Tour de France winner,
Bradley Wiggins was thrown off his bike when a white Vauxhall Astra Envoy is
thought to have pulled out of a petrol station and collided with him. His
injuries were thought to be very serious at first, but later it appeared he
suffered a number of broken ribs and cuts and bruises.
Wiggins' accident has sparked a flurry of comments on
Twitter -- some sympathetic, others highlighting the dangers cyclists face on the
road, or the risk they pose to other road users if they don't ride responsibly.
I wonder how much blame attaches to the driver in such a
case. On the face of it the driver
entering a junction is obviously in the wrong. You just shouldn’t pull out until
you can see your way is clear. But can there any extenuating circumstances? Perhaps
at subconscious level some drivers just don’t register a bicycle as a fully
authentic road user. In other words: if it’s not a car or bus they just don’t
‘see’ it.
Maybe a defence lawyer might argue that that Bradley
(world’s fastest man on two wheels) was travelling faster than a motorist might
have reasonably expected. But I don’t really think
that defence would stand up.
So, my sympathies lie completely with poor Bradley and Britain’s
cyclists. Therefore: GUILTY and 6 points on her licence.....
Next case.......
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