Witness appeal after boy, 12, killed while cycling in Leicestershire

FFS, this child has died, we do not know the full circumstances and straight away someone is blaming the car driver and using this as an example of how evil cars are. This is not the time to do this - have some respect. When the facts are known you can rant but wait until then and I will be there with you.

"Without going into detail, it was a wrong time and wrong place and nothing could have changed it"

No, a Nissan Qashqai is the wrong car to be driving on paved roads and a smaller car may indeed have produced a different outcome.

Road can be seen here: http://goo.gl/maps/vEHnb

Without wishing to comment on this specific incident, having grown up a few miles away from here, Bosworth road is a wide fast B road, that at some point has gone through a straightening process to make it even faster through Wellsborough.

It's meant to by 50mph through the village but not many people do that, and quite a few are doing rather more than the national limit.

RIP,

at this point no point arguing what happened, gut instinct gives me two broad scenarios, and I hope the investigation is enough to give some answers.

First cyclist on road either swerved, wobbled, etc, basically car just didn't give enough room overtaking.
Second cyclist just rode straight off the pavement into the path of the oncoming car. Kids do stupid things all the time.

Regardless of how it happened its very sad and my condolences go out to his family.

the sooner drivers are taken out of cars the better.
computers dont have egos or get impatient

You don't know what happened. A couple of years ago in my area a 17 year old was killed when he inexplicably fell straight into the path of a Ford Fiesta driven by a 70 year old. He was riding on the excellent cycling path that borders both sides of the 50mph dual carriageway but somehow veered into the road. The driver was not charged.

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/10068962._I_never_got_to_say_goodb...

Since there are no details of the accident, it's premature to jump to conclusions.

"One man, Davd Fidler, said: “I was there seconds after it happened and it looked like an accident.

“Without going into detail, it was a wrong time and wrong place and nothing could have changed it."

Utter rubbish, proper infrastructure would have kept them separate...

Also more care from the driver as it quite clearly gives warning in the highway code to give more room for young cyclists:

"204

The most vulnerable road users are pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and horse riders. It is particularly important to be aware of children, older and disabled people, and learner and inexperienced drivers and riders."

" give motorcyclists, cyclists and horse riders at least as much room as you would when overtaking a car (see Rules 211 to 213) and 214 to 215).

Remember: Mirrors – Signal – Manoeuvre

Highway Code - Rule 163 Give Vulnerable Road Users At Least As Much Space As You Would A Car"

https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/static/hc/hc_rule_163_give_...