I can’t help it if a cyclist falls over, says Helen Measures

peted76 wrote:

Defence lawyer scum.

“Summing up, Mr Fielding (defence laywer) said: “Ben Pontin said it was a stupid decision to overtake. It was nowhere near as stupid as Mr Pontin’s decision to put Denisa Perinova on that bike in the first place.

“He ought not to have been so reckless with the life of his young girlfriend and he failed with terrible consequences.”

That statement got torn apart after the trial.  The defence had made out it was practically her first time on a bike, whereas her family – after the close of the trial – claimed that she was an experienced and regular cyclist (a fact which wasn’t used in court).

I think ktache here on road.cc is pretty knowledgeable on this particular case, too, and might be able to expand on that.

henryb wrote:

I like the journalistic detail in the Telegraph article

“Measures, a former parish church bell ringer…”

Oh well, that’s alright then…

I think Bez did a whiole blog post on how someone doing good works, churchgoing, etc, is completely f-ing irrelevant to whether or not they are a good driver.

Here y’go: https://beyondthekerb.org.uk/the-problem-with-good-people/