Family plea over “point-scoring” on Olympic Park cyclist’s death

[deptfordmarmoset]

Go to BBC iplayer and on the Jeremy Vine Show from Thursday, about 9 minutes in, you'll hear the full comment from Wiggins.


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Cheers, I stand corrected. I still believe Wiggins owes cyclists a coherent account of his views.

 

[dawesome]

"A post-mortem examination gave the cause of Mr Harris’s death as multiple injuries. The bus driver, a 65-year-old man, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, and has been questioned by police. He has been bailed to return to an east London police station late this month.
* A cyclist was killed yesterday on the coastbound carriageway of the A2 in Kent when he was hit by a car, police said. The 29-year-old man was in collision with a silver Vauxhall Meriva near Gate services, Boughton, at 7.40pm."

65 years old!! To old to be driving a PSV if you ask me. How alert are you at that age? Some bus drivers appreciate good cycling and good cyclists, but some are right swines who'd like to inflict harm on us!

Yep, and unfamiliar with the roads. E20 doesn't come up on sat navs yet, a few drivers got lost on the way to the park. Ruckholt Road was my commute for 8 years, it used to be a clear two lane highway both ways until they fannied about with it and installed extra junctions with zero provision for cyclists.

 

[Dragonwight]

To be honest I haven't seen anything in the media that I'd consider offensive or uncaring for the family but I might be wrong..... perhaps you can point me in the right direction.

Isn't the case that most incidents that are news are discussed in the media by people who have no first hand knowledge? Nothing new there I think. We do the same on this forum sometimes.
I guess the high profile individual you are referring to is Bradley Wiggins..... but I get the feeling that if his comments had been along the lines "poor sod, the helmet he was wearing wasn't much help, was it?" your comment would not have started with the words "To make matters worse".

I know that there are a number of people here dead against wearing a helmet. Their choice and I don't have a problem with that at all. What does annoy me though is to have people taking every opportunity to rubbish anyone speaking in favour of helmets.



I addressed my views on the point scoring issue in your quoted post already but just to clarify it. If the family objects then fine and the media should respect their wishes..... I don't think that would happen though. On the other hand, I know I would not mind my name being used for point scoring if something good for cyclist cames out of it, even if it is just raising awareness of cycling safety issues on the roads, further more, I'd like to think that Daniel would have preferred his accident not to go unnoticed and for people to react to the dangers on the road to cyclists,

The family have objected thats what the article is about in the times.

 

[ufkacbln]

Conjecture is one thing, discussion of the facts is another.

If there is something to be learnt from such a tragic event, then let's discuss it and if it prevents something similar or leads to an improvement then there is at least a small benefit has been gained?

 

[Banjo]

If another cyclist is saved by reading about the dangers of cycling near large vehicles at junctions then at least some good can come from this tragedy.

 

[dawesome]

On BBC news just now they're speaking to runners in East London, where Mo is from. They are saying how people in cars are cheering them on when they went for a run this morning. Wouldn't that be nice? People shouting stuff at cyclists from cars that isn't Oedipal?

Dan's family have been torn apart by a tragedy. We should be asking questions about how this tragedy came about, and why, absurdly, it has been made more dangerous to cycle near where the Olympic Games are held.

 

[snorri]

What does annoy me though is to have people taking every opportunity to rubbish anyone speaking in favour of helmets.

I think the helmet issue was only a small part. The guy was being rubbished, as you put it, for commenting on an incident of which he had no knowledge and going on to speak on cycle safety issues in a rambling and incoherent manner, in much the same way as contributors to discussions outside pubs at closing time. Although, as has been pointed out on another thread, the media must take some responsibility for the hurt caused.

 

[400bhp]

"A post-mortem examination gave the cause of Mr Harris’s death as multiple injuries. The bus driver, a 65-year-old man, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, and has been questioned by police. He has been bailed to return to an east London police station late this month.
* A cyclist was killed yesterday on the coastbound carriageway of the A2 in Kent when he was hit by a car, police said. The 29-year-old man was in collision with a silver Vauxhall Meriva near Gate services, Boughton, at 7.40pm."

65 years old!! To old to be driving a PSV if you ask me. How alert are you at that age? Some bus drivers appreciate good cycling and good cyclists, but some are right swines who'd like to inflict harm on us!

Don't be so offensive.

 

[dellzeqq]

it's rumbling on - the LCC is accusing Hendry of misleading the Assembly

http://lcc.org.uk/articles/tfl-give...ers-on-the-death-of-a-cyclist-at-olympic-park