"Dummy"rides on Motorway hard shoulder

[4F]

Is this another thread about @Noodley ?

 

[jayonabike]

Already under discussion here.

Yes, I didn't see that thread. Oh well, not the worst mistake I've made in my life

 

[ufkacbln]

But why let him off? It's just more ammo for the anti-cycling brigade if he can blatantly disregard the laws and get away with it. He needs a serious kick in the slats!

You can kill a cyclist and be let off, so this is hardly an offense that needs a massive reaction

 

[Brandane]

"Must get in the middle lane; ..... must get in the middle lane; .... must get in the middle lane....... "

 

[matthat]

Caption Comp anyone

Only 200yds to go!!

 

[buggi]

Probably safer riding 12 ft from cars doing 70 on a motorway than 12 inches from cars doing 60 on an A road.

or 70 on an A road... Or 80!!

 

[buggi]

easy to mistake the hard shoulder for a cycle lane... Another reason cycle lanes should be abolished ... They lead to situations like this. LOL

it's a genuine mistake ... Obviously this guy has never read the highway code, same as most cyclists who don't drive. He could even be foreign.

 

[Alan Biles]

You can kill a cyclist and be let off, so this is hardly an offense that needs a massive reaction

So that makes it OK for all road users to disregard the law?

 

[ufkacbln]

So that makes it OK for all road users to disregard the law?

No,but it puts things in perspective?

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Caption Comp anyone

"This weather's cr#p, I think I'll move to Australia..."

 

[Accy cyclist]

It wouldn't have been so foolish if he was wearing high viz,and had some decent lights on! He looks like he might be "of no fixed abode" so maybe it wasn't worth the paperwork to fine him.

 

[Skipper]

So what's wrong with this? The guy is wearing a helmet. Police are too fussy sometimes, should be out catching REAL villains!
http://news.uk.msn.com/trending-blog/cyclist-spotted-riding-on-m1-motorway

 

[gavroche]

Everything is wrong with that. The guy is an idiot to ride on the motorway as:
1. it is illegal.
2. cars are passing him at speed of 70 + mph. If one hits him, he's dead. His helmet won't make any difference.
The police was right to tell him off and escort him off the motorway.

 

[Brandane]

So what's wrong with this? The guy is wearing a helmet. Police are too fussy sometimes, should be out catching REAL villains!
http://news.uk.msn.com/trending-blog/cyclist-spotted-riding-on-m1-motorway

I assume this post is tongue in cheek? Surely?

If not...... He only got a "ticking off" and escorted off the motorway, when he had committed an offence for which he could have been fined. So the Police did the common sense thing and still get criticised?

"The guy is wearing a helmet" ...... *groan*

 

[sidevalve]

I'll assume this is joke of course - but if not, well the idiot deserved all he got. I have seen the results of a human being struck on the hard shoulder of a motorway and he ended up needing two seperate tarps to cover the mess before the ambulence crew could scrap the remains off the road. Still I suppose they could use the helmet to collect the soggy bits in.