Another pedestrian injured by cyclist

[Deleted member 26715]

Regardless of the speed he was doing, the lady gave him no chance to avoid her. She pretty well ran into him. I doubt the guy was thinking straight, between the adrenaline and the head knock that he appears to have taken, and that could be part of the reason why he walked off eventually.

There can be no good reason why he walked away

 

[mjr]

There can be no good reason why he walked away

Fear of getting lynched not good enough?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Fear of getting lynched not good enough?

No, if that was a fear then he would have dumped the bike, ran & gone straight to a Police station if he could find one open

 

[Smudge]

Having watched this vid he is travelling at a fair rate. As he has a mountain bike, which i would presume has low gearing, would he be able to pedal this speed over the supposed 15.5 mph motor cut out speed of legal Ebikes ?
Also, its highly suspicious he wanted to leave the scene and even more suspicious he wanted to take an unrideable, heavy Ebike with him. The weight of carrying it was probably what made him dump it.
I've watched this vid over and over again.... and it looks like an Ekit with a rear wheel hub motor has been fitted to this bike. From the small partial view i can see of this motor, it looks like its possibly a large diameter motor. Certainly larger than the legal 250W hub motors.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Any update on the ladies condition?

 

[numbnuts]

Any update on the ladies condition?

I was only thinking of this yesterday, she is obviously still alive as she was on a life support machine and they don't keep them on there forever it is all gone very quiet, hope she makes a full recovery.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

With my cynical mode switched on - I'm thinking that either the bike was stolen or had an illegal mod so the tabloids have decided there's no mileage in stirring anti-cyclist hate.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

hope she makes a full recovery.

So do i

With my cynical mode switched on - I'm thinking that either the bike was stolen or had an illegal mod so the tabloids have decided there's no mileage in stirring anti-cyclist hate.

Think if it had an illegal mod they would have continued, more likely of uncertain origin

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Surprising/interesting. Can Drago enlighten us?

All there is is S168 RTA 1988 Failure to give, or giving false, name and address in case of reckless or careless or inconsiderate driving or cycling.

Any of the following persons—

(a) the driver of a mechanically propelled vehicle]who is alleged to have committed an offence under section 2 or 3 of this Act, or

(b) the rider of a cycle who is alleged to have committed an offence under section 28 or 29 of this Act [dangerous or careless cycling respectively], who refuses, on being so required by any person having reasonable ground for so requiring, to give his name or address, or gives a false name or address, is guilty of an offence.
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Edited to add: I note reports state the man was also arrested on suspicion of failing to stop and failing to report. I can't find any legislation where these obligations apply in collisions involving non-motorised vehicles so I can only presume that the e-bike falls into the category of motor vehicle because it is not compliant with the EAPC regulations.

 

[Smudge]

As i can see a partial view of what looks like a large rear hub motor..... I think there's a good chance the bike has been fitted with a powerful non road legal Ekit, maybe 1000w or possibly even higher wattage. I'm convinced its not a road legal 250w kit.
I suspect thats why he wanted to leave the scene and take the bike with him, to remove the evidence.

If this turns out to be the case, then he'll have all sorts of charges thrown at him.

 

[mustang1]

After The Allison case I can see why they did not hang around and did a runner. I personally would not be able to do that and I hope the pedestrian recovers soon. I hope that more facts come to light quickly before the comments section of the media go into overdrive. It does look to be on a pedestrian crossing, for the cyclist’s sake I hope the lights were on green.

what's the alison case?

 

[Smudge]

what's the alison case?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...jailed-for-18-months-over-death-of-pedestrian

 

[mjr]

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...jailed-for-18-months-over-death-of-pedestrian

...give or take a typo of his name...

 

[mustang1]

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...jailed-for-18-months-over-death-of-pedestrian

Oh that guy .

 

[mustang1]

Cyclist hits pedestrian, rare, but front page news. Driver hits pedestrian/cyclist, very common, never mentioned. Unfortunately, any fall can result in severe injury. Punched to ground can kill. Getting hit by a car when you are only cycling at 13mph can snap your spine in two.

Same thing as
kill many = hero,
kill one = murderer