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Live blog: Team Dimension Data hand out bikes for Qhubeka charity; Woman forced to abandon 1,000 mile ride after seven miles thanks to giant pothole; André Cardoso gets four year ban for positive EPO test; Wiggo has a pop at Cav +more
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rbrtribble 24 minutes ago
@Sniffer great comment, I reckon five years (no parole) in prison for driving while banned will keep them off the road when convicted.
rbrtribble 29 minutes ago
Obviously the law is not worried about the standard of driving by individuals with prior convictions. All accidents including eg: a touch of a bumper should be reported to the police and an interview with a traffic cop before driving away from the scene. Driving away from the scene of an accident after being involved should instantly receive a lifetime ban (no matter how long you have to wait for a a traffic cop to come). Liberalism in driving must not be tolerated.
davids 1 hour ago
@kil0ran Don't you mean "Driving is a privilege not a right"?
Sniffer 1 hour ago
@kil0ran as I understand it he drove while banned for a number of the previous offences. While I don't disagree that there was lots of evidence that he would continue to drive dangerously, and should not have been allowed behind the wheel even before this horrific incident, I think it is naive to think a lifetime driving ban would have kept him off the road.
kil0ran 2 hours ago
LIFE DRIVING BANS NOW & get rid of the points system. Banging him up for 25 years is a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Time and time again we get this situation where someone dies because a dangerous driver wasn't permanently removed from the road. Implement an instaban for anything which would usually get 3 points and enforce it with a suspended sentence. First breach leads to 3 months jail time. Next 12 months. Next 4 years, and so on. Ankle monitor them to help enforce it. Can be a Cat C/Open prison or some form of home curfew. Driving is a right not a privilege. They should be rightly mindful of the risk of an offence and if it puts them off driving then so be it. I drove like an absolute &(^()^T&_ as a teenager and I guarantee I wouldn't have behaved that way if there was a risk of jail time and a criminal record.
ymm 2 hours ago
This tragedy was so avoidable and this case, its outcome and its impacts should be a huge wake up call to the CPS and the wider justice system, including Police. Society cannot keep excusing drivers, through the normalising of dangerous behaviour, for law breaking and the justice system must lead the way. Society must accept that law breaking is wrong, no matter where it takes place. I am under no illusion as the cultural and societal leap is a big one however the situation of excusing law breakers cannot continue.
mitsky 2 hours ago
Shirley "Spalding Business Improvement District" should face some sort of reprimand for bring a meritless case (ie without evidence), thus wasting the local authority's time and potentially taxpayer funds that could be used elsewhere? It might certainly help prevent others doing the same in the future.
Paul J 2 hours ago
Heartbreaking for Michael Mullins' family. Deepest condolences to them.
BroomBroomBroom 3 hours ago
This case has me seriously thinking about whether I should be riding on the road at all. There are safer ways to travel and to keep fit, and I have two small children at home who need me.
mitsky 3 hours ago
From https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/26690352.driver-sentenced-murder-michael-mullins/ “Richardson has a significant history of driving offences, the court has heard. In April 2011, he was arrested for careless driving and failing to stop or report an accident. He lost control of a vehicle and fled the scene. In July 2012, driving with excess alcohol and driving while disqualified, he once again fled the scene on foot. May 2013: driving while disqualified and without insurance. He gave officers a false name and date of birth; he was suspected of driving with excess alcohol. November 2014: driving with excess alcohol, dangerous driving, failing to stop and no insurance. He tried to drive away from police and fled at speed before crashing into a vehicle and fleeing on foot. He was found to be over the limit. In February 2023, he was convicted of driving without a licence and no insurance. He was stopped, checked, and gave false details to the officer. He remains on bail for affray, ABH, and possession of cocaine in December 2024, and that case is currently listed for trial.” Will there be a review of why he was allowed to remain outside of prison, thus him believing his behaviours were not serious enough to stop now ending up with him killing someone? At what point in a case like this where someone has a list of previous driving offences does the law say “enough is enough, licence revoked, full stop, do anything again end up behind bars for a long time”…? Each instance of his previous dangerous driving would have been a straight fail on a driving test. Yet he was allowed to continue without any significant punishment or deterrent to future offending. If the law had done something more then this murder could have been avoided. But cyclists.
11 thoughts on “Live blog: Team Dimension Data hand out bikes for Qhubeka charity; Woman forced to abandon 1,000 mile ride after seven miles thanks to giant pothole; André Cardoso gets four year ban for positive EPO test; Wiggo has a pop at Cav +more”
Is that right, Wiggins?
Is that right, Wiggins?
http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Michael+Kacer+Invictus+Games+Day+Three+Indoor+wo7TpsEq-2Ql.jpg
I’m starting to get bored with this guy’s obnoxious and tedious antics just to get cheap headlines. He wouldn’t know a hard life if it thumped him on the head.
roadmanshaq wrote:
American so doesn’t count.
Well, you’ve got an
Well, you’ve got an opportunity to use your position of popularity to spread some good stuff and you go and waste it by spouting shite, Sir Bradders.
#Wanker
I saw Geraint Thomas on stage
I saw Geraint Thomas on stage in Monmouth last Friday; he was really interesting, genuinely self effacing and seemed very normal.
I certainly wouldn’t waste my money on seeing Wiggo; I read one of his books once and lost any respect I had for him, as he seemed to spend an inordinate amount of type on explaining how great he was.
Chris Boardman was on stage in Monmouth a while back and he was really engaging too.
Wiggins and Cav are like an
Wiggins and Cav are like an old married couple – The Hooky and Barney (Sumner) of the sporting world. But – The work Wiggins did to get Cav his Rainbow jersey – then Wiggo in yellow leading Cav in the stripes onto the Champs Elysées – their Madison win at the 2016 Worlds. Some pair! (The description of Brailsford made me spit my coffee out…
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JohnnyRemo wrote:
Aye but look how that turned out 🙁
Wiggins is deffo Hooky (the cooler one) while I can see Cav losing it on too many Pernod and oranges. They should do an LP together and call it ‘Power, Corruption & Thighs’. I’d buy it!
I was at the Kentish Town
I was at the Kentish Town date, so not the one reviewed, but some thoughts:
– my interpretation of his comments re Cavendish was that they were very much tongue in cheek. Ribbing a mate rather than criticising him. He also had some very warm words to say about him.
– His view of Armstrong was very much more nuanced that has been presented in the press. I didn’t agree with everything he said, but it was somewhat removed from what the press have seized upon (although given the amount of Armstrong jerseys in the book, I take that with a pinch of salt.)
3. Wiggins is who he is. Yes he’s gonna wind some people up the wrong way, but he has an interesting story to tell, and comes across much less self absorbed than some might think.
Saintlymark wrote:
Likewise with wife, daughter and daughter’s boyfriend. Some great pops at champagne spraying Rapha wearers, absolute clarity on Armstrong and some real insights into his life and “flawed character” (his words). I met him at a track league event he rode out to watch the day he got his new Confidis kit and bike (so years ago). Banter towards Tony Gibb was pretty harsh but seemed a nice bloke then too. If you don’t like him don’t go – there were lots of people there who Im guessing felt it was worth the money.
Brad gonna Brad
Brad gonna Brad
Book to sell, people to rile up etc etc
I saw Ned Boulting last week – for the second time. Brilliant show, lovely bloke, sort of fella you could have a long session with in the pub after just meeting him. Opposite to Bradley in many ways, but I think it’d be just as easy to get shitfaced with him too.
I read that cyclist review
I read that cyclist review and I just thought that it sounded like a journo scorned had written it, maybe Sir Biggo had hurt their feelings in the past.
I’m not saying that Sir Waggo isn’t a douchebag, he’s clearly not very media friendly, but the writing in that article screams of bias.
I note that there is not an author attributed to the article it either, which is prettylow,if you’re going to write a damming review at least have the courage to put your name against it.Edit, I can see that there is a name against it. Trevor Ward.
Also… while I think, ‘Cyclist’ hate team sky, have been a massive stoker of hate over the past couple of years.
Perhaps the rowing failure is
Perhaps the rowing failure is because he is getting close to 40, rather than if he has a bag of sugar up his arse. And as for insulting national treasures, leave Dermot out of it.