Not all cyclists are perfect! (head butt pedestrian)

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Not all cyclists are perfect! (head butt pedestrian)

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If riding a bike resulted in perfection as offenders left prison you could chain them to a bike and pretty soon there would be near zero crime.
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I agree with my former colleague @jmons that the police and newspaper are being evil there:
https://mobile.twitter.com/jmons/status/1171385760458641408 wrote:It kind of infuriates me on how road user rampages are reported. If a driver gets out of their car and attacks someone it's reported as "Road Rage" and understood. This despicable action though leads with "cyclist". We don't all run red lights or headbut
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I don't see myself as part of a tribe called "cyclists" so I don't feel a need to defend ever action by every single person who happens to be cycling. The bloke is a violent nutter and needs taking off the streets, regardless of his chosen mode of transport at the time of the offence.
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Should make him wear a helmet then he could not of head butted the man
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DaveGos wrote:Should make him wear a helmet then he could not of head butted the man


And make the man wear one as well (just to be safe).
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It isn't what you see yourself as but what others see you as. They see you ride a bike, you're a cyclist. Once you're a cyclist, you're one of a group. How you see it doesn't alter that viewpoint of others. There's more "others" than there are you or us (whether you believe in "us" or not).
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Tangled Metal wrote:It isn't what you see yourself as but what others see you as. They see you ride a bike, you're a cyclist. Once you're a cyclist, you're one of a group. How you see it doesn't alter that viewpoint of others. There's more "others" than there are you or us (whether you believe in "us" or not).


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silly title as the cyclist assaulted the pedestrian and needs to be sentenced for his criminal act. Pure and simple road rage
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The bloke is a violent nutter and needs taking off the streets, regardless of his chosen mode of transport at the time of the offence.


Yes indeed.
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Oh I agree. But how often do we get all motorists written off as idiots? Or even cyclists as unable to do wrong?

Some people are idiots. You can't save them from their folly.
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Has there ever been a headline?

Motorist Kills Man in Drive-By Shooting.
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It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
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The heading of this article is accurate.
Just saying.
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Me, I was just asking.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
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Oh dear! Just the sort of hysterical publicity cycling doesn't need.
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