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Pushing cyclists off their bikes is 'tantamount to attempted murder' says MP

Mike Hill believes there is a pattern and says he will raise the issue with police

The MP for Hartlepool says he will speak to Cleveland and Durham Police about what he says is a pattern of attacks where cyclists are being pushed off their bikes by people travelling in passing cars.

One Hartlepool cyclist suffered a dislocated shoulder and fractured collarbone after being pushed off in July and three such incidents in as many months have now led Mike Hill to raise the issue with police.

Speaking to the Hartlepool Mail, Hill said: “There are plenty of people out there like me who grew up with the Cycling Proficiency Test at school and, like me, are angry and annoyed by irresponsible cyclists using our pavements as cycleways and running red lights with impunity. But such irresponsible people represent the minority, whereas normal cyclists stick to and respect the Highway Code.

“For them to be targeted by people in fast moving vehicles and literally shoved off their bicycles is not only unacceptable, but is tantamount to attempted murder.

“Three incidents in as many months shows a pattern developing and as such I will be bringing it to the attention of both Cleveland and Durham Police.

“Decent law abiding citizens need to know our roads are safe. This is an example of that not being so.”

We’ve reported on a number of cyclists being pushed off by passengers in passing vehicles in recent times. In several cases, those responsible have subsequently posted footage of the incident to social media. Last week, Instagram was urged to remove videos showing moped riders pushing London cyclists off their bikes.

Earlier this week, we reported on a Birmingham club cyclist who was deliberately pushed off by a masked motorbike passenger and there have also been a number of similar incidents in Kent.

Earlier this month we reported that Kent Police were appealing for information after a cyclist was pushed off the road by a car passenger on Bank Holiday Monday. A series of similar incidents earlier in the year had previously led the local newspaper to brand it a “warped trend”.

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dobbo996 | 5 years ago
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Can't seen seen to be going too soft on those hordes of killer bicyclists.....the voters wouldn't like it.

 

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vonhelmet | 5 years ago
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Double post.

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vonhelmet | 5 years ago
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Well, they are ours. We all paid for them, him included.

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srchar | 5 years ago
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A billion likes for that post, Fluffy.

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Sriracha | 5 years ago
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Sriracha | 5 years ago
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"... irresponsible cyclists using our pavements as cycleways ..."
Suppose there were some cycleways?

Note also that the word "our" is entirely unnecessary for the intended meaning and the sentence would read properly without it. Its inclusion speaks volumes.

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srchar replied to Sriracha | 5 years ago
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Sriracha wrote:

"... irresponsible cyclists using our pavements as cycleways ..." Suppose there were some cycleways? Note also that the word "our" is entirely unnecessary for the intended meaning and the sentence would read properly without it. Its inclusion speaks volumes.

I tend to think it's standard MP bullshit. They refer to every public service as "ours". Makes it sound like they use it and care, see. One of us.

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RMurphy195 replied to srchar | 5 years ago
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srchar wrote:

 

I tend to think it's standard MP bullshit. They refer to every public service as "ours". Makes it sound like they use it and care, see. One of us.

 

Prefixes he word "Roads" with our" as well - or didn't anyone notice?

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FluffyKittenofT... | 5 years ago
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I think it's a pity that even when one talks sense they have to prefix it with a bit of irrelevant pandering like

 

"There are plenty of people out there like me who grew up with the Cycling Proficiency Test at school and, like me, are angry and annoyed by irresponsible cyclists using our pavements as cycleways and running red lights with impunity."

 

I mean, are condemnations of attacks on random innocent Muslims or racial minorities prefixed with comments about Islamic terrorists or crimes by people who happen to not be white?

 

Someone cycling on a pavement has precisely zero to do with bullying twats in cars (or on motorbikes) using their position of relative power to try and injure someone.  I suspect they do it because they have psychopathic traits that the media has encouraged them to indulge, not becuase someone once cycled on a pavement somewhere.

 

Hell, in most of these cases the cyclists were made vulnerable to such assault precisely because they _weren't_ on the pavement.  Your aggressive scrote cyclist menacing pedestrians is left alone.  Perhaps it's a form of professional courtesy among the psychopath community?

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brooksby | 5 years ago
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"MP in talking-a-lot-of-sense shocker!"

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