"You broke his skull and drove away"
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Possibly worse than that was the Headmaster of a school in Mcr dragged for a mile under a car that struck him. Scares me how these motorists just don't care about anyone.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...-who-dragged-headteacher-michael-34825624.amp
https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...-who-dragged-headteacher-michael-34825624.amp
Drago
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I don't know.
But an handy tip from your friendly EMS cycle trainer...
If facing a confrontation and you can't expedite a swift exit.
1. Unclip your lid strap to prevent getting a broken neck of they grab your lid.
2. Dismount. You're at significant positional disadvantage when astride a bike.
3. Keep the bike between you and them, one hand on the bars, other on the seat, leading foot on the frame where the downtube and seat tube meet. If possible with drivetrain facing away from you as you don't want to get yourself entangled in it if things get spicy.
4. If they try to grab the bikes let them have it. Help it on its way by pushing it away with your foot - nothing makes someone's eyes water more than a frame across the shins.
There's all sorts of stuff, techniques for using the bike as a weapon, ground pins using the bike, etc, but it really needs to be demonstrated and practiced so stick to the basics above.
And remember, unless you're really able to take care of yourself, discretion is the better part of valour. The victim here in no way deserved to get hurt - nevertheless, his participation in the situation was willing, and had taken the cowards way out and hopped it he wouldn't have got his head mashed. No point being morally righteous if it means spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair and being spoon fed by a minimum wage carer...or worse.
because the jails are full already...
that case, sheesh I thought the Tony Parsons case in Scotland was the lowest humanity could get to in this country regards hitting a cyclist on a road by a motorist, but it scares me more that theyre still more than likely going to be acquitted for it.
like the defence lawyers summing up comments were along the lines of the prosecution outrageously decided not to allow the jury to decide on death by careless driving charge, forcing manslaughter (which btw is available to all charges involving someones death) & murder instead. and like on what effin planet is anything thats been reported on this case remotely consistent with merely careless driving.!?!?
Punkawallah
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IIRC Mr Rees-Mogg reckons we have something like 10,000 foreign nationals imprisoned in the UK.
