PCSO breaks back..

[potsy]

falling off bike after erratic driving by motorist.Only just read this,another idiot that needs taking off the roads
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...eaks_back_after_fall_avoiding_erratic_driving

 

[gaz]

Thats a real shame, i hope she recovers.

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I have lost count of the number of cyclists I have seen riding on pavements, going through red lights and going down one way streets the wrong way in Manchester city centre - but Rick D'alaglio seems to think that it is the other road users that don't adhere to the rules of the road! Is it safe to ride on pavements and jump lights? I think not Mandi , Radcliffe

Yeah! Break their backs! That'll learn them.

That'll learn them? where did she go to school.

 

[potsy]

That'll learn them is a good old northern saying gaz,might not have reached your parts yet

 

[gaz]

Even in south london we speak better english

 

[brokenbetty]

It's not a misuse of learn, it's derived from of the old English Laeran, to teach.

Noo there ye gaan, ah've laarned yer summat t'dee Gaz.

 

[hackbike 666]

Even in south london we speak better english

We speak better inglish in east lunnon blud.

 

[downfader]

Went to report the "learn em" comments as I thought it inappropriate. Yet again though, another annoying website that asks you to register AFTER you've tried to lodge your concerns.

Poor woman, hope she heals up and the the Police service up there realise now that this is the way it is. The CPS will screw them over for any attempt to prosecute.

 

[hackbike 666]

Yeah what a nasty comment that was.Hope she gets better quick.

 

[stowie]

For my two-pence, I thought the "that will learn them" was a sarcastic comment posted in response to the breathtakingly ignorant comment about pavement cycling etc. If so, it may not have been the sensitive way to ridicule the first post.

I hope the PCSO recovers quickly. I also hope the police pull out all the stops, find the guy and he gets punished for what looks like a deliberate act.

 

[hackbike 666]

Sorry about that I didn't read the report.

I have lost count of the number of cyclists I have seen riding on pavements, going through red lights and going down one way streets the wrong way in Manchester city centre - but Rick D'alaglio seems to think that it is the other road users that don't adhere to the rules of the road! Is it safe to ride on pavements and jump lights? I think not Mandi , Radcliffe

There's your public.

 

[thomas]

For my two-pence, I thought the "that will learn them" was a sarcastic comment posted in response to the breathtakingly ignorant comment about pavement cycling etc. If so, it may not have been the sensitive way to ridicule the first post.

Yeah, I think it was...I think it was basically saying to someone who just fussed about the "wrongs" that cyclists commit, rather than actually commenting on any particular from the article.

 

[downfader]

For my two-pence, I thought the "that will learn them" was a sarcastic comment posted in response to the breathtakingly ignorant comment about pavement cycling etc. If so, it may not have been the sensitive way to ridicule the first post.

I hope the PCSO recovers quickly. I also hope the police pull out all the stops, find the guy and he gets punished for what looks like a deliberate act.

Would have moved on to that in due course. The "learn em" comment is still a stupid one to make as text-only communication can be difficult to differentiate between sarcasm and sobriety. Its too open to interpretation by the moronic out there.

 

[stowie]

Sorry about that I didn't read the report.

I have lost count of the number of cyclists I have seen riding on pavements, going through red lights and going down one way streets the wrong way in Manchester city centre - but Rick D'alaglio seems to think that it is the other road users that don't adhere to the rules of the road! Is it safe to ride on pavements and jump lights? I think not Mandi , Radcliffe

There's your public.

Absolutely. In fact, it worries me how prevalent attitudes like this are with drivers. I speak to my friends and relatives, and they use similar arguments, even though they are intelligent people and are not unfeeling psychopaths.

Clearly, it takes a moron like Mandi to actually publish this thought on a story about a police worker being seriously injured on a cycle.

And I found the repost to Mandi's ranting to be somewhat in bad taste, maybe because I might expect a comment like that could be for real.

 

[downfader]

Absolutely. In fact, it worries me how prevalent attitudes like this are with drivers. I speak to my friends and relatives, and they use similar arguments, even though they are intelligent people and are not unfeeling psychopaths.

Clearly, it takes a moron like Mandi to actually publish this thought on a story about a police worker being seriously injured on a cycle.

And I found the repost to Mandi's ranting to be somewhat in bad taste, maybe because I might expect a comment like that could be for real.

Well put!

 

[hackbike 666]

I get this all the negatives of cycling from my workmates.