anyone know this cyclist?

[screenman]

I think it would be nice if we could separate cyclists from thugs on bikes.

 

[Accy cyclist]

you continue to dissemble - the child in the video could easily have been killed.

If a motorist, going too fast for the road conditions, collided with and injured a cyclist to the same degree as the child in the video would you still make the same dissembling excuses on his behalf.

if not why not?

most won't follow the link, let's make the point explicit

A cyclist collided with three pedestrians and seriously injured an elderly woman in Wragby on Wednesday, May 20.

A cyclist riding on the footpath collided with three pedestrians, knocking over a 75-year-old woman, who suffered a broken collarbone.

The incident happened around 9.30pm in the alleyway near the GP surgery, leading to Hansards Drive.

The casualty was assisted by a young male passerby who helped her home safely.
Why don't you calm down a bit. You're here there and everywhere quotimn

PC Barnsley is keen to trace the cyclist, any witnesses to the incident, and also the passerby who helped.

PC Barnsley can be contacted at Horncastle Police Station via the 101 number, or he can be emailed at jonathan.barnsley@lincs.pnn.police.uk

because a cyclist was involved, by definition anyone else involved is a lower form of life

Why don't you calm down a bit. You're here there and everywhere quoting posts!

 

[CopperCyclist]

Why are you calling the father a 'meat head'? All he did was rush to his child's aid. The child (and by extension her parents) are the victim in this incident.

This, this, this.

I'm not normally one to jump on the "don't stereotype" bandwagon, but all the evidence here suggests that is entirely inappropriate to label the dad like this. On CCTV provided he does nothing but run to his daughters aid. In his account he doesn't challenge the cyclist, hell even in the cyclists account he makes no mention of him being threatening - the closest you get is he said the family "hurled abuse".

But because he's tattooed and wearing a vest, people are calling him a meathead and a chav...

I think from what I've seen he handled it a lot better than many people would.

The cyclist himself... You're an idiot. You're an idiot for the way you rode, and you're twice the idiot for not identifying that the reason there is a perceived "hate campaign" is purely down to the Daily Mail, to whom you've gone running to with "your side"!

 

[Dan B]

I think it would be nice if we could separate cyclists from thugs on bikes.

Some cyclists are thugs on bikes.

 

[PK99]

Why don't you calm down a bit. You're here there and everywhere quoting posts!

and you are dissembling and deliberately evading the point.

why to some cyclist have a tribal approach "Two wheels good. Four wheels bad"?

 

[Bianchi boy]

Yes, who ever he is, he needs to be found. And put in jail, if he did that to my daughter he would be 6 foot under.

Was this a shared cycle route? One of the photographs appeares to show a signpost depicting a bicycle indicating it would be.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

A cyclist hitting a pedestrian doesn't usually have the same devastating affect as a car hitting a cyclist.

Are you suggesting I can ride like an a**ehole on my bike because I'm less likely to hurt someone?

Am I ok to throw eggs into peoples faces because they're less likely to cause harm than if I threw rocks at them?

 

[vickster]

A cyclist hitting a pedestrian doesn't usually have the same devastating affect as a car hitting a cyclist.

Doesn't make it acceptable, even if that is so. A bike travelling at 11mph with a full grown man on board could certainly kill a small child. That's why cyclists aren't allowed on the pavement.

So the roads were busy with traffic, tough, as cyclist ultimately you're traffic too. If you want to avoid the traffic, get off the bike and walk it along the pavement. Yes, in an ideal world, the roads would be clear, and cyclists wouldn't be impeded by vehicles. We don't live in an ideal world unfortunately

 

[Dan B]

https://goo.gl/maps/c3OCz
That is exactly where it happened

Measuring from google maps, the distance shown on CCTV is 6m.

He crosses that in 1.2 seconds (by stop watch)

5m/s or just over 11mph!

Regardless of your opinion of pavement cycling, 11mph on a footpath is far, far too quick.

Also a whole lot faster than the child is moving. Notwithstanding all the assertions upthread that "toddlers dart out", she seems to be moving at little more than walking pace. If the cyclist didn't see her it was more likely due to her (lack of) height than her speed.

(For the avoidance of doubt, no, I am not suggesting it's the child's fault for not being taller)

 

[Thomk]

Yes. We all have a choice whether to cycle on the pavement and I would guess that a large proportion of us have done it, at least occasionally. Many have used mobile phones whilst driving, failed to ensure that children in their car have seatbelts on...the list is endless. These are all choices and no-one makes them with the intention of causing any harm.

But. With choice comes responsibility whether harm was intended or not.

In this case the cyclist made a bad choice cycling on the pavement, a bad choice with the way he cycled on the pavement and a bad (even worse) choice when he cycled away after the accident. Excuses from him or others seems to me to be in bad taste and misguided.

 

[glenn forger]

and a bad (even worse) choice when he cycled away after the accident.

He hung around at the scene then his father picked him up in a car.

 

[Thomk]

He hung around at the scene then his father picked him up in a car.

Apologies.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I won't be listening, because phone-ins are for tiresome morons. But if any of you can stand it ...

You and Yours, Radio 4, in a short while

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vy4kk


Call You and Yours: Have you ever been put at risk on the road by a cyclist?
A child is recovering after being hit by a cyclist riding on a pavement.
Have you ever been put at risk on the road by a cyclist?

Meanwhile Chris Boardman has called for stricter liability for motorists in accidents involving vulnerable road users, to protect pedestrians and cyclists.

Cyclist casualties have risen in recent years as the amount of cycling has increased, latest figures show that over 19,000 cyclists were killed or injured in reported road accidents in 2013.

What's your experience on the pavement or road? Are you a cyclist who has been in an accident? Or are you a pedestrian or motorist who's been in an accident caused by a cyclist?

Email us with your stories youandyours@bbc.co.uk and join Winifred Robinson at 1215.

Producer: Maire Devine
Editor: Chas Watkin.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I won't be listening, because phone-ins are for tiresome morons. But if any of you can stand it ...

You and Yours, Radio 4, in a short while

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vy4kk


Call You and Yours: Have you ever been put at risk on the road by a cyclist?
A child is recovering after being hit by a cyclist riding on a pavement.
Have you ever been put at risk on the road by a cyclist?

Meanwhile Chris Boardman has called for stricter liability for motorists in accidents involving vulnerable road users, to protect pedestrians and cyclists.

Cyclist casualties have risen in recent years as the amount of cycling has increased, latest figures show that over 19,000 cyclists were killed or injured in reported road accidents in 2013.

What's your experience on the pavement or road? Are you a cyclist who has been in an accident? Or are you a pedestrian or motorist who's been in an accident caused by a cyclist?

Email us with your stories youandyours@bbc.co.uk and join Winifred Robinson at 1215.

Producer: Maire Devine
Editor: Chas Watkin.

I just came onto this thread to mention the broadcast. CB is doing his usual excellent job.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vy4kk

 

[cd365]

Was this a shared cycle route? One of the photographs appeares to show a signpost depicting a bicycle indicating it would be.

No, the cycle route started at the sign