Woman who caused the TDF crash arrested.
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Darius_Jedburgh
Veteran
Good. The woman was only intetested in getting on telly. She deserves everything she gets.
Maybe it will teach the other attention seekers to be a bit more careful, although we are talking about Frenchies.
Maybe it will teach the other attention seekers to be a bit more careful, although we are talking about Frenchies.
Needs to be part of the curriculum for the vanity shot generation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_selfie-related_injuries_and_deaths
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_selfie-related_injuries_and_deaths
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roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
good i only wish she could face seperate charges for every rider involved in that crash.
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
At least she presented herself at a police station, as the article words it. I wonder if family members suggested that she handed herself in before they did.
Give over.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Lock her up and throw away the key or worse sentence her to clean every bike in the race 
It does continue to annoy me that and sizable amount of the "spectators" are not watching the riders, but grinning and waving to the camera bikes as the race passes by, trying to get their 30 seconds of fame. Typical of the social media generation I'm afraid.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
What will she be charged with? Yes,it was a totally 'look at me' act of gross stupidity,but was it a criminal offence? The tour's organisers let the public get so close,so what do they expect! Out of the many thousands lining the route you can guarantee one ot two at least will act like a dick and put the riders at risk. If i remember rightly,in the early 2000's Lance Armstrong was brought off his bike by a spectator's camera bag strap,while one year some plank took their Golden Retriever to the race and let it wander across the road as the riders approached at speed.😒
We tend to associate criminal with bad and immoral intentions such as deceit, theft, assault etc. She is probably going to be charged with the French version of negligence ( not bad intentions) but her conduct caused an incident and that conduct was negligent on her part . She knew it was a race involving speed. She stepped on the road. She did not keep watch while vast majority did. etc etc.
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From several press reports.
The police intend to charge the spectator with “unintentional short-term injury through a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of safety or care”, lieutenant-colonel Joel Scherer of the French Gendarmerie told AFP.
annedonnelly
Girl from the North Country
- Location
- Blyth, Northumberland
I originally thought that it must have been someone making an attempt to protest about something with a placard. But it was saying hello to her grand parents!
steveindenmark
Legendary Member
Can you imagine the cost of one TDF bike? Loss of earnings, personal injury damages, clothes etc. It could be millions. I hope this is a wakeup call to other idiots.
The suing case is capped at 15000 euros I believe.
