http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Grampian Police warm wrong group en Mon, 18 May 2026 05:18:24 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3313#post-34613 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:11:07 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 34613@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's a cracking result - well done Dave! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3313#post-34612 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:10:55 +0000 SRD 34612@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>well done dave crampton! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3313#post-34611 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:54:32 +0000 DaveC 34611@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well the correspondant from STV has responded to my email and changed the headline. Well done Danny Law.</p> <p>Dave C </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3313#post-34608 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:56:19 +0000 Min 34608@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>STV are obviously massively biased since the sub-headline and picture caption on one of the incidents is the old time honoured "<a href="http://local.stv.tv/aberdeen/news/260483-cyclist-hospitalised-after-crash/">cyclist collided with..</a>". They know who is really to blame. Even if they are not to blame. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3313#post-34605 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:45:15 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 34605@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In fairness the police advice is to <em>both</em> groups, but the newspaper headline writers know how to twist these things. In fact the cyclist advice from the police is almost ancillary (with the typical belief that a helmet could help sort a broken leg perhaps); the initial advice <em>is</em> directed at drivers looking out for cyclists and taking care that we might be able to travel more quickly than they think. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3313#post-34602 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:37:09 +0000 Tulyar 34602@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Picture (Riverside Drive) and report details Exit from Golf Club suggest both crashes as a result of drivers moving out from side turning into main traffic flow.</p> <p>Message should be drivers look before pulling out of side turning, but also that cyclists should be alert to the apparent trend of Aberdeen's drivers to pull out from side turnings without checking for a bike. Advice for all make eye contact where you can and give cars at junctions a wide berth, in case the driver decides to move off in front of you </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3313#post-34595 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:33:22 +0000 kaputnik 34595@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Couldn't agree more Dave! The response is completely back to front. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3313#post-34591 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:25:13 +0000 DaveC 34591@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'Cyclists in Aberdeen have been warned to take care on the roads after two serious accidents on the same day this week'.</p> <p><a href="http://local.stv.tv/aberdeen/news/260668-warning-after-two-cyclists-hospitalised-in-the-space-of-an-hour-in-aberdeen/" rel="nofollow">http://local.stv.tv/aberdeen/news/260668-warning-after-two-cyclists-hospitalised-in-the-space-of-an-hour-in-aberdeen/</a></p> <p>Err... I think its the drivers who should be being warned to take more care when driving, and look out of other road users. </p>