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I bet that was one not recorded in the accident stats. They are not really cyclepaths though. They are shared use paths. Dentist estimated a bill of £10,000 upwards (that was more than Kit Napier cost) to fix my teeth after with a woman with a pram stepped out into the road in front of me. I...

Just tested 18 mph stop with hydraulic rim brakes. Piece of cake to stop in three bike lengths or under six metres. Down to 9 mph in 3 metres.

65% of jurors are car drivers, and so is everybody in Court. I expect they made him feel guilty, or else he would have defended himself properly, unless he was a moron.

Scapegoat https://thecyclingsilk.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/the-alliston-mis-trial.html?showComment=1503515815400#c345943401098619244 My best guess is on my bike, I could not have stopped in time from 18 mph (I cycle at 15 mph because of this*) but I would have hit the pedestrian at a slower...

18 mph = 8 metres in a second. Only 5 seconds to a non hazardous speed. An alert and fit rider needs 0.75 of a second thinking time. This is debatable? I think it is less than this. At other times I have found shouting is quicker than ringing a bell. it all happens so suddenly...

This is London attitudes ??? It is causing backlash against cyclists. I have certain sympathy with the cyclist having a pedestrian with a pram pull out in front of me at about 18 mph fifty years ago and my injury is stll causing me serious gyp right now. Are they going to step out? no, oh no...

Thisis greater (jail term) than for Dangerous Cycling: http://www.cyclelaw.co.uk/cycling-offences-riding-dangerously-recklessly-carelessly-or-inconsiderately if tried in the Crown Court.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/23/cyclist-convicted-wanton-furious-driving-pedestrians-death/

The wording of S35 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (as amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), s. 1(2)) is as follows: “35. Drivers of carriages injuring persons by furious driving Whosoever, having the charge of any carriage or vehicle, shall by wanton or furious driving...