Positive discriminating for cyclists

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co....ail/story.html

On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:07:27 -0800 (PST), Marie
wrote:

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co....ail/story.html

"I've been nearly run over umpteen times"
"I've been nearly knocked over a few times"

Is there any evidence that cycling on the footway in Cheltenham Town
Centre has ever hurt anyone?

On 19/11/2011 11:13, Bertie Wooster wrote:

On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:07:27 -0800 (PST), Marie
wrote:

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co....ail/story.html

"I've been nearly run over umpteen times"
"I've been nearly knocked over a few times"

Is there any evidence that cycling on the footway in Cheltenham Town
Centre has ever hurt anyone?

Would you accept an analogous argument to the effect that because no-one has
yet been hit by a car in the pedestrianised part of High Street, Slagtown,
that it's OK to ignore the "No motor vehicles" signs?

On Nov 19, 11:13*am, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:07:27 -0800 (PST), Marie

wrote:
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co....ling-Cheltenha...

"I've been nearly run over umpteen times"
"I've been nearly knocked over a few times"

Is there any evidence that cycling on the footway in Cheltenham Town
Centre has ever hurt anyone?

Ah, yes that old chestnut.
I have lost count of the number of times I have "nearly" been run over
by bike/car/van.

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Simon Mason

On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:51:44 -0000, "Zapp Brannigan"
wrote:

Driving past a cyclist with 1cm clearance has never hurt anybody either

Factually incorrect. I will dig out the reference when I have a minute
hit there was a case discussed a couple of years back where a woman
passed by a cyclist too close, but did not hit the cyclist; the
cyclist lost control as a result and was killed. The woman was
convicted.

Guy
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On 20/11/2011 01:15, Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:51:44 -0000, "Zapp
wrote:

Driving past a cyclist with 1cm clearance has never hurt anybody either

Factually incorrect. I will dig out the reference when I have a minute
hit there was a case discussed a couple of years back where a woman
passed by a cyclist too close, but did not hit the cyclist; the
cyclist lost control as a result and was killed. The woman was
convicted...

....of?

On Nov 20, 1:15*am, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
wrote:
On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:51:44 -0000, "Zapp Brannigan"
wrote:

Driving past a cyclist with 1cm clearance has never hurt anybody either

Factually incorrect. I will dig out the reference when I have a minute
hit there was a case discussed a couple of years back where a woman
passed by a cyclist too close, but did not hit the cyclist; the
cyclist lost control as a result and was killed. The woman was
convicted.


In the USA in many states there is a mandatory 3 feet passing rule
*precisely* for that very reason.

--
Simon Mason