Not all cyclists are perfect! (head butt pedestrian)
Not all cyclists are perfect! (head butt pedestrian)
We don't, of course, know the whole story but:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/10/police-hunt-cyclist-who-headbutted-pedestrian-in-london?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/10/police-hunt-cyclist-who-headbutted-pedestrian-in-london?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
John
Re: Not all cyclists are perfect!
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.
Re: Not all cyclists are perfect!
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
MJR, mostly pedalling 3-speed roadsters. KL+West Norfolk BUG incl social easy rides http://www.klwnbug.co.uk
All the above is CC-By-SA and no other implied copyright license to Cycle magazine.
All the above is CC-By-SA and no other implied copyright license to Cycle magazine.
Re: Not all cyclists are perfect!
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.
Re: Not all cyclists are perfect!
Should make him wear a helmet then he could not of head butted the man
Re: Not all cyclists are perfect!
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).
Cycling UK Life Member
PBP Ancien (2007)
PBP Ancien (2007)
-
- Posts: 9505
- Joined: 13 Feb 2015, 8:32pm
Re: Not all cyclists are perfect!
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).
Re: Not all cyclists are perfect!
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).
+ 1
Re: Not all cyclists are perfect! (head butt pedestrian)
silly title as the cyclist assaulted the pedestrian and needs to be sentenced for his criminal act. Pure and simple road rage
-
- Posts: 315
- Joined: 22 Mar 2018, 3:53pm
Re: Not all cyclists are perfect! (head butt pedestrian)
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.
Re: Not all cyclists are perfect! (head butt pedestrian)
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.
Some people are idiots. You can't save them from their folly.
John
-
- Posts: 7883
- Joined: 7 Mar 2009, 3:31pm
Re: Not all cyclists are perfect! (head butt pedestrian)
Has there ever been a headline?
Motorist Kills Man in Drive-By Shooting.
Motorist Kills Man in Drive-By Shooting.
Last edited by Mike Sales on 10 Sep 2019, 8:21pm, edited 1 time in total.
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?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
Re: Not all cyclists are perfect! (head butt pedestrian)
The heading of this article is accurate.
Just saying.
Just saying.
John
-
- Posts: 7883
- Joined: 7 Mar 2009, 3:31pm
Re: Not all cyclists are perfect! (head butt pedestrian)
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?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
-
- Posts: 528
- Joined: 2 Nov 2007, 2:01pm
Re: Not all cyclists are perfect! (head butt pedestrian)
Oh dear! Just the sort of hysterical publicity cycling doesn't need.