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"Calls to restrict cycling on Portobello promenade" 117 I were right about that saddle 3 years
wingpig :: post # 62Mneh. Didn't want to. I've used it before, if that's any help. Update was from a friend of the owner, not the owner: "Thank you to the sympathysers on the Prom this afternoon when yet another incident of crass carelessness led to my good friend's dog being hit unawares from behindand ridden over by a cyclist. I am one of many who warned several times that a no rules shared promenade would never work, so it is paradoxical that the outcome of that hands-off laissez-faire régime should happen right next to me, to a dog to whom I am very attached. I post this not as an anti cyclist rant but to put pressure on the authorities to get a grip before something really bad happens. Here is my text to the cyclist, who was full of apology and 'didn't mean to's' - the fact is he did. "You will be pleased to know that the dog you hit, my good friends dog , is ok so far after a thorough check at the vet and a further check tomorrow. She has damage to her cheek bone, gum and a nose bleed, and a tyre mark on her tail and may need x rays. I am sure you did not intend to hit the dog, but it was on short lead and you were travelling fast. I was extremely angry and you are fortunate not to have been hit by me in return, and I am grateful for a gentleman intervening. I and many others have warned ,frequently, that without distinct rules to apply, this will happen time and again... https://m.facebook.com/groups/108170479257024?view=permalink&id=4044171155656917
Cyclist hit by van last night A703 by Easter Bush- Witness sought 40 Neil 8 years
wingpig :: post # 10... heir policy number, then check with the insurer that it's genuine. If driver stops seeming nice, police incident number may be required for insurance. If injured, consider Cycle Lawyers. ...
Giant pothole alert - S Clerk St/E Preston St 17 Neil 8 years
wingpig :: post # 1... Six feet across by two feet deep. Council shut, so police informed before it injured someone. Three buses drove through it whilst I was calling it in, before it caught a van. IMG_20160127_173301019 by wingpig, on Flickr ...
Lightweight commuter bike ideas? 58 crowriver 8 years
wingpig :: post # 36... mudguards Wayfarer weighed that much? It was OK for a paper round but very irritating to have to go six miles to a cornet lesson on it if my own bike was injured. ...
Cracking down on pavement cycling - Prestonpans 21 crowriver 9 years
wingpig :: post # 11... "Has anyone been hit? Knocked over? Injured? Killed? If not, then I suggest the level of danger is exaggerated." As covered elsewhere, including on this forum, something can still be dangerous with ...
Grantham girl, 4, gets cycling-on-path police warning 27 mgj 9 years
wingpig :: post # 24... "Whilst statistically there is a low risk of injury/death from being hit by a bike..." It's useful to occasionally cycle whilst knackered/ill/injured/riding a really heavy and cumbersome bike to get a bit of perspective on what it's like to not be able to accelerate swiftly to motor-traffic speed out o ...
Bad Advice Still Wanted. 22 Uberuce 9 years
wingpig :: post # 8... ay-through crown, but it doesn't have disc mountings. Despite the entire cycling population of north-west mainland Europe not being reportedly repeatedly injured by fork-crown-mounted headlights, I'd still rather mangle my lights onto my handlebars, steerer or even the front-rack mounting-point than onto the fork ...
Should Driving Offences be Linked to Result or Quality? 7 Dave 12 years
wingpig :: post # 2... to drive cars? Countries/states without the runaway-vehicle-apologism we seem to be suffering from? That thing where the defence can say "BUT no-one was injured" or "BUT they lost control of the vehicle due to the [weather conditions]" would have to be cancelled for any offence-irrespective-of-outcome to be able ...
[sticky] Today's rubbish driving... 11259 chdot 5 days
wingpig :: post # 6538... out to be bent - there's a whole thread about it somewhere. After the same incident Cycle Law Scotland thanked me for my enquiry but I was insufficiently injured to be taken on. The main learn from the previous incident is that the moment the driver starts not paying up immediately, head for the insurance. I'll wa ...
wingpig :: post # 6538... out to be bent - there's a whole thread about it somewhere. After the same incident Cycle Law Scotland thanked me for my enquiry but I was insufficiently injured to be taken on. The main learn from the previous incident is that the moment the driver starts not paying up immediately, head for the insurance. I'll wa ...
I don't think I'll be reading the comments... 38 spitfire 13 years
wingpig :: post # 18... nore a one-way sign if you watch them for more than a couple of minutes, unless they've stopped to eat their lunch in Charlotte Square. The fact that the injured party in the linked story was blind emphasises that it's the person taking the risk who should be alert to the risk they present to others, not looking d ...