Cyclist's life worth #135 in the eyes of the law.

On cyclingnews.com this morning: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2003/jan03/jan18news

Some fuckwit motorist drives into a cyclist. Kills him, gets 6 penalty points and a 135 pound fine.

What is happening here? What is a life worth?

This is just representative of thousands of dangerous, reckless, careless, arrogant, aggressive
drivers out there running up a huge toll in injuries, deaths and insurance losses because
politicians are too fucking SPINELESS to stand up to them...

Apart from Ken Livingston. Hooray for Ken! Ken Livingston for PM!!!!!!!!

I think I'm going to stroll down the street toting a large, sharp axe around. I can "handle" it, I
know what I'm doing. And if someone happens to get hurt, well, I didn't *MEAN* to do it did I? It's
just an *accident*, just one of those things.

That word "accident" should not be used.

Animal

 

>Some fuckwit motorist drives into a cyclist. Kills him, gets 6 penalty points and a 135 pound fine.

Yes - already notified on this NG. It is appalling. She was a granny - she didn't mean it - she said
sorry. The fact she overtook the cyclist when it was unsafe to do so and without even crossing the
central white line... words fail.


helen s

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On 18 Jan 2003 22:06:03 GMT, [email protected] (wafflycathcsdirtycatlitter) wrote:

>words fail

Not on uk.tosspot they don't. Apparently I'm blinkered for thinking that this sentence (and several
others I won't depress you with) is inadequate. Obviously the blinkers are the result of being both
cyclist and driver - all I have to do to gain a more balanced perspective is give up the cycling.

Guy
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"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 18 Jan 2003 22:06:03 GMT, [email protected] (wafflycathcsdirtycatlitter) wrote:
>
> >words fail
>
> Not on uk.tosspot they don't. Apparently I'm blinkered for thinking that this sentence (and
> several others I won't depress you with) is inadequate.

Given the source that must be considered a compliment

> Obviously the blinkers are the result of being both cyclist and driver - all I have to do to gain
> a more balanced perspective is give up the cycling.

That would be silly.

T