Why do some people hate cyclists?
Well just perhaps in some cases it is justified.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...-prosecution-after-fatal-collision-with-pens/
A speeding cyclist involved in a fatal collision with a pensioner could not be prosecuted because speed limits do not apply to bicycles, a court heard.
Brian Fitzgerald, a director at Credit Suisse, was in a “fast group” of cyclists doing timed laps of Regent’s Park in London when Hilda Griffiths, 81, crossed the road they were on to try to reach a pedestrian island.
Despite a 20mph speed limit, Mr Fitzgerald, a member of the Muswell Hill Peloton cycling club, told a coroner they were travelling at up to 29 mph in aerodynamic “pace line” formation to maximise momentum when he struck the retired nursery teacher walking her dog.
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She suffered multiple fractures, vomited blood in the ambulance, and had severe “bleeding on the brain”. Because it took her 59 days to die from head injury “complications”, she will not appear on official data as a pedestrian killed on a road following a collision with a cyclist.
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Mr Fitzgerald said the spot Mrs Griffiths was crossing was on a slight downhill stretch so the pace had quickened.
Asked if the 20 mph limit “applied to all”, he said: “I believe legally the speed limit doesn’t apply to cyclists [the same] as motorists.”
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Just days before Hilda Griffiths suffered fatal injuries in a collision with a speeding cyclist in Regent’s Park, the 81-year-old was uncharacteristically forthright about the perils she faced on her early morning dog walk.
“Those bloody cyclists are getting worse, you know,” she told her son, explaining how the famous London park owned by the Crown Estate had become a race track for middle-aged and invariably middle-class men dressed in Lycra recording, sharing and comparing their best lap times.
For 50 years, the retired nursery nurse had taken her dogs for walks there, ensuring that despite her advancing years, she remained fit and healthy.
Her son, Gerard, 52, now feels her words were almost prophetic.
Well just perhaps in some cases it is justified.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...-prosecution-after-fatal-collision-with-pens/
Cyclist escapes prosecution after fatal collision with pensioner
Police say speed limits only apply to ‘mechanically propelled vehicles’ and not bicyclesA speeding cyclist involved in a fatal collision with a pensioner could not be prosecuted because speed limits do not apply to bicycles, a court heard.
Brian Fitzgerald, a director at Credit Suisse, was in a “fast group” of cyclists doing timed laps of Regent’s Park in London when Hilda Griffiths, 81, crossed the road they were on to try to reach a pedestrian island.
Despite a 20mph speed limit, Mr Fitzgerald, a member of the Muswell Hill Peloton cycling club, told a coroner they were travelling at up to 29 mph in aerodynamic “pace line” formation to maximise momentum when he struck the retired nursery teacher walking her dog.
....
She suffered multiple fractures, vomited blood in the ambulance, and had severe “bleeding on the brain”. Because it took her 59 days to die from head injury “complications”, she will not appear on official data as a pedestrian killed on a road following a collision with a cyclist.
...
Mr Fitzgerald said the spot Mrs Griffiths was crossing was on a slight downhill stretch so the pace had quickened.
Asked if the 20 mph limit “applied to all”, he said: “I believe legally the speed limit doesn’t apply to cyclists [the same] as motorists.”
...
Just days before Hilda Griffiths suffered fatal injuries in a collision with a speeding cyclist in Regent’s Park, the 81-year-old was uncharacteristically forthright about the perils she faced on her early morning dog walk.
“Those bloody cyclists are getting worse, you know,” she told her son, explaining how the famous London park owned by the Crown Estate had become a race track for middle-aged and invariably middle-class men dressed in Lycra recording, sharing and comparing their best lap times.
For 50 years, the retired nursery nurse had taken her dogs for walks there, ensuring that despite her advancing years, she remained fit and healthy.
Her son, Gerard, 52, now feels her words were almost prophetic.