Woman fighting for life after 'e-bike' hit-and-run in east London
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Inevitable once his clear photo was out. Reporting an accident where injury has occurred is mandatory, so running away from the scene and leaving someone seriously injured might put him in line for a custodial sentence, regardless of whether he committed a cycling offence.
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I think it's one of those archaic legal terms - I recall that it predates the motor car and originally applied to horses, carriages, etcThat’s a very strange label
“Furious driving”
I drive cars , vans etc
I ride a bike I certainly don’t drive one
I'd like to see ASBO's given out to cyclists (and runners!) who don't respect pedestrians as, fundamentally, it is an antisocial behaviour, but that's not sufficient in cases like the one above
That is about the speed limit (5km/h) on cycle paths in San Sebastian where pedestrians mix with bikes, 10 or 15 km/h elsewhere on cycle paths. In Irun the limit is 30 km/h on the street for all vehicles including bikes - I'm afraid that I have broken that limit a couple of times, they have very steep hills...
You must have good legs then.. going uphill at that speed.....
Drivers behaviour witn pedestrians needs to improve too. Too often they are thoughtless when with a little consideration they could make pedestrians lives much more pleasant.
Such things as, when it's safe, letting pedestrians have precedence at junctions, stopping within a long stream of slow moving traffic to let pedestrians cross when it's obvious they've been waiting ages, stopping for the vulnerable even when there isn't a crossing and it's safe to do so.
A right of way doesn't make exercising it morally right.
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The speculation is the rider ran a red light, time will tell and will be a major factor in any court case.
This is a bit of a bug bear with me as why do cyclists/riders to this !!!
Today riding out of Ovingdean out Brighton & Hove way, I stopped at red lights a busy 4 way junction this afternoon and a lady cyclist blatantly just rode across after waitting for a gap in the traffic from the right and did the same for the traffic coming from the left.
It appears they either don't think stop signals apply to cyclists or are just having a Charles Bronson moment.
This is a bit of a bug bear with me as why do cyclists/riders to this !!!
Today riding out of Ovingdean out Brighton & Hove way, I stopped at red lights a busy 4 way junction this afternoon and a lady cyclist blatantly just rode across after waitting for a gap in the traffic from the right and did the same for the traffic coming from the left.
It appears they either don't think stop signals apply to cyclists or are just having a Charles Bronson moment.
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It's now been reported that the injured pedestrian ran into the road and that the light for the bicyclist was green.
Wonder why he ran away then! Intersting how the assumption was that he ran the red light.
May be the Alston case/verdict was on his mind moments after the crash ?
It was someone I believe at the scene who said this.
Won't necessarily have a 'reason'.
People react differently to different situations and it's all to easy to sit at a keyboard, analyse and give opinions.
Fortunately few of us have been in a similar situation to the rider in this case and none in exactly the same situation.
All the traffic was moving and she made a dash for it and lost
So why wasn’t the heading
“Woman takes out cyclist on electric bike “
Funny it’s never the pedestrians fault in an accident
Now the video shows how clearly she was at fault and the cyclist's speed reasonable, the police will have little option but to drop the "Furious driving charge". I doubt they could make it stick.She did
Sprinting across the road in front of him
It's just a pity he ran off without reporting an accident leading to third party injury, since that is a serious offence.
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