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Learning to walk in a world of hard surfaces can turn a special moment into a heart rendering incident in a flash.

First: Blimey! These people are really nasty, aren't they. It the kind of language the mafia use to encourage compliance. "you wouldn'ta wanna yer liddle bambino ta hoit hizza head, wouldya?"

Second: I think they mean 'heart rending' (heart tearing) not 'heart rendering' (which means nothing much. Perhaps heart giving or conveying or something). Perhaps wearing helmets all the time has scrambled their brains.

bovlomov wrote:

Learning to walk in a world of hard surfaces can turn a special moment into a heart rendering incident in a flash.

First: Blimey! These people are really nasty, aren't they. It the kind of language the mafia use to encourage compliance. "you wouldn'ta wanna yer liddle bambino ta hoit hizza head, wouldya?"

Second: I think they mean 'heart rending' (heart tearing) not 'heart rendering' (which means nothing much. Perhaps heart giving or conveying or something). Perhaps wearing helmets all the time has scrambled their brains.

But................ is it any worse than some of the lies and propoganda in the Helmet debate?


The BHIT claimed that ine child per week died due to a cycling head injury - The actual number was less thana 1/4 of that

They also claimed that 20,000 children per year would be saved from the trauma and death caused by head injuries. the real number of head injuries occurring was less than 400 - it would appear in this case that helmets would in fact cause 19,600 accidents per year!








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aesmith wrote:

drossall wrote:In practice, though, we'd probably both be wrong, because almost all cycle paths make junctions harder to handle, and that's where inexperienced riders may be especially likely to make errors.

I don't know if this is the same issue, but cycle paths certainly give you more junctions.

Perhaps the answer is to dismount at each one?



THanks to Warrington Cycle CAmpaign...

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They should double her penalties. What crass comments at the end.

Bit unlucky wasnt she, most magistrates would excuse her hitting the cyclist as there was not a sign on that bit of road warning her to look out for cyclists.
She should get off paying compensation for the collar bone, hip and leg as the cyclist was not wearing a helmet.

Standard deffence on colliding with a cyclist nowadays
"It should not have been on the road" "they were not wearing a helmet"
She forgot "The cyclist swerved ".

bovlomov wrote:Second: I think they mean 'heart rending' (heart tearing) not 'heart rendering' (which means nothing much. Perhaps heart giving or conveying or something).

Maybe it's rendering as in "rendering down to fat"? Watching your child grow up in a world of hard surfaces will turn your organs to grease or tallow.

Cunobelin wrote:Perhaps the answer is to dismount at each one?
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Threads merge 100 yards: a blue rectangular sign is informational not instructional, no? I can't think offhand why it's so important for users of that path to learn that cyclists get off their bikes (at the end of the journey, for example), but really it's no more harmful than the advice that "police follow this van"

dan_b wrote:

bovlomov wrote:Second: I think they mean 'heart rending' (heart tearing) not 'heart rendering' (which means nothing much. Perhaps heart giving or conveying or something).

Maybe it's rendering as in "rendering down to fat"? Watching your child grow up in a world of hard surfaces will turn your organs to grease or tallow.

I hadn't thought of that, but it makes the most sense. It certainly explains the prevalence of cardio-vascular disease in this country.

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They should double her penalties. What crass comments at the end.

Good grief!:shock:

All I can say is I am terribly sorry," she said.

"I am a careful driver. I genuinely didn't see that lady.

Everest added: "That roundabout has a speed limit of 60 or 70mph.

"It is a terribly dangerous roundabout for cyclists and that lady was not wearing a helmet.

"This is not my defence but maybe the council should do something.

"There are no signs up telling people to look out for cyclists."

I wish Judges would punish people for the stupid things they say in court when they're trying to get off with something.

Unbelievable!

Hmmmmmm, didnt appear to be any signs saying 'look out' for car accidents/collisions ahead (Guardian article above)................ I wonder if there is a sign outside my house warning me that 'danger a potentially pointless and futile existence lies ahead' and if not and it then happens (regular day at work) can I claim in some court or other when I am subjected to that very same thing

There must be a solicitor/claims facilitator out there willing to take me on for a 'no win no fee' action..........?