then produced the web page where he said "I encourage my children to wear helmets."
Later that day Chapman immediately added the following to the web page:
"This page is out of date and preserved only for convenience" but he left the date last updated as 31/08/2004.

On 31 Oct, 07:25, JMS wrote:

Hello it's Porky Chapman throwing **** up in the air.

Is it true you've vowed to wreck URC?


I saw this and thought of you.

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/7579/001aab.jpg

Note that he did not count the cars and so cannot calculate a
percentage like you did.

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Simon Mason

"Simon Mason" wrote in message
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On 30 Oct, 20:02, JMS wrote:
A New York child can be sued for crashing a bicycle into an elderly
pedestrian and causing injuries that led to her death, a judge has
ruled.


Off topic for a UK NG.
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Simon Mason

Only because you don't like it.
She was 87 ffs!

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On 31/10/2010 16:12, Mr Pounder wrote:
She was 87 ffs!

Which, of course, makes all the difference to the culpability of a
four-year-old.

Oh wait, no it doesn't.
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