In article , Nick Gorham
scribeth thus
Keith G wrote:

"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!

Yes, and as I said its tragic (well its not, but its sad at least) but
the son or father chose to race on open public roads, if I did this on a
motorcycle (as I did on that road in my younger days) it would have been
put down to another stupid biker going too fast and loosing control. And
if the police had seen me doing it, I would have been pulled over.
Whereas there are flocks of people head down, going as fast as they can,
expecting other folk to keep out of their way.

There is a difference, horse riders (and other folk with animals) if
properly controlled can expect other users of the road to treat them
with care. As can cyclists if they are riding with awareness of their
surroundings and vulnerability. Its not about nuisance its about taking
responsibility.


There are a load of young L plate scooter riders in Cambridge who are a
danger to themselves and everyone else on the roads the way they behave.

Soon, I'm sure one or more of them will come a cropper and that'll be
that.

Once upon a time we used to have Police patrols?.

Anyone seen any recently in Cambridgeshire?...
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Tony Sayer