"Nick Gorham" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:
I live in Eaton Ford; the A1 is only a couple of minutes away and this
happens this morning:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8031530.stm


I hope all you cyclists out there take heed - it was 8:30 on a major dual
carriageway on a *Sunday* morning! WTF could have happened - the traffic
was so dense at that time or the car driver was asleep or summat...???



Not wanting to take anything from a sad death, but I have never understood
why cyclists are allowed to race on public roads, no other form of road
user can without breaking the law.



I agree and other slow traffic like horses in narrow lanes are a nuisance
these days, but the roads don't belong only to reps and lorry drivers,
especially at 8:30 on a Bank Holiday Sunday morning! Death is a severe
penalty for someone else's incompetence (or worse) - that cyclist was
someone's son and may well have been a husband and father!