crr003 wrote:James wrote:Each day in London around 800'000 cyclists tear through red lights.
800,000?
Angus wrote:You may have seen or heard about the recent case about a driver who killed a cyclist while texting (and speeding apparently)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hamp ... 222690.stm
I heard Sgt West of Hampshire police speaking on the radio and she said words to the effect of "This should send out a message to road users not to use their mobile phones"
All well and good - I don't in any way condone the use of a mobile while driving, but might she have also pointed out that the cyclist would still be alive if he hadn't ignored a red light?
Angus wrote:but might she have also pointed out that the cyclist would still be alive if he hadn't ignored a red light?
Unlike my dad who spotted me riding my 250LC like a (insert expletive) and took my keys off me for a month. But actually I learnt a lot by that. So maybe good old fashioned parenting works! well it did 25 years ago.
crr003 wrote:James wrote:Each day in London around 800'000 cyclists tear through red lights.
800,000?
Søren wrote:crr003 wrote:James wrote:Each day in London around 800'000 cyclists tear through red lights.
800,000? :shock:
Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:
While as advanced drivers we would hope we might anticipate the actions of light-jumping cyclists, I fail to see why we should be responsible for them if they choose to cycle straight into our cars.
the BBC wrote:A motorist who was texting on her mobile phone when she hit and killed a cyclist has been convicted of causing death by dangerous driving.
Jordan Wickington, 19, died from head injuries after he went through a red light and was struck by Kiera Coultas's car in Southampton in February 2007.
Coultas, 25, who pleaded not guilty, has been released on bail and will be sentenced at the end of February.
The judge at Southampton Crown Court warned her she may be jailed.
Laura Wickington wrote:We are pleased with the outcome of this trial and hope Jordan's death will prevent or deter others from using their mobile phones whilst driving
Following the crash Mr Wickington, of Netley, Hampshire, who had not been wearing a helmet, was taken to Southampton General Hospital where he later died.
His sister, Laura, said the past year had been "extremely hard".
"The loss of Jordan is a pain that will stay with us for ever," she said.
"He was a bright, intelligent and beautiful person who will be sorely missed by everyone who knew him.
"We are pleased with the outcome of this trial and hope Jordon's death will prevent or deter others from using their mobile phones whilst driving."
Sgt Alison West, of Hampshire Constabulary's road death investigation team, recommended drivers switched off their mobile phones during journeys.
"It's pretty routine nowadays at the scene of these serious or fatal accidents to seize drivers' mobile phones, and to have them analysed to see if the phone has had anything to do with the driving standards involved," she said.
"In this particular incident, it transpired from a phone analysis that there was phone use close to the time of the incident."
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