anyone know this cyclist?

[nickyboy]

How come their kid got hit then? If the pavement outside my house leads to a cycle lane I would have a pretty good idea that riders may go past. Through the medium of interpretive dance because writing it down doesn't seem to work, that's not blaming anyone.

Glenn, have a look at the streetmap for Collingwood Avenue, Blackpool. If you do you'll see that there is indeed a cycle lane about 30m past the house. However, there is no access off the pavement onto the cyclepath at all. No lowered kerbs etc. The only way to get to the cycle path (other than bouncing down off the kerb) is to ride on the road.

As such it's entirely reasonable that a parent would not expect a cyclist to be cycling on that bit of pavement. The pavement does not lead to the cycle lane

You're misrepresenting the facts..........again

 

[glenn forger]

Nope, I said the pavement leads to a cycle lane, there is a cycle lane at the end of the pavement, that makes it more rather than less likely that there will be a cyclist on the pavement, where he shouldn't be.

 

[glenn forger]

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.8...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s59jry2cYd8hju-zEA-EAWQ!2e0

Dropped kerb just before the cycle lane, by the mankiest caravan in Lancashire.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Blame

Child - 0%
Parents - 0%
Cyclist - 100%

GC

 

[Adam4868]

Blackpool is seriously dodgy. The low-life quotient is alarmingly high.

Any town,city in the country could be "dodgy" as you like to call it.Im not dodgy"and i live and work here.The area or road where this happens wouldnt really be "dodgy".All of which is of no relevance to someone riding on a pavement.My kids ride on pavements on the way to school,some roads arent safe to be on.So maybe i am "dodgy" too !

 

[Michael86]

Whilst I do not think he should have ridden off, or been on the pavement or even not been paying sufficient attention to what he was doing, maybe this sort of reaction is the reason he rode off, maybe the dad said he was going to tear him limb from limb or words to that effect so he thought he'd make a sharp exit.

The father has every right to tear him limb from limb.

 

[Michael86]

It could also have been a 12 year old kid riding the bike at that speed down the pavement. Should they be on the road?

No, but he isn't 12. He should know better. He should of been on the road full stop.

 

[Dommo]

The father has every right to tear him limb from limb.

No, he doesn't. I think you misunderstand which century we live in... Yes, the cyclist should not have been on the pavement and will be punished (or not) according to the law.

 

[anothersam]

Can I mostly agree with Glenn without getting tarred and feathered (I have allergies)? No? Then bad Glenn! Bad!

You can see the cyclist as 100% wrong and also see it as a typical 10 minute hate job, pushing all the right buttons (think of the children) for yet another click orgy. The DM merely offers a shriller voice than the rest of the 4th estate.

 

[PK99]

Can I mostly agree with Glenn without getting tarred and feathered (I have allergies)? No? Then bad Glenn! Bad!

You can see the cyclist as 100% wrong and also see it as a typical 10 minute hate job, pushing all the right buttons (think of the children) for yet another click orgy. The DM merely offers a shriller voice than the rest of the 4th estate.

Choose a different report then.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...g-hit-and-run-cyclist-pavement_n_7419098.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...nd-run-cyclist-is-dragged-along-pavement.html
http://metro.co.uk/2015/05/21/cycli...didnt-bother-to-stop-to-check-on-her-5208635/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/horrifying-moment-hit-and-run-cyclist-riding-5733724
http://thugviral.com/tag/lucie-wilding/
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/57...own-toddler-and-drags-her-12ft-along-pavement
http://www.dreamindemon.com/communi...wn-sidewalk-by-hit-run-bicyclist-video.78330/
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article4448023.ece
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...t-and-run-of-toddler-on-pavement-video-173131
http://www.blikk.hu/ - Címkék

 

[Dommo]

[QUOTE 3707935, member: 9609"]morally he does[/QUOTE]

Yeah...because some cuts and bruises to a child totally justifies tearing a man "limb from limb" in some medieval vengeance concept....

 

[Mugshot]

[QUOTE 3707935, member: 9609"]morally he does[/QUOTE]
Morally? Whilst the fella shouldn't have been riding on the pavement or if he felt he had no other option he should have been far more aware, I would imagine it unlikely that he set out to deliberately hurt anybody. I don't think it would be morally right to bash somebody up a bit given the circumstances, however much you might like to.

 

[Leodis]

Choose a different report then.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...g-hit-and-run-cyclist-pavement_n_7419098.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...nd-run-cyclist-is-dragged-along-pavement.html
http://metro.co.uk/2015/05/21/cycli...didnt-bother-to-stop-to-check-on-her-5208635/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/horrifying-moment-hit-and-run-cyclist-riding-5733724
http://thugviral.com/tag/lucie-wilding/
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/57...own-toddler-and-drags-her-12ft-along-pavement
http://www.dreamindemon.com/communi...wn-sidewalk-by-hit-run-bicyclist-video.78330/
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article4448023.ece
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...t-and-run-of-toddler-on-pavement-video-173131
http://www.blikk.hu/ - Címkék

You have far too much time on your hands. Are you the local troll for Mums.net?

 

[Mugshot]

At the risk of sounding like I'm defending the cyclist, how many times have we read posts on this forum from people that are too scared to ride on the road, alternatively how many times have we read and indeed experienced being told to "Get off the road", by drivers that feel we have no right to be there? Again, the cyclist shouldn't have been there, but we are not all robust enough to ignore the dogs abuse which we can sometimes receive.

 

[Glow worm]

http://www.blikk.hu/ - Címkék

Good contender for most obscure link of the year there!