Woman who caused the TDF crash arrested.

[ebikeerwidnes]

In normal (i.e. non pandemic) years there are often incidents where spectators get in the way
either by running alongside too closely - or by being dumb - such as trying to take a selfie
normally the rider gets angry or another person grabs the idiot and yanks him (it is normally a him) back out of the way

this one went too far and at a point where the riders were close and going at speed

it is only ever a very small number

so maybe we should start a movement
"Not all Spectators"!!!!

 

[palinurus]

In normal (i.e. non pandemic) years there are often incidents where spectators get in the way

I immediately thought of Giuseppe Guerini on Alpe D'Huez.

 

[Beebo]

4 month suspended sentence
https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur...hute-collective-sur-le-tour-de-france/1292020

Seems fair enough to me.

I heard that the professional cycling association (CPA) are also considering suing her for a nominal €1 as a warning to others.

 

[Cathryn]

She was an idiot but my heart aches for her! I know it’s an unpopular view and that people were badly hurt but it’s just an awful situation!

 

[dodgy]

She was an idiot but my heart aches for her! I know it’s an unpopular view and that people were badly hurt but it’s just an awful situation!

I agree actually. However, she's not going to prison and it sends a pretty strong message to spectators now to smarten their acts up.
Hope she's ok, it sounds pretty harrowing ordeal she's been through - again, another lesson for others.

 

[ianrauk]

She was an idiot but my heart aches for her! I know it’s an unpopular view and that people were badly hurt but it’s just an awful situation!

Agree. It was just an act of gross stupidity. In no way malicious. She's had a right old slap on the wrist and she sure won't do it again.

 

[Milzy]

Yes, a total fool but not a criminal. Nose clean & no prison. The humiliation will hit her hard.

 

[matticus]

She was really unlucky too. You see people doing all kinds of idiotic things and fortunately nothing bad happens. She happened to be the one doing something stupid in just the wrong place/time for maximum effect.

... and THAT, Your Honour, is why my client was doing nothing wrong driving at 120 past her friends' school.