potsy
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Another Manc cyclist down..
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shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
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- Manchester way
@sabian. I'm having that argument with the MEN on Twitter, they seem to think they've written it in an impartial manner.
@400 spot in, I'd always assumed as an M class road, we weren't allowed to use it, not that I would anyway, there's a line between right to ride and endangering yourself.
@400 spot in, I'd always assumed as an M class road, we weren't allowed to use it, not that I would anyway, there's a line between right to ride and endangering yourself.
To quote Jim Royale: My arse!
That's about as impartial as it couldn't get. Tossers. She may very well have been at fault but nobody knows that yet.
SatNavSaysStraightOn
Changed hemispheres!
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- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
it states police were called to the underpass with chester road. that bit has a cycle way crossing the slip road off the mancunian way if I recall correctly after driving it on saturday.
+1 hoping she is OK
+1 hoping she is OK
shouldbeinbed
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- Manchester way
Not sure the underpass does, there's quite a cyclepath network on top of it getting you across the roundabout , albeit primarily running the City centre/Stretford axis.
shouldbeinbed
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- Manchester way
Their last reply is that they are only reporting what the police told them. It seems to be a stock answer, same when someone else asked what the gender had to do with the story & why not report the driver's. AKA the Kelvin MacKenzie Hillsbourough defence. Apparently journalists and editors have no free will to neutralise a report, I'm going to query it with the Police press office.
Whatever the circs, even if not illegal(???) It's an odd place to be riding a bike. I hope she recovers
Attachments
Curb
Veteran
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- Manchester
Hmm sounds bad, hope she's OK too
It's not clear exactly where it happened - the underpass referred to is definately a 'no go' for cyclists...
Always a bit sobering to hear about serious incidents that are close to home - I commute via that roundabout that is is 'over' the underpass on my return from work.
(Good to see some of us addressing the reporting style as well, thanks,
- let's hope eventually the media will see that they have a responsibility in choosing how to portray cyclists and incidents they are involved in, especially where there may be serious injuries)
Surely its,
"a cyclist and a car collided" <-- impartial , "a cyclist collided with a car" <-- not impartial , "a car collided with a cyclist" <-- not impartial..
I've noticed this in a number of reports, so perhaps it is the police, but that doesn't excuse it..
at the underpass, blimey, thats (M) , that's pretty scary and definately not a place for a cyclist :-/
"a cyclist and a car collided" <-- impartial , "a cyclist collided with a car" <-- not impartial , "a car collided with a cyclist" <-- not impartial..
I've noticed this in a number of reports, so perhaps it is the police, but that doesn't excuse it..
at the underpass, blimey, thats (M) , that's pretty scary and definately not a place for a cyclist :-/
SportMonkey
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Unless they went under it I can't see how the report would work, the road rises for the whole cycle path. I avoid the cycle path, and use the roundabout there regularly, it's not a dangerous cycle path though, and I can't understand how a cyclist would end up on the underpass. (You can't miss the signs either: http://goo.gl/maps/JzIDf)
That's the one, however cyclists would be on the slip roads past the top of the image. They're big slip roads.
shouldbeinbed
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- Manchester way
The M.E.N. are adamant that their reporting is neutral and impartial and are getting grumpy about it claiming collided with is a standard journalistic phrase ( like 'The Truth' is a standard journalistic headline maybe) they are also blaming the police for the report but the Manchester Gazette have chipped in saying that they supplied the story to MEN who like to 'jazz things up'
Mister Blister
Regular
That section is most definitely a no go for cyclists. I know the road well. I also know the crew who attended to this lady.
