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If you’re wondering why I have a local Cave leaflet on my lap in ambulance- they rushed out to help, looked after me really well until ambulance arrived and then looked after my smashed up bike. Thigh, shoulder, knee, both hands and ankle now well strapped. French healthcare vg pic.twitter.com/i1ZiavHcTa

— Alastair PEOPLE’S VOTE Campbell (@campbellclaret) August 15, 2019

A clip from the US that will make you wonder if there's any good left in the world, as an Amazon delivery driver steals a child's bike from a driveway then rides away on it. 

The homeowner Kristin Casey told WNDU: "I was furious and then after that, I was just, I was almost appalled that someone would do that."

The bike belonged to Casey's 11-year-old daughter, and she said that after reporting the incident the driver was identified by police. He claimed he thought the bike was unwanted because it was placed next to a recycling bin. 

Amazon announced in a statement that the man is no longer working as a delivery driver for them. 

Montreal Police issued cyclists with 12,285 tickets in 2018. That’s 42 times more cycling tickets than Toronto.

The most common infractions were for running red lights, riding with headphones and failing to stop at stop signs.

Samaki-Eric Soumpholphakdy, commander of road safety for Montreal Police, told the Montreal Gazette that enforcement was about keeping cyclists safe.

“We do believe that when a person gets a ticket, it can increase their awareness (of traffic rules),” he said.

He went on to highlight the fact that there hasn't been a cycling death in Montreal this year as proof of this.

"In Montreal, what we've done in the last couple of years is really put the emphasis on road safety, and when you look at the annual reports year after year you can see that the results pay off," he said.

“It’s mainly because of the fact that the SPVM (Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal) is carrying out operations that specifically target cyclists,” said Suzanne Lareau, the president and director of Vélo Québec.

Last year, campaigners protested amendments to the Highway Code that saw fines for some cycling violations quadruple.

“Right now, it costs you more if your bike is missing one of its reflectors than if one of the headlights on your car is burned out,” said Lareau. “It’s ridiculous.”

Pls respectful with this because first was not his mistake and second what i saw he had a disability.

— Marcus Burghardt (@MBurghardt83) August 15, 2019

An unusual exchange has emerged on Twitter between Edward Theuns, wh uploaded the clip, and Marcus Burghardt of Bora-Hansgrohe. Burghardt, although writing in quite broken English, appears to be suggesting it was due to organisational failures that the person crossing the road was put in danger. 

@OliverNaesen No. Because if some one, with disability or not, is passing there than its a lack of security of the organization, they are responsible for closing the roads, crosses, zebra path and so on.

— Marcus Burghardt (@MBurghardt83) August 15, 2019

Do you think Burghardt has a point, or is there only so much race organisers can do to protect the riders and the public?

Council ‘sympathetic towards roadside memorials’ but says sites need to be appropriate for the tributes being left.

Full story here.

News 12 Connecticut reports that a local cyclist escaped with just a broken finger after crashing his bike into a black bear.

Jim Triano came round a corner and the bear was eating berries at the side of the road. He couldn’t avoid it and went over his handlebars. The bear then ran off into the woods.

"People said, 'Holy cow, at least the bear didn't come at you,'” said Triano. “And God forbid it had, because I was not in any condition to fend off a several hundred-pound black bear."

Triano’s Cervelo fared less well.

Jim Triano of Easton is one VERY lucky guy. He crashed into a black bear on his bicycle, went flying into the air — and walked away with a broken finger and some road rash. His bike wasn’t so lucky

Hear his story today on @News12CT pic.twitter.com/T9cQRww42U

— John Craven (@johncraven1) August 13, 2019

(No, it’s not *that* John Craven.)

Patch reports on a cyclist who was ticketed for riding down New York’s Fifth Avenue outside the bike lane.

The main issue confronting Alex Goldmark was that this particular stretch of Fifth Avenue does not actually have a bike lane.

Today a cop told me bikes are not allowed on 5th Ave. She gave me a ticket not riding the bike lane. There is no bike lane. Said no biking anywhere in the city unless there's a bike lane. I'm pretty sure this is false. Right, @TransAlt @StreetsblogNYC pic.twitter.com/PU3Hz8O3Ev

— Alex Goldmark (@alexgoldmark) August 13, 2019

When he put this to the police officer, she told him there was no cycling anywhere in the city unless there's a bike lane.

Bicycles are not barred from roads without bike lanes confirmed a spokesperson for the city's Department of Transportation.

An NYPD spokesperson said the bike lane summons will be voided.

"The Commanding Officer is aware that the bike lane summons was issued in error, that summons will be voided and the officer will be instructed on proper summons-able traffic offenses."

And while I was waiting for my ticket. Two cabs hit each other five feet from me and the cop. The cabbies yelled at each other and then drove off. Cop didn't blink.

— Alex Goldmark (@alexgoldmark) August 13, 2019

i joked, but westminster. pic.twitter.com/KDrGErmuod

— Joe Dunckley (@steinsky) August 14, 2019

This (questionable-looking) upcoming festive film shows one of the main protagonists parking his bike on a Sheffield stand in London's Cecil Court... although in real life they don't actually exist.