w*nker!!!

[\ Dave]

Well I just saw my first pavement cyclist wipe out a
pedestrian in full 'bullet-time' slo-mo. I'd seen a prat
cycling on the pavement for some time and was gradually
catching up with him. It was taking a little while 'cos I
kept stopping for red lights. Last one I stopped for before
catching him up was a pedestrian crossing, that he actually
used to cross the busy dual carriageway we were on, without
dismounting, of course. Got caught at the next set and
whilst waiting, caught sight of him tazzing down the
pavement on the other side of the road.....noticed he was
daydreaming and looking back over his shoulder at
'something'....noticed the newspaper girl walking down the
10ft path back onto the pavement with her dayglo-green-easily-
seen paper bag....noticed him look forwards and her look up
a split second before they clashed. Both went down.... He
shot up, picked up his bike, parked it to one side, bent
down to check on girl. She was partly obscured to my view by
now. I could see her left arm had come up as if she was
lying on her back and feeling her head. He was looking
around and talking to her....... Lights changed and I was
off... ...I let him know what I thought of pavement cyclists
who don't pay attention, along the lines of "..and that's
why cyclists are supposed to use the road, you w*nker!!..."
. He looked up, so obviously heard, but don't think it'll
make a blind bit of difference.

Hope the girl's ok!...would've loved to have stayed and
helped, but you know....and there were plenty of other
foklks around...hopefully they've lynched him by now. I'll
offer my services as witness to the police later.

Dave. Pedestrians!!!...how dare they use the pavements!!!

[Peter B]

"(t'other) Dave" <no-one@nowhere.org> wrote in message
news:yPkyc.52554$B63.49743@doctor.cableinet.net...
> Hope the girl's ok!...would've loved to have stayed and
> helped, but you know....

Wow! That's big of you. Were you off to save the world?

[Anonymous]

(t'other) Dave posted:

> Hope the girl's ok!...would've loved to have stayed and
> helped, but you know....

Your subject line says it all really ..

--
Paul ...

(8(|) ... Homer Rocks

[Erics]

news:2iuktkFrjulvU1@uni-berlin.de...
> (t'other) Dave posted:
>
> > Hope the girl's ok!...would've loved to have stayed and
> > helped, but you know....
>
> Your subject line says it all really ..
>
But he did say "and there were plenty of other foklks
around" so unless he
had any special skills to offer what was the point of adding
to the crowd?

[\ Dave]

news:2iuktkFrjulvU1@uni-berlin.de...
> (t'other) Dave posted:
>
> > Hope the girl's ok!...would've loved to have stayed and
> > helped, but you know....
>
> Your subject line says it all really ..
>
>
> --
> Paul ...
>
> (8(|) ... Homer Rocks
>
>

heh-heh...would've assumed that too if I'd have read it...I
don't think another one of gods little helpers would've made
much difference...and I'd have probably decked the cyclist.
Just like thepolice advert, do you think you could do the
job of keeping the paedophile safe from the baying
mob....don't think I could...

[\ Dave]

"Peter B" <peter28@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:cad5b5$clb$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
>
> "(t'other) Dave" <no-one@nowhere.org> wrote in message
> news:yPkyc.52554$B63.49743@doctor.cableinet.net...
> > Hope the girl's ok!...would've loved to have stayed and
> > helped, but you know....
>
> Wow! That's big of you. Were you off to save the world?
>
>
Yup!!...my world, not hers....

[Peter B]

"(t'other) Dave" <no-one@nowhere.org> wrote in message
news:Skxyc.54898$B63.34498@doctor.cableinet.net...
> heh-heh...would've assumed that too if I'd have read
> it...I don't think another one of gods little helpers
> would've made much difference...

So long as you're sure that's the case (and why shouldn't
you be you were there).

The thing is that as I read it it looks like you witnessed
it first hand and were close to the scene, (I wasn't) but
didn't stop for whatever reason. Maybe because you could see
plenty of others in attendence. And quite rightly all that's
need at an accident scene is someone to assess the situation
and give comfort if required, a first aider ideally to stop
someone else doing something dangerous to the injured party
(if nothing else), someone to contact the emergency services
if required and someone (possibly more than one) to slow
down other traffic if need be. After that any extra people
are just in the way and may impede the emergency services.

But you can't assume someone else has got things in hand.

And your message reads a little callously without
qualifying things.
--
Regards, Pete

[Tim Dunne]

In news:yPkyc.52554$B63.49743@doctor.cableinet.net,
(t'other) Dave <no-one@nowhere.org> typed:

> Hope the girl's ok!...would've loved to have stayed and
> helped, but you know....and there were plenty of other
> foklks around...hopefully they've lynched him by now.

As long as you didn't trouble yourself. It takes a
spectacular kind of **** to pass someone in that situation
without checking if they're OK.

Suppose the other folks thought like you?

Tim
--
Sent from Birmingham, UK timdunne at blueyonder.co.uk 'God's
electrician sparked up the heavens once again, heading
northbound on the 7:10. And the lord said let there be
commuters...' - Thea Gilmore Look, mum, an anorak on a bike!
Check out www.nervouscyclist.org

[Anonymous]

(t'other) Dave posted:

> news:2iuktkFrjulvU1@uni-berlin.de...
>> (t'other) Dave posted:
>>
>>> Hope the girl's ok!...would've loved to have stayed and
>>> helped, but you know....
>>
>> Your subject line says it all really ..
>>
>>
>> --
>> Paul ...
>>
>> (8(|) ... Homer Rocks
>>
>>
>
> heh-heh...would've assumed that too if I'd have read
> it...I don't think another one of gods little helpers
> would've made much difference

You were there, but your portrayal of the scene reads a tad
callous on your part.

> ...and I'd have probably decked the cyclist. Just like
> thepolice advert, do you think you could do the job of
> keeping the paedophile safe from the baying mob....don't
> think I could...

Heheheh. I dunno.

I think I'd still have stopped, if only to let the other
cyclist know you saw everything, and to pass on to all
concerned a note of your name and address/phone number. You
did say you'd offer your services as a witness to police
later, but would they have been called ? And if they were
called would they do anything ? If the accident was _that_
bad maybe you should have called police. Better twelve calls
to one accident than twelve people thinking 'Oh there's
loads of people about, someone else will call ...' I also
think that as you believed that police were to be involved,
then you should have stayed, no matter what the "but you
know.." issue was.

Your call though, you saw the situation, your conscience.

I do hope she was allright in the end ... ;)

--
Paul ...

(8(|) ... Homer Rocks

[Mark South]

news:2j010aFrh250U1@uni-berlin.de...
> (t'other) Dave posted:

> > news:2iuktkFrjulvU1@uni-berlin.de...
> >> (t'other) Dave posted:
> >>
> >>> Hope the girl's ok!...would've loved to have stayed
> >>> and helped, but you know....
> >
> > heh-heh...would've assumed that too if I'd have read
> > it...I don't think another one of gods little helpers
> > would've made much difference
>
> You were there, but your portrayal of the scene reads a
> tad callous on your part.

A data point: the last time that I stopped at an accident (I
was second on the scene) to ask if I could help, the first
person screamed at me "Are you a doctor? No? Then push off!"

Actually, I am a doctor, but that's not what he meant. And I
do know basic first aid, but he wouldn't let me help.

If Dave had ever had this kind of experience he probably
wouldn't think first of stopping.

> Your call though, you saw the situation, your conscience.

Most intelligent comment made so far.

> I do hope she was allright in the end ... ;)

Of course.
--
Mark South: World Citizen, Net Denizen

[Anonymous]

Mark South posted:

>> You were there, but your portrayal of the scene reads a
>> tad callous on your part.
>
> A data point: the last time that I stopped at an accident
> (I was second on the scene) to ask if I could help, the
> first person screamed at me "Are you a doctor? No? Then
> push off!"

Not nice ..

> If Dave had ever had this kind of experience he probably
> wouldn't think first of stopping.

Good point, but that's not how it read, or how he said it.

--
Paul ...

(8(|) ... Homer Rocks

[\ Dave]

"Tim Dunne" <Bit_Bucket@Blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:rGyyc.2218$G15.20131931@news-text.cableinet.net...
> In news:yPkyc.52554$B63.49743@doctor.cableinet.net,
> (t'other) Dave <no-one@nowhere.org> typed:
>
> > Hope the girl's ok!...would've loved to have stayed and
> > helped, but you know....and there were plenty of other
> > foklks around...hopefully they've lynched him by now.
>
> As long as you didn't trouble yourself. It takes a
> spectacular kind of
****
> to pass someone in that situation without checking if
> they're OK.
>
> Suppose the other folks thought like you?
>
> Tim
> --
Absolutely!! Dave (some spectacular kind of ****)

[\ Dave]

news:2j0c6eFs67feU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Mark South posted:

>
> >> You were there, but your portrayal of the scene reads a
> >> tad callous on your part.
> >
> > A data point: the last time that I stopped at an
> > accident (I was second on the scene) to ask if I could
> > help, the first person screamed at me "Are you a doctor?
> > No? Then push off!"
>
> Not nice ..
>
> > If Dave had ever had this kind of experience he probably
> > wouldn't think first of stopping.
>
> Good point, but that's not how it read, or how he said it.
>
> --
> Paul ...
>
> (8(|) ... Homer Rocks
>
>
Knew I should have held back a while before posting....yes
it did sound a little callous, rather more disturbed by the
scene than I thought...yes there were others attending to
the situation, don't think I could've helped anymore....gave
details and statement to police after posting thread last
night, no feedback yet and nothing in local press to
indicate it got anymore serious than that (yet). Dave.