Putney Bridge Jogger arrested.

The amount of coverage and
The amount of coverage and media attention this has gotten is absurd, when compared to how little attention is paid to things like the aggressively-swerving van driver elsewhere on this site.

That said, I admit I’m intrigued to know what this guy was thinking – it was such a peculiar thing to do, I want to know what was going on in his head. But that’s the point, I guess, it gets attention because it’s unusual, whereas motorists doing similar things happens all the time. And then idiots don’t notice that its the very rarity that makes it news and start making crackpot generalisations about joggers.

stemps wrote:

stemps wrote:

You’re right, it’s insane. 

As someone who runs as well as cycles, I’m now reading in national ‘newspapers’ that I’m a dangerous scumbag who should be banned from all pavements and paths. One sociopath represents all runners, apparently.  

Fat old men such as Adam Boulton want to tell people where they are allowed to exercise. 

Not only exercise. This doesn’t ‘just’ cover leisure.

I have *some* sympathy with the notion that someone who goes for a jog or run should try to pick a route away from busier pedestrian routes, for everyone’s sanity. I would have thought most runners do that anyway to avoid constantly sidestepping peds – that’s the last thing I want to be doing when I go for a run.

But what about active commuting? I run home from the office every now and then, and I know plenty of others who do, and that means mixing with other commuters for at least part of the way.

Bitter fatties don’t understand running or cycling to/from work, or the health, cost and relief-to-transport-network benefits it can bring to a country, so they criticise it. They’d rather bikes were off the roads and runners were off the pavements, because they’re an inconvenience to them trying to wobble from A to B in a straight line. If we let them dictate travel policy, the country will be one big motorway with free mobility scooters to get you from your front door to your car.

This is just another excuse for the tubby majority to lash out at relatively fit weirdos. It’ll blow over. There’ll be a new flavour of Ben & Jerry’s or something exciting their fat fingers next week.

Sorry OP: my own rant popped out there. Original point – yes, about time assault with a vehicle is treated as what it is.

You’re right, it’s insane. 

You’re right, it’s insane. 

As someone who runs as well as cycles, I’m now reading in national ‘newspapers’ that I’m a dangerous scumbag who should be banned from all pavements and paths. One sociopath represents all runners, apparently.  

Fat old men such as Adam Boulton want to tell people where they are allowed to exercise.