Shoreham teenager dies after the wind blowing him off his ped

[Sitch]

Such a sad thing to hear just at 18 years old, thoughts with his family and friends.

 

[bennibenj]

This is so sad, RIP young man x

 

[Pat McCrotch]

Very sad. Peds should be banned

 

[terryberry1]

My cousin was just telling me about this, happened outside his yard. Sad story, Thoughts with his friends and family x

 

[Falkor]

thats so sad

Teenage Shoreham motorcyclist dies after road accident From The Argus)

 

[Woodchip]

Sorry for being dim but what's a ped?

 

[Frutos]

Sorry for being dim but what's a ped?

Moped, I believe.

 

[Woodchip]

Moped, I believe.

Thank you dear sir. All I could think of for ped was Performance Enhancing Drugs. Didn't make much sense.


Back on topic...
Holy feck!!! That's windy. RIP lad that lost his life in what was probably a freak accident.

 

[Northstandite]

So sad.

Shows the dangers of pedal and motor bikes, compared to being cocooned in a car.
Obviously the cost of running a car for a 17 to 20+ year old, these days is so prohibitive, compared to in the past.

 

[KneeOn]

So sad.

Shows the dangers of pedal and motor bikes, compared to being cocooned in a car.
Obviously the cost of running a car for a 17 to 20+ year old, these days is so prohibitive, compared to in the past.

I'm getting a 125cc bike my self, i'd rather a car but the MPG on a 125 is 4 times that on most cars (120ish if you're not thrashing it constantly)...

 

[tgretton87]

I remember riding mine across the shoreham fly over in high winds. Was so close to coming off. I used to live outside Lancing college so when it was windy I used to go through the airport to go home rather than risk going over the fly over.

Condolences to his family

 

[wellquickwoody]

Very sad. Peds should be banned

Not really the right place to start a discussion about banning things, but another thread might be.

Condolences to his friends and family.