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I feel sorry for his friends and family.
Must be hell for the driver knowing you've killed someone.
I don't know if a helmet would have done anything but its always worth choosing to wear one anyway regardless of how useless it may be.
Having cycled for 50yrs in and around London, (I have also driven motor vehicles for 32yrs) this idea has always been my dream - to get drivers to understand a cyclists problems and point of view. The fact that some people wouldn't be able to cycle because of a disability means they would have to take some other type of test involving cyclists; I don't doubt that the majority of people are able bodied and would be able to cycle but their nerves may not be up to it!! Which is what I find when I have mentioned the option of cycling to people over the past years. Even with my experience I still won't cycle in certain areas and just dismount and walk where necessary, which is a sorry affair but I'd rather that than get killed.
Three hours in drizzle and fog today lit up like a xmas tree got home cold and very wet. That said I've found that regardless of the weather I get back and always feel much much better for having gone out. Completely agree about embracing the seasons which unfortunately at the moment means learning to love the cold and wet rubbish
'Looks like our sky rocket was a dud Sean'.
- We, de Management, don't approve of doping.
- Yeah, we don't like any Chinese restaurant.
busted
have a good ride guys
hi if you need some help with this feel free to email me, i,ve been twice before, and now doing a 5 day tour package or see web link below.
as i understand it thats correct, all the other stuff is applicable only if you live in france, you just need your doctors certificate, if like me he also sent me for a heart ECG
take a look at my etape du tour blog, see link below:
http://etape-du-tour-2011.blogspot.com
i,m doing a accomodation package with transfers. you just need the etape entry and the flight or a way of getting to clermont ferrand.
I worked with a girl that couldn't ride a bike - she'd never learned. Amzaing I know, but there are people out there who simply can't. Obviously riding a tricycle might be an answer, or possibly some sort of theory lesson & test involving a computer simulation. I think getting cyclists to do circuits on roads with a learner driver (not just one on their test) is also a very good idea. Actually more instructors could do with training about how to deal with bikes - particularly the use of bike lanes!!
Other than that, as I've often thought, drivers should retake the test every so often - even if it was only every ten years, at least they'd get an update on the Highway Code (how many people read it once they've passed?) theory in general and driving skills in particular. It would be a pain for all drivers including me, but I think would be a good thing.
Um ... wouldn't it be easier (and cheaper) just to get a power-assisted bike?
I'm glad about the result, but it shouldn't have happened in the first place. I do agree that his employers should also be prosecuted, and I really do hope this man never gets his licence back. But it doesn't bring back the lady that was killed in such an awful way.
You missed one bit out: the willingness of the Police to actually present evidence to the CPS which will result in likelihood of prosecution. Therein lies a can of worms.
So, Blue Sky thinking in 2010 didn't really work. Anyone know a company called Joined Up?
This summer I was part of a group doing a charity ride (for the Forces Children's Trust). We got jerseys from Owayo and I was pleased with mine. The only unfortunate thing is that after a bit of a crash, I'm left with a large hole in the back! Hence I can't comment on the longevity/durability.
Can't these lorries just deliver at night or during certain limited hours in the day? Then as a cyclist, you might be able to plan your journey accordingly. Currently, it's impossible to judge when you will encounter one.
Ugliest. Bike. Ever.
PCSO Brailsford with a reformed bike thief at the Cycle Task Force awareness day.
It's good to have someone so energetic and commited to cyclist's safety at work on this project.
In my humble opinion, many motorists are imapatient and even aggressive because of, as John G., above, puts it so well, 'a sense of monstrous entitlement and outrage that anything can impede their progress'. A major component of this attitude is the mistaken idea that because cyclists 'do not pay road tax', they have no real right to be on the road at all.
This mistake should be addressed in the Highway Code and reinforced at every opportunity to motorists, with an explanation of how roads are funded by general taxation, and you pay VED for the right to use a motor vehicle on those publicly funded roads. It should be pointed out officially that as the wear and tear, and space and time taken up by a bike is so tiny compared to a car, cyclists pay their share with the VAT on the cost of the bike, and/or the rider's income tax and all their other taxes. Learner drivers should be informed of this, and answer a question on it in the test. The awareness of it might reduce the aggression and ridiculous sense of ownership of the road which many car drivers seem to have.
That's why the year didn't go as planned, your looking in one direction and I'm looking in the other!!
"Come n have a go if you think you're hard enough".
"We're pleased to unveil our latest project, the Great Bike of Berkshire. It will catch motorists eyes and remind them to look out for cyclists, as well as acting as a monument for British cycling's past and future glories"
"Dave, that's just Brads bike in the distance"
"maybe we can get some of that new "Tainted Meat" saddle sore cream from DZ Nuts for the chaps."
"..."
"It was a joke you twit..."
marginal gains approach towards genetic engineering and mutation payoff as team sky unveil their new 15ft ultra directeurs sportif...
The C59 does have a tapered headtube 1 1/8th top, 1 1/4 bottom. It C59 uses the same C-HS1 system as the EPS and M10.