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This headline is just Rule #2 Offensive
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Posted 6 years ago #
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The headline has changed now. It was "British ultra-endurance cyclist in 'Hunger Games on heels', inquest told"; now it's "British ultra-endurance cyclist Mike Hall killed almost instantly, inquest told".
Posted 6 years ago # -
The dirty secret is still plain to see in the URL
Posted 6 years ago # -
It’s a quote, but probable better not in headline.
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Counsel assisting the coroner Ken Archer said the race had been described as a gruelling test and likened to the “Hunger Games on wheels”.
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Posted 6 years ago # -
"Senior Constable Adam Potts was questioned about a saddle bag with a reflective strip on the back of Hall’s bicycle. Potts said he would not describe the strip as illuminating but agreed the bag had been on the bike"
Well it wouldn't be illuminating - it's a reflective bit of a tape that is bright and shiny when you shine any light at it from behind at a distance.
Absolutely horrifying situation for the mother and partner.
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“It was very odd to see a cyclist on the road and particularly at that time of day,” she said.
Perhaps this is the core of this grim tale? Human beings struggle to see things they don't expect to see, and Australians just don't expect to see cyclists and don't see them.
Journalists also struggle to find metaphors to explain the sufferings of ultra-endurance sport to us mortals.
Posted 6 years ago # -
Yes, it's a systemic failure. Australia getting more dangerous for all road users, but especially for cyclists:
Posted 6 years ago # -
The BBC was still using it as their headline half-an-hour ago, but I see they've now changed it too.
Posted 6 years ago # -
Am I missing something here? This was a head-on collision, what's a rear reflective strip got to do with it. Hall was on the correct side of the road - so the driver must have been on the wrong side?
Posted 6 years ago # -
@davey2wheels,
AFAIK, Mike Hall was rear-ended by someone driving on the correct side of the road. 3rd and, I believe, final day of hearing tomorrow.
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