"Royal Commission into death of Australian cyclist"
"Seemingly lenient treatment by the courts of drivers who kill cyclists is a long-standing concern of Australian cyclists' rights groups, and the McGee case has mobilized protests this weekend in South Australian capital Adelaide and also in Melbourne and Sydney. The protest rides start at 9.30 at Victoria Square, Adelaide; Federation Square, Melbourne and Hyde Park Fountain, Sydney."
I wonder if this is something we can learn from over here? It'll be interesting to follow it.
"Royal Commission into death of Australian cyclist"
"Seemingly lenient treatment by the courts of drivers who kill cyclists is a long-standing concern of Australian cyclists' rights groups, and the McGee case has mobilized protests this weekend in South Australian capital Adelaide and also in Melbourne and Sydney. The protest rides start at 9.30 at Victoria Square, Adelaide; Federation Square, Melbourne and Hyde Park Fountain, Sydney."
I wonder if this is something we can learn from over here? It'll be interesting to follow it.
Cheers, helen s
But they have mandatory cycle helmets....what more is there that can be done?
;-^)
-- Tony
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"wafflycat" <wafflesATv21netDOTcoDOTuk> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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I wonder if this is something we can learn from over here? It'll be interesting to follow it.
Maybe, but this case got a reasonable amount of publicity (not a lot, but much more than normal), partly because of who the driver was (lawyer, fairly well known for defending very iffy characters) and partly because there'd been a spate of cyclists killed by drivers around the time of the court case which raised the visibility. There were also other driver caused deaths, such as the shooting of a policeman with his own gun by somebody stopped for speeding, which may have increased the publicity of "road safety" issues generally.
I feel that it is largely because of this publicity that it has become politically advantageous to be seen to be doing something about it, or at least asking for something to be done about it. Whether anything does actually happen is another matter.
