Distracted drivers - we thought we’d seen the gamut.
The driver who was eating a sandwich at the time hit and killed a cyclist, and was sentenced to 240 hours community service for causing death by careless driving.
A cyclist in Manchester has topped all of these though, by capturing on helmetcam a woman driving along while reading a book.
The YouTube user, dubbed CycleSmarter, noticed the woman driving suspiciously slower than the rest of the traffic and peeped inside the car window to notice to his horror the driver reading.
At the lights, he confronted the driver, then threw his bike in front of her car to stop her moving before marching down the road to fetch a police officer.
The driver explains to the officer that she feels the cyclist is ‘picking on her’ and says that he was aggressive, when she had her six year old child in the car.
The video’s creator added: “He has spoken with the driver, and reiterated my concerns as a person that rides a bicycle. In this case a Section 59 PRA2002 warning will not be issued.”
Section 59 PRA2002 covers “Vehicles used in manner causing alarm, distress or annoyance” - the full police guidelines are here.
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After an unpromising start, having to be bribed by her parents to learn to ride without stabilisers, Sarah became rather keener on cycling in her university years, and was eventually persuaded to upgrade to proper road cycling by the prospect of a shiny red Italian bike, which she promptly destroyed by trapping a pair of knickers in the rear derailleur. Sarah writes about about cycling every weekend on road.cc.
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Maybe there's something to be said for Lancashire after all: you know where you are! From the outset they're going to file the most damning of...
In the link you've given, of the delibrate act of hit n run collision, in Nottingham, November 2014......
Winding down the entitlement factor on all sides is the way forward Agreed
Dry and briight tomorrow morning in that there London. Bit chilly mind.
3m wide cycle lane hard shoulder less danger from close passes than many other rural roads....
and for the price of a sportive entry you can probably get a very nice pub lunch AND afternoon tea in a cafe
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