| Topic: | Reply | |
| Posted by: | Michael Ixer | |
| Date/Time: | 19/06/19 14:11:00 |
I think the key statement by the judge is: "Mr Hazeldean did fall below the level to be expected of a reasonably competent cyclist in that he did proceed when the road was not completely clear." If the pedestrian had just stepped out directly in front of the cyclist (as in the other cases mentioned in this thread) then it would probably have been ruled entirely the pedestrian's fault but (again with out seeing the detailed report) it looks like the rider misread the potential danger, I'm sure that would also definitely go against any car driver. A couple of decades ago I was at some traffic lights in Chelsea. Someone in the car next to me was obviously going to burn me off, I'd already decided that when the lights changed I was just going to let them go first ... but just before the lights changed a little old lady decided to start crossing the road very slowly. The other driver aborted their racing start and started blasting their horn until little old lady had cleared sufficient of the road for the other car to proceed. However, just as the car was about to accelerate off a couple of police officers on foot (who'd witnessed this) flagged down the other driver. Police officers on foot: must have been in the 80s! |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Strange verdict? | 18/06/19 21:09:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Strange verdict? | 19/06/19 09:36:00 | Alex Greenbank |
| Re:Re:Strange verdict? | 19/06/19 09:57:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Reply | 19/06/19 10:11:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Reply | 19/06/19 10:20:00 | Alex Greenbank |
| Re:Re:Reply | 19/06/19 10:27:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Reply | 19/06/19 10:39:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Re:Reply | 19/06/19 11:01:00 | Simon Knight |
| Re:Re:Reply | 19/06/19 11:15:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 19/06/19 11:23:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 19/06/19 11:34:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Reply | 19/06/19 14:11:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Reply | 19/06/19 14:38:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Re:Reply | 19/06/19 16:09:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 19/06/19 16:12:00 | Martine Guy |
| Re:Strange verdict? | 21/06/19 08:53:00 | Alex Greenbank |
| Re:Re:Strange verdict? | 21/06/19 10:49:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Re:Re:Strange verdict? | 21/06/19 11:58:00 | Alex Greenbank |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange verdict? | 21/06/19 12:03:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange verdict? | 21/06/19 12:14:00 | Caroline Whitehead |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange verdict? | 21/06/19 14:58:00 | Craig Fordham |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange verdict? | 21/06/19 15:00:00 | Craig Fordham |
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