http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Man arrested after fatal road crash in West Lothian" en Thu, 21 May 2026 21:16:24 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8262#post-82516 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:58:42 +0000 Dave 82516@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>WC, you're nowhere near cynical enough:<br /> <em><br /> [cynical hat if he'd hit a cyclist]</p> <p>Police said it appeared a cyclist had collided with the car, sending it into a tree before flipping it onto its roof. "These things happen," Inspector Foo told the Evening Rag, "and in the driver's favour, his windscreen wipers weren't working so the cyclist would have been very hard to see."</p> <p>[/chihhac] </em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8262#post-82505 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:55:11 +0000 Claggy Cog 82505@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Further you never know if they have passed any sort of test, have insurance, or that the car is not stolen and they are joy riders. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8262#post-82495 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:42:22 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 82495@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It certainly is true CC. Whether walking, cycling, driving, whatever - you can do everything you like, but all it takes is a drunk driver losing control round the next corner.</p> <p>Sobering thought (but not too near the surface, otherwise I'd never go out the door again). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8262#post-82494 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:41:01 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 82494@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>[cynical hat if he'd hit a cyclist]</p> <p>"<em>Police said it appeared the driver had lost control and hit a tree before the car flipped onto its roof.</em>"</p> <p>Police said it appeared the <em>car</em> had lost control and <em>the cyclist collided with the car</em> before the car flipped onto its roof[/i]"</p> <p>[/chihhac] </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8262#post-82492 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:40:07 +0000 Claggy Cog 82492@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So true...you just never know what the eejit who is driving has been doing or taking. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8262#post-82489 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:32:33 +0000 chdot 82489@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not cycling - just about who you share the roads with -</p> <p>"<br /> Police have confirmed the 41-year-old man who was driving the Volkswagen Passat has been arrested and charged with drink-driving.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/transport/man-arrested-after-fatal-road-crash-in-west-lothian-and-another-crushed-to-death-under-car-1-2487131" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/transport/man-arrested-after-fatal-road-crash-in-west-lothian-and-another-crushed-to-death-under-car-1-2487131</a> </p>