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...???

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.

--
Nick

On Sun, 3 May 2009 16:57:06 +0100, "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...???



Or the cyclist was belting along with his head down, the driver
assumed he was (a) traveling at a normal sort of bicycle-speed, and
(b) looking.

"Pronounced dead". What if his name was Terry?

I wonder how many hours they felt it necessary to close the road for?

Trying to turn this group into your own personal one again, Kitty?

--
*My dog can lick anyone

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Nick Gorham" wrote in message
...
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!

"Laurence Payne" wrote


I wonder how many hours they felt it necessary to close the road for?


Oh, you know this stretch of the road then!

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
Trying to turn this group into your own personal one again, Kitty?


Curb your insolence, Poochie - or you'll be in the ****ter....

On Sun, 3 May 2009 22:18:02 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:

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!

And *IF* he was riding with due care and attention, not feeling his
Time Trial somehow took precedence, he is entitled to our full
sympathy.

Otherwise it's his own silly fault. Cyclists, of all road users, need
to ride defensively.

In article ,
Keith G wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
Trying to turn this group into your own personal one again, Kitty?


Curb your insolence, Poochie - or you'll be in the ****ter....

Thanks for reinforcing my point, Kitty baby. Only those with a very
inflated sense of their own importance think others care about who is in
their killfile.

--
*I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Keith G wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
Trying to turn this group into your own personal one again, Kitty?


Curb your insolence, Poochie - or you'll be in the ****ter....

Thanks for reinforcing my point, Kitty baby. Only those with a very
inflated sense of their own importance think others care about who is in
their killfile.


OK, then you won't mind this then:

**splash**

LOL!

:-))