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There is a lot of premeditation in this one, but still...
And in Reading, driver gets 21 years for attempted murder of cyclist.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-48091015
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- Clem Fandango 12 min 49 sec ago
That might take out a few cows too, thus reducing the impact of the real scourge on public safety.
- chrisonabike 39 min 5 sec ago
Perhaps you're running them at lower pressures / with extra weight? I've found they feel sketchy at least when cornering and I've had a few offs...
- chrisonabike 45 min 21 sec ago
True ... but left to itself that notion tends to go the same way as instructing pedestrians, cyclists and SUV drivers to "share the road"!...
- mdavidford 1 hour 57 min ago
To be fair to them, it looks like a choice between that or a lot of sunken surfaces and ironworks further out.
- mdavidford 2 hours 4 min ago
...mostly among sports administrators, media, and cycling fans.
- Geoff H 2 hours 28 min ago
>THIS< is the primary reason for 99%+ for a camera!!!!!
- Pub bike 2 hours 53 min ago
At what point will politicians realise that no amount of effort can really protect vulnerable users on roads and that to keep people safe automatic...
- Paul J 2 hours 57 min ago
You need to "guess" the corresponding post code as well. A bit of internet sleuthing should give you options.
- slc 3 hours 16 min ago
Doubtless, which is why I avoid the eastern parts of Kingswood.
- Jogle 3 hours 24 min ago
False advertising, if you ask me. That post didn't give way when it was hit!
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I think the fact the guy is on a bike is entirely irrelevant in reporting this matter.
It's hard to articulate, but is the journalist so bereft of descriptors that the only thing he can use is the victim's mode of transport? What is wrong with the really more accurate "Man jailed for 21 years after using car as weapon against 45 yr old man"? Is the 'them and us' / tribalism so ingrained in the journalist that somehow the idea that it involves a 'cyclist' might be in some way a mitigating factor / explanatory? I'm kind of flummoxed really. I fail to see how the victim's mode of transport has anything to do with the matter. I think this might be what covert / institutionalised racism looks like.
Threatening to kill him by text probably didn't look too good to the jury either...
It was the kicking, punching and strangling that got him the time. If it was just ramming, it'd be 3 points on his license (unless it was a first offence - that'd be driver school).
A case of mistaken identity, just a suspended fine would suffice in this case!