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Comment on RX11AXP – Result by Protista Amoeba

Protista Amoeba — Sat, 25 May 2013 19:20:00 +0000

The lorry driver was giving a perfect demonstration of the MGIF mentality. I Must Get In-Front of the cyclist, at any cost (to the cyclist).

Comment on RX11AXP – Result by Protista Amoeba

Protista Amoeba — Sat, 25 May 2013 19:17:22 +0000

Mr McTosser
You confuse metaphorical blood with the genuine article.

Isn’t the blood normally that of cyclists?

Comment on RX11AXP – Result by Sam

Sam — Sat, 18 May 2013 23:00:15 +0000

If someone makes an honest mistake they don’t plead ‘not guity’.

Comment on RX11AXP – Result by Uncle Tony

Uncle Tony — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:04:00 +0000

If you’re in charge of a motor vehicle, blame for incidents involving pedestrians (inc cyclist) will usually stay with the driver. Simply, if you collide with a bike or pedestrian, at a minimum say goodbye to your no claims bonus! This is bread and butter to no win no fee style legal teams so as a driver your life will be made a misery. A simple Google will reveal the extent of this problem.
Endorsements for driving without due care and attention as well as dangerous driving can also be applied, these are serious and very serious. An endorsement on your licence is a conviction issued for committing an illegal act and needs to be declared where necessary and as a driver this could affect your chances of getting work!

In short, as vehicle drivers we need to be aware of all around us as being in charge of of a vehicle gives us first responsibility for anything or anybody that we collide with.

http://pedestrianliberation.org/the-law-2/
http://www.yourrights.org.uk/yourrights/privacy/spent-convictions-and-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders/
https://www.gov.uk/using-the-road-159-to-203/pedestrian-crossings-191-to-199

Comment on RX11AXP – Result by Abu Lycra

Abu Lycra — Thu, 02 May 2013 10:18:56 +0000

The definitions of careless and dangerous driving do not seem to exclude “honest mistakes”.

Comment on RX11AXP – Result by G

Thu, 02 May 2013 09:31:57 +0000

Well done, you did better than my luck with Roadsafe when a liveried van driver chased me around Kingston trying to hit me. I just got contact from the police claiming harrasment from the van company after they failed to reply to my chasing as to what they had done about it and had posted the companies details on line.

Comment on RX11AXP – Result by Philip Ward

Philip Ward — Thu, 02 May 2013 09:03:09 +0000

I think it’s the driver who needs to “watch himself out there”. If he’s ever in another incident then a room full of police have witnessed a threat, which will go against him even in a complete accident.

Comment on RX11AXP – Result by retrobiketheken

retrobiketheken — Thu, 02 May 2013 09:00:31 +0000

The driver was in the wrong but that junction layout is ridiculous, Transport and roads are the ones needing fined too. Wilson cyclists aren’t out to “get” drivers, most of us are drivers, it’s just with honest mistakes we can lose our lives when we are on the bike.

Comment on RX11AXP – Result by nilling

nilling — Thu, 02 May 2013 08:14:24 +0000

He mentioned his professional driving experience of over 20 years and training he was undertaking to drive bigger vehicles.<

Comment on RX11AXP – Result by A spokesperson for the People's Cycling front of S Gloucestershire

A spokesperson for the People's Cycling front of S Gloucestershire — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:00:29 +0000

surely you meant to type “always after justice when a driver nearly kills one of them”.

There’s also the issue that for any other profession, there are higher standards for the “professional” than the amateur. That goes for professions from home decorating to dentistry.

Yet when it comes to the roads, rather than show the benefit of the experience of driving full-time many days of the year, with the better judgement and wisdom that should entail, all you see is aggression and a complete disregard for the safety of others. All this talk about “mutual respect” cuts both ways, see.

If you do want to complain about something, complain about the road design.

Gaz: congratulations on a result. Without police intervention, helmet cams are a form of entertainment for the non-cyclists, and evidence of the city for the cyclists. If the police across the country (& scotland) start acting on that evidence, then drivers -especially professional ones- will eventually realise that they have a choice between showing respect for the cyclists, or getting enough penalty points that they can’t drive.