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"The death of a pedestrian makes hell for all riders"
Apols for commencing another thread on the Mentone incident, but Treadly & Me has published this superb review of events and media. Terrific article, here's a salute from another member of the blogosphere, on ya! The death of a pedestrian makes hell for all riders http://treadly.thingoid.com/2006/08/31/james-gould/ Posted on Thursday 31 August 2006 The death of James Gould has been much on my mind since I first heard the news on the weekend. As with any senseless road trauma, I am horrified at Mr Gould’s death and I have found the eyewitness accounts of Mr Gould’s dying moments particularly harrowing. My condolences go to his friends. With regard to the cyclist, I feel sympathy for anyone who inadvertently takes a life but this incident occurred as a direct result of his own recklessness and he will need to reconcile his conscience to that as best he can. Certainly a fine for failing to stop at a red light is not sufficient penalty for the loss of life. The broader implications—for the Hell Ride specifically and Melbourne cyclists in general—is likely to be profound, and without wishing to disrespect Mr Gould’s memory I would like to discuss some of these things here. (more in article) -- cfsmtb |
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"The death of a pedestrian makes hell for all riders"
"cfsmtb" wrote in message
... Apols for commencing another thread on the Mentone incident, but Treadly & Me has published this superb review of events and media. Terrific article, here's a salute from another member of the blogosphere, on ya! The death of a pedestrian makes hell for all riders http://treadly.thingoid.com/2006/08/31/james-gould/ Posted on Thursday 31 August 2006 Maybe it should be forwarded to all media outlets and the newspapers in particular. -- Alan Erskine |
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"The death of a pedestrian makes hell for all riders"
What I don't understand is... where was he in relation to the other
riders? Was the rider solo? If he was at the front of a pack then did the whole pack go through the red light? If he was in the middle of a pack how did he hit the pedestrian? Did the pedestrian step out into the middle of a pack? None of the media reports I have seen have explained these details. All (or many) of the riders are equally guilty - not just the poor bloke who hit him. -- ff |
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"The death of a pedestrian makes hell for all riders"
warrwych Wrote: all of the riders are equally guilty of what????? and how so? and how do you know? cynical We're all guilty of chinese whispers./cynical -- cfsmtb |
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"The death of a pedestrian makes hell for all riders"
cfsmtb Wrote: cynical We're all guilty of chinese whispers./cynical do we get prawn crackers with that?? -- warrwych |
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"The death of a pedestrian makes hell for all riders"
TimC quoted some guy called Aaron who wrote:
It would be interesting if we as cyclists could communicate our displeasure at red-light crossing cyclists and support for road sharing attitudes - publicly. Dutchy!? I've got it. We need "Red means stop Dickhead!" jerseys. -- BrettS |
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"The death of a pedestrian makes hell for all riders"
BrettS Wrote: I've got it. We need "Red means stop Dickhead!" jerseys. Motorists could have matching "Greg! The Stop Sign!" bumper stickers. -- cfsmtb |
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"The death of a pedestrian makes hell for all riders"
BrettS wrote:
TimC quoted some guy called Aaron who wrote: It would be interesting if we as cyclists could communicate our displeasure at red-light crossing cyclists and support for road sharing attitudes - publicly. Dutchy!? I've got it. We need "Red means stop Dickhead!" jerseys. -- BrettS Will that all fit on a shirt? You might end up with "Red means stop" on the front and "Dickhead!" on the rear. Friday |
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