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OT, but interesting, bit about the US and a cyclist killing a jogger.
weird ways of the USA , comments are interesting too
http://www.trifuel.com/forum/24136/cyclist-kills-runner |
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OT, but interesting, bit about the US and a cyclist killing ajogger.
Mrcheerful wrote:
weird ways of the USA , comments are interesting too http://www.trifuel.com/forum/24136/cyclist-kills-runner "Huddleston was hit Thursday evening, apparently when she abruptly turned into a cyclist’s path in a section of the trail near Routh Street. She was wearing headphones and may not have heard the bicycle approaching, police said. She was taken to the hospital with critical head injuries." I'm surprised you didn't suggest that if she had worn a helmet it would have saved her life. Tony |
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OT, but interesting, bit about the US and a cyclist killing a jogger.
Tony Raven wrote:
Mrcheerful wrote: weird ways of the USA , comments are interesting too http://www.trifuel.com/forum/24136/cyclist-kills-runner "Huddleston was hit Thursday evening, apparently when she abruptly turned into a cyclist’s path in a section of the trail near Routh Street. She was wearing headphones and may not have heard the bicycle approaching, police said. She was taken to the hospital with critical head injuries." I'm surprised you didn't suggest that if she had worn a helmet it would have saved her life. Tony I now understand that there is an embargo on mentioning anything which may save injury/death, such as obeying the highway code, observing traffic directions, wearing protective equipment, using lights at night, avoiding A roads with a small child in tow, using one way streets the correct way, undertaking large vehicles at junctions, giving pedestrians on crossings precendence, having working brakes etc. etc. Basically anything that might make cycling safer or more popular is to be pooh-poohed. |
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OT, but interesting, bit about the US and a cyclist killing a jogger.
On Oct 7, 9:37*pm, "Mrcheerful" wrote:
weird ways of the USA , comments are interesting too http://www.trifuel.com/forum/24136/cyclist-kills-runner Terrible accident, I cycled that trail a few years back with a local cycling group. The comments about cyclist/driver dynamics are interesting, I find cycling in the US a lot less stressful. US drivers, on the whole, tend to be a lot more courteous and leave a lot more room, maybe due to their compensation culture? But then I found that to be true of Yorkshire drivers compared to Cambridge recently ... -- Dan |
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OT, but interesting, bit about the US and a cyclist killing a jogger.
"Mrcheerful" wrote:
Tony Raven wrote: Mrcheerful wrote: weird ways of the USA , comments are interesting too http://www.trifuel.com/forum/24136/cyclist-kills-runner "Huddleston was hit Thursday evening, apparently when she abruptly turned into a cyclist’s path in a section of the trail near Routh Street. She was wearing headphones and may not have heard the bicycle approaching, police said. She was taken to the hospital with critical head injuries." I'm surprised you didn't suggest that if she had worn a helmet it would have saved her life. Tony I now understand that there is an embargo on mentioning anything which may save injury/death, such as obeying the highway code, observing traffic directions, wearing protective equipment, using lights at night, avoiding A roads with a small child in tow, using one way streets the correct way, undertaking large vehicles at junctions, giving pedestrians on crossings precendence, having working brakes etc. etc. Basically anything that might make cycling safer or more popular is to be pooh-poohed. My apologies, I had forgotten you were the self appointed group moderator. In deference to that I won't therefore mention the major risk of injury/death to cyclist viz. badly driven motor vehicles because I know you will only allow the mention of trivial ones. -- Tony |
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OT, but interesting, bit about the US and a cyclist killing a jogger.
Tony Raven wrote:
"Mrcheerful" wrote: Tony Raven wrote: Mrcheerful wrote: weird ways of the USA , comments are interesting too http://www.trifuel.com/forum/24136/cyclist-kills-runner "Huddleston was hit Thursday evening, apparently when she abruptly turned into a cyclist's path in a section of the trail near Routh Street. She was wearing headphones and may not have heard the bicycle approaching, police said. She was taken to the hospital with critical head injuries." I'm surprised you didn't suggest that if she had worn a helmet it would have saved her life. Tony I now understand that there is an embargo on mentioning anything which may save injury/death, such as obeying the highway code, observing traffic directions, wearing protective equipment, using lights at night, avoiding A roads with a small child in tow, using one way streets the correct way, undertaking large vehicles at junctions, giving pedestrians on crossings precendence, having working brakes etc. etc. Basically anything that might make cycling safer or more popular is to be pooh-poohed. My apologies, I had forgotten you were the self appointed group moderator. In deference to that I won't therefore mention the major risk of injury/death to cyclist viz. badly driven motor vehicles because I know you will only allow the mention of trivial ones. you expressed surprise at what I had mentioned, I explained my rationale. by all means mention cyclists killed by cars, it is a cycling group, but surely I can decide what I mention? or is that proscribed too? |
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OT, but interesting, bit about the US and a cyclist killing ajogger.
Mrcheerful wrote:
by all means mention cyclists killed by cars, it is a cycling group, but surely I can decide what I mention? or is that proscribed too? It was you that suggested there was an embargo on certain types of information and you seem to be the one most often complaining about stuff being OT. Since no-one else has, I assumed you must have started it. Tony |
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OT, but interesting, bit about the US and a cyclist killing a jogger.
Tony Raven wrote:
"Mrcheerful" wrote: Tony Raven wrote: Mrcheerful wrote: weird ways of the USA , comments are interesting too http://www.trifuel.com/forum/24136/cyclist-kills-runner "Huddleston was hit Thursday evening, apparently when she abruptly turned into a cyclist's path in a section of the trail near Routh Street. She was wearing headphones and may not have heard the bicycle approaching, police said. She was taken to the hospital with critical head injuries." I'm surprised you didn't suggest that if she had worn a helmet it would have saved her life. Tony I now understand that there is an embargo on mentioning anything which may save injury/death, such as obeying the highway code, observing traffic directions, wearing protective equipment, using lights at night, avoiding A roads with a small child in tow, using one way streets the correct way, undertaking large vehicles at junctions, giving pedestrians on crossings precendence, having working brakes etc. etc. Basically anything that might make cycling safer or more popular is to be pooh-poohed. My apologies, I had forgotten you were the self appointed group moderator. In deference to that I won't therefore mention the major risk of injury/death to cyclist viz. badly driven motor vehicles because I know you will only allow the mention of trivial ones. 1 fatality in 3,651,607,826 miles driven isn't a serious threat to cyclists. -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike, like a skateboard, is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport. |
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OT, but interesting, bit about the US and a cyclist killing a jogger.
Tony Raven wrote:
Mrcheerful wrote: weird ways of the USA , comments are interesting too http://www.trifuel.com/forum/24136/cyclist-kills-runner "Huddleston was hit Thursday evening, apparently when she abruptly turned into a cyclist’s path in a section of the trail near Routh Street. She was wearing headphones and may not have heard the bicycle approaching, police said. She was taken to the hospital with critical head injuries." I'm surprised you didn't suggest that if she had worn a helmet it would have saved her life. I'm surprised you didn't realise she wouldn't have heard the cyclist without the headphones. Thats what make pavement cyclists so dangerous. Silent killers. -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike, like a skateboard, is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport. |
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OT, but interesting, bit about the US and a cyclist killing a jogger.
On Oct 8, 5:50*pm, "The Medway Handyman" davidl...@no-spam-
blueyonder.co.uk wrote: I'm surprised you didn't realise she wouldn't have heard the cyclist without the headphones. Thats what make pavement cyclists so dangerous. *Silent killers. Not as deadly as cars apparently, the AA have coined a rather derogatory name for the poor victims, 'Ipod Zombies' "Furthermore, the AA claims that the zombified state may be the cause of some 500 pedestrian deaths of the total 27,000 pedestrian casualties there were last year." http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2010/08/0...-into-traffic/ -- Dan |
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