Cyclist hits granny in pavement crash in Brighton

Tom Crispin wrote:
On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:26:12 +0000, JNugent
wrote:

How many pedestrians *on the pavement* are hit by motorists every
year?
And how many of those motorists are not on the footway because they have lost
control of the vehicle (for whatever reason)?

Are you implying that an out-of-control motorist on the footway poses
less of a danger than a cyclist there on purpose, or that being
out-of-control on a footway is somehow an acceptable if you are a
motorist?

Are you implying that an out-of-control aeroplane in a river is somehow
/unacceptable/. Should pilots be trained, and expected, to keep them in
the air in all circumstances?

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Matt B