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No comments on “Good luck finding me on foreign plates” story – why?

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  • September 9, 2013 at 12:51 pm #19816
    flobble

    Why can’t I comment directly on this story?

    Headline on earlier snippet on this story was [quote]“Good luck finding me on foreign plates” says driver after he knocks off cyclist – but is he a Premier League footballer?[/quote]

    But now cyclist admits he rode into the back of the driver’s vehicle, and the story appears to have subtly changed… Mistaken assumption road.cc?

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  • September 9, 2013 at 8:29 pm #755803
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    Fixie Girl

    Hi Tony
    How it reads to me
    Hi Tony

    How it reads to me is the cyclist now admits he rode into the back of the vehicle and was not knocked off as he first claimed. We only have his word that he was injured and given his lack of early transparency how reliable is that now?

    No-one from road.cc has updated the Facebook Post to reflect the change in the cyclists story.

    I think that this story highlights a lack of balance and checking of basic facts before posting .. You are better than this guys

    FG

    September 9, 2013 at 8:00 pm #755801
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    Tony Farrelly

    @Some Fella – Yes, you could
    @Some Fella – Yes, you could be sued and so could we. That’s why we’ve deleted your comment. That’s also why if you look around the internet you’l find that no news site has named him – as yet – and no-one will until his name is officially confirmed. Some football sites named him on Friday night and pretty rapidly got rid.

    @Fixie Girl Don’t see any reason for anyone to be embarrassed certainly not us. As for the law over here, if you’re involved in a collision in the UK as far as I know it is an offence to leave the scene without exchanging details – especially if somebody has been injured.

    September 9, 2013 at 7:39 pm #755799
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    Fixie Girl

    bendertherobot wrote:There

    bendertherobot wrote:
    There are two. But, the most recent had comments, until recently.

    There were about 5, including mine, until a short while ago and I hadn’t seen any naming the driver.

    Most, including my own, has questioned why the cyclist had driven into the back of an admittedly poorly parked car.

    Certainly the 180 by the cyclist/road.cc is not going to help our cause. A bit embarrassing for the parties involved.. Hopefully the cyclist was insured so he can pay for any damage 👿

    The law in the US is same as UK: Rear-End Collisions

    If someone hits you from behind, it is virtually never your fault, regardless of why you stopped. A basic rule of the road requires a vehicle to be able to stop safely if traffic is stopped ahead of it. If it cannot stop safely, the driver is not driving as safely as the person in front.

    September 9, 2013 at 7:28 pm #755797
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    chadders

    Think its time for a Europe
    Think its time for a Europe wide registration system, where the cars country of origin and a number linked to that car. Did we know if the Audi was insured or road worthy or can that not be checked either!!

    September 9, 2013 at 7:10 pm #755795
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    northstar

    bikeboy76 wrote:He says that

    bikeboy76 wrote:
    He says that social media has been a great help, well the drivers identity has been reported online, if not here.

    I do find it funny that he would think that someone could not be easily identified from their licence plate, which is a code attached to cars for identification purposes… or his face perhaps.

    Indeed, as for the “not being able to trace foreign number plates” excuse from the BiB, that is complete nonsense as i’m sure one call to the french police would identify him – regardless he has been identified so I expect the police to pursue him….. won’t hold my breath.

    September 9, 2013 at 5:05 pm #755793
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    Leviathan

    He says that social media has
    He says that social media has been a great help, well the drivers identity has been reported online, if not here.

    I do find it funny that he would think that someone could not be easily identified from their licence plate, which is a code attached to cars for identification purposes… or his face perhaps.

    September 9, 2013 at 4:56 pm #755791
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    bashthebox

    He didn’t ask for anything.
    He didn’t ask for anything. Clubmates tweeted about it when Rob was on holiday over the weekend.
    That’s not to say the driver wasn’t in the wrong. Failure to stop at the scene of an accident is a crime, punishable by fuck all unfortunately, but a crime nonetheless.
    Apportioning blame in this case might be hard, but with three witnesses to say the driver was in the wrong it doesn’t seem too hard, does it?

    September 9, 2013 at 3:34 pm #755789
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    DrJDog

    why did he ask anyone to
    why did he ask anyone to chase up the owner’s identity? So that he could pay for damage to their car?

    September 9, 2013 at 1:35 pm #755787
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    dave atkinson

    bendertherobot wrote:There

    bendertherobot wrote:
    There are two. But, the most recent had comments, until recently.

    There were about 5, including mine, until a short while ago and I hadn’t seen any naming the driver.

    Most, including my own, has questioned why the cyclist had driven into the back of an admittedly poorly parked car.

    the article should have been published without commenting enabled. just a mistake, nothing more sinister than that really.

    we’ve published the rider’s account of events because he asked us to. and yes, they’re a bit different to what was originally reported.

    September 9, 2013 at 1:31 pm #755785
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    flobble

    farrell wrote:I think it’s in

    farrell wrote:
    I think it’s in case people start naming or speculating on the identity of the driver involved.

    It’s a smart move as it gets proven time and time again that the internet is rammed to the gills with idiots. My only complaint is that I’d prefer it if when the Road.cc team do choose to delete comments from a story could they also delete the start of the comment in the ‘recent comments’ section?

    And make a note in the story that says “we’ve had to block comments on this story because of x,y,z”

    bendertherobot wrote:
    There are two. But, the most recent had comments, until recently.

    There were about 5, including mine, until a short while ago and I hadn’t seen any naming the driver.

    Most, including my own, has questioned why the cyclist had driven into the back of an admittedly poorly parked car.


    Indeed. The first story (Saturday) asserts that driver knocked off cyclist. The second story (today) reports cyclist admitting he rode into the back of the car, but makes no reference to the error (made seemingly without supporting evidence) in the first story. Tsk.

    September 9, 2013 at 1:20 pm #755783
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    bendertherobot

    There are two. But, the most
    There are two. But, the most recent had comments, until recently.

    There were about 5, including mine, until a short while ago and I hadn’t seen any naming the driver.

    Most, including my own, has questioned why the cyclist had driven into the back of an admittedly poorly parked car.

    September 9, 2013 at 12:59 pm #755781
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    farrell

    I think it’s in case people
    I think it’s in case people start naming or speculating on the identity of the driver involved.

    It’s a smart move as it gets proven time and time again that the internet is rammed to the gills with idiots. My only complaint is that I’d prefer it if when the Road.cc team do choose to delete comments from a story could they also delete the start of the comment in the ‘recent comments’ section?

    Also Flobble, you do realise there are two stories regarding this incident on Road.cc dont you? This may explain the ‘subtle changes’ you speak of.

    http://road.cc/content/news/93039-good-luck-finding-me-foreign-plates%E2%80%9D-says-driver-after-he-knocks-cyclist-he

    http://road.cc/content/news/93155-cyclist-good-luck-finding-me%E2%80%9D-incident-tells-his-story

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