North Wales cyclists killed - defective tyres follow up

[naked_draughtsman]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/5245562.stm

Driver has been proscecuted for having defective tyres, although the
article still doesn't explicity say whether or not the driver had
defective tyres at the time of the crash.

 

[Nigel Cliffe]

naked_draughtsman wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/5245562.stm
>
> Driver has been proscecuted for having defective tyres, although the
> article still doesn't explicity say whether or not the driver had
> defective tyres at the time of the crash.

The group debated this last week - see thread "£45 - the value of a
cyclist's life".


--
Nigel Cliffe,
Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/

 

[triddletree]

Nigel Cliffe wrote:
> naked_draughtsman wrote:
>
>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/5245562.stm
>>
>>Driver has been proscecuted for having defective tyres, although the
>>article still doesn't explicity say whether or not the driver had
>>defective tyres at the time of the crash.
>
>
> The group debated this last week - see thread "£45 - the value of a
> cyclist's life".

Visit uk.tosspot for some sickening attitudes :-((

tt

 

[Squashme]

triddletree wrote:
> Nigel Cliffe wrote:
> > naked_draughtsman wrote:
> >
> >>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/5245562.stm
> >>
> >>Driver has been proscecuted for having defective tyres, although the
> >>article still doesn't explicity say whether or not the driver had
> >>defective tyres at the time of the crash.
> >
> >
> > The group debated this last week - see thread "£45 - the value of a
> > cyclist's life".
>
> Visit uk.tosspot for some sickening attitudes :-((

Yes. I had to resist the urge to cross-post the argument. Different
worlds.

 

[the.Mark]

Squashme wrote:
> triddletree wrote:
>> Nigel Cliffe wrote:
>>> naked_draughtsman wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/5245562.stm
>>>>
>>>> Driver has been proscecuted for having defective tyres,
>>>> although the article still doesn't explicity say whether or
>>>> not the driver had defective tyres at the time of the crash.
>>>
>>>
>>> The group debated this last week - see thread "£45 - the
>>> value of a cyclist's life".
>>
>> Visit uk.tosspot for some sickening attitudes :-((
>
> Yes. I had to resist the urge to cross-post the argument.
> Different worlds.

I'm on holiday but can't go out (there is a joiner in fitting our new
kitchen) so I had time for a look. I'ts not nice in there.
--
Cheers
the.Mark

 

[juih]

the.Mark wrote:
>>>
>>>Visit uk.tosspot for some sickening attitudes :-((
>>
>>Yes. I had to resist the urge to cross-post the argument.
>>Different worlds.
>
>
> I'm on holiday but can't go out (there is a joiner in fitting our new
> kitchen) so I had time for a look. I'ts not nice in there.

I suspect that I am being spectacularly naive, but who, or what, is
uk.tosspot?

M

 

[Clive George]

"juih" <[email protected]> wrote in message
newskPBg.10368$t%[email protected]...
> the.Mark wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Visit uk.tosspot for some sickening attitudes :-((
>>>
>>>Yes. I had to resist the urge to cross-post the argument.
>>>Different worlds.
>>
>>
>> I'm on holiday but can't go out (there is a joiner in fitting our new
>> kitchen) so I had time for a look. I'ts not nice in there.
>
> I suspect that I am being spectacularly naive, but who, or what, is
> uk.tosspot?

uk.transport. Have a play if you're feeling argumentative, are good at it,
and have a lot of time on your hands...

cheers,
clive

 

[Tony W]

"Clive George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

>> I suspect that I am being spectacularly naive, but who, or what, is
>> uk.tosspot?
>
> uk.transport. Have a play if you're feeling argumentative, are good at it,
> and have a lot of time on your hands...

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T