Re: Riding a bicycle without brakes
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 8:57 am
Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this. <raises arm>
Doctor: Well don't do that then.
Doctor: Well don't do that then.
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ancient wrote:Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:exportmanuk wrote:It is true that 7000 people are killed in motor accidents, but it is not always going on like that..
because their relationship with motor vehicles is not tainted by the spirit of Moore-Brabazon.
ancient wrote:It's an argument that has been going on for some time and more civilised nations have better public spaces, because their relationship with motor vehicles is not tainted by the spirit of Moore-Brabazon.
That wouldn't suffice. The claimant would still need to show that there was a collision and that the defendant was involved.GTR1400MAN wrote:
Anyone could claim they'd been hit, without the need for evidence/witnesses...]
mainbeam wrote:That wouldn't suffice. The claimant would still need to show that there was a collision and that the defendant was involved.GTR1400MAN wrote:
Anyone could claim they'd been hit, without the need for evidence/witnesses...]
jcochrane wrote:It appears to me that in the two clips the pedestrians stepped into the path of the oncoming riders whilst looking the wrong way.
If a pedestrian steps into the path of a two wheeled vehicle, even if travelling at slow speed, the rider has little chance. In fact even if they can avoid hitting the pedestrian they are likely to fall off and be injured.
gannet wrote:jcochrane wrote:It appears to me that in the two clips the pedestrians stepped into the path of the oncoming riders whilst looking the wrong way.
If a pedestrian steps into the path of a two wheeled vehicle, even if travelling at slow speed, the rider has little chance. In fact even if they can avoid hitting the pedestrian they are likely to fall off and be injured.
Well... a little update...
Seems I've had a one too many near misses - seems I can't always stop - ouch...
Pedestrian crossing the road between the stationary traffic I was overtaking... collision speed 14.3mph.
Fortunately we are both OK - if a little bruised (nice black eye for Christmas...)!
Learning point to me - include MPV type vehicles in the category I can't properly see past/over, really wouldn't have wanted to be travelling much slower than I was at the time given everything else happening around me.