http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Drunk cyclist ran red light and abused police" en Mon, 18 May 2026 12:25:36 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14914#post-190135 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:37:18 +0000 minus six 190135@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sheriff Frank Crowe has form...</p> <p>Van driver <em>distracted by paperwork</em> knocked down an 11-year-old boy as he cycled home from school.</p> <p>The schoolboy suffered a cracked skull and spent two weeks in a medically induced coma.</p> <p>Sheriff Crowe said he accepted it had been a momentary lapse of concentration.</p> <p>He said: “I understand you had a new job and you were driving and keeping to a schedule."</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/family-forgives-van-driver-who-injured-boy-1-3710109" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/family-forgives-van-driver-who-injured-boy-1-3710109</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14914#post-190133 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:35:40 +0000 rust 190133@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"Police Scotland figures revealed that 193 riders were responsible for paying almost £6000 in fines for traffic offences in 2012-13."</em></p> <p>It's a war on cyclist I tell you. Just a money making scheme. Etc. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14914#post-190114 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 12:20:11 +0000 ARobComp 190114@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"At last a chance to put paid to those pesky cyclists" </p> <p>Imagine them rubbing their hands together behind the wheels of their bullet proof Volvo S80s </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14914#post-190099 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 11:39:14 +0000 Min 190099@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Oh FFS, could there be a clearer statement of 'it's always the driver who gets blamed, you cyclists never suffer any consequences'?</em></p> <p>Maybe it means we have finally found the one sheriff who actually genuinely <em>does</em> put the focus on the driver? :-o</p> <p>(aye right..) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14914#post-190086 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 10:54:06 +0000 kaputnik 190086@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thing is, he probably would have been ordered to push the bike home and sent on his way with a stiff warning (or at worst a spot fine) if he hadn't been obstreporous with the Poli. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14914#post-190080 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 10:44:18 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 190080@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"... if you are knocked down or injured by another vehicle, the focus is on the driver..."</p> <p>Oh FFS, could there be a clearer statement of 'it's always the driver who gets blamed, you cyclists never suffer any consequences'? The very fact he was in court and being fined by the very man making the statement kinda proves he's speaking nonsense. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14914#post-190060 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 09:22:12 +0000 chdot 190060@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Sheriff Frank Crowe fined Haddow £200 and told him: “You may not think it’s an offence but if you cycle through a red light at night when you have had something to drink, if you are knocked down or injured by another vehicle, the focus is on the driver, but if you don’t comply with the rules of the road, then it is likely this will happen. Police officers were right to take you aside.”</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/drunk-cyclist-ran-red-light-and-abused-police-1-3792326" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/drunk-cyclist-ran-red-light-and-abused-police-1-3792326</a> </p>