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[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@HolywoodCyclist @SaffireRhodes @NoahDontbeliev2 @IKnoTheTruth2 @Lewie75 @saddle_sniffer @Bikery1966 @SaferRoadsYorks I'm not confusing anything.
You say the charge was "wrong" and should have been something else.
How can you form such an opinion without seeing any of the evidence?

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@HolywoodCyclist @SaffireRhodes @NoahDontbeliev2 @IKnoTheTruth2 @Lewie75 @saddle_sniffer @Bikery1966 @SaferRoadsYorks I'm asking how you can second guess the charging decision (which you categorise as "wrong" )!without seeing any of the evidence available to the police and the CPS.

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@HolywoodCyclist @SaffireRhodes @NoahDontbeliev2 @IKnoTheTruth2 @Lewie75 @saddle_sniffer @Bikery1966 @SaferRoadsYorks But you haven't seen any of the evidence that the police and the CPS had (well you've no commented as to whether you have or not) so how can you second guess their decision?
(I could equally say without evidence that here should have been no charge at all!)

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@HolywoodCyclist @IKnoTheTruth2 @SaffireRhodes @Lewie75 @saddle_sniffer @Bikery1966 @NoahDontbeliev2 @SaferRoadsYorks https://t.co/ZtJ88suS2S

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@HolywoodCyclist @Ragingtaxpayer @IKnoTheTruth2 @SaffireRhodes @Lewie75 @saddle_sniffer @Bikery1966 @NoahDontbeliev2 @SaferRoadsYorks But isn't the 1.5m supposed to be a buffer for gusts, potholes etc?
These hazards exist whoever's doing the overtaking.

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@HolywoodCyclist @IKnoTheTruth2 @SaffireRhodes @Lewie75 @saddle_sniffer @Bikery1966 @NoahDontbeliev2 @SaferRoadsYorks I can estimate 50cm quite well - whether I could discern the difference between 150cm and 149cm while cycling is a different matter.

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@HolywoodCyclist @Ragingtaxpayer @IKnoTheTruth2 @SaffireRhodes @Lewie75 @saddle_sniffer @Bikery1966 @NoahDontbeliev2 @SaferRoadsYorks But isn't the 1.5m supposed to be a buffer for gusts, potholes etc?
These hazards exist whoever's doing the overtaking.

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@HolywoodCyclist @IKnoTheTruth2 @SaffireRhodes @Lewie75 @Ragingtaxpayer @saddle_sniffer @Bikery1966 @NoahDontbeliev2 @SaferRoadsYorks So it's not measurable by any number - it's a subjective assessment.

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@HolywoodCyclist @IKnoTheTruth2 @SaffireRhodes @Lewie75 @Ragingtaxpayer @saddle_sniffer @Bikery1966 @NoahDontbeliev2 @SaferRoadsYorks Even if we take 1.5m as a cliff edge measure under 30mph - what's the measure at 35mph?
("More" doesn't have a numerical value)

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@HolywoodCyclist @NoahDontbeliev2 @SaffireRhodes @IKnoTheTruth2 @Lewie75 @Ragingtaxpayer @saddle_sniffer @Bikery1966 @SaferRoadsYorks Well you said the correct charge was careless. If not on the basis of close passing - on what basis?

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@HolywoodCyclist @NoahDontbeliev2 @SaffireRhodes @IKnoTheTruth2 @Lewie75 @Ragingtaxpayer @saddle_sniffer @Bikery1966 @SaferRoadsYorks But we don't know there was a close pass.
Unless you've seen the video and can tell us how close the pass was of course.

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@let_part @AManWithAClue @CitizenUddin @TfL I'm certainly not arguing that everyone should back out of everything - I'm arguing that sometimes it's safer to.
You'll make your judgements case by case and I'll make mine - at the extreme mine might be different to my granny's.

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@HolywoodCyclist @NoahDontbeliev2 @SaffireRhodes @IKnoTheTruth2 @Lewie75 @Ragingtaxpayer @saddle_sniffer @Bikery1966 @SaferRoadsYorks Have you spoken to the prosecutor to gain your insight into his belief?
Have you seen the video?
Have you seen SRY's statement as received by the CPS?
Have you seen the missing critical part of the statement?

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@HolywoodCyclist @NoahDontbeliev2 @SaffireRhodes @IKnoTheTruth2 @Lewie75 @Ragingtaxpayer @saddle_sniffer @Bikery1966 @SaferRoadsYorks I don't think the prosecutor said that. They said that what was charged was the same as what was not charged.

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@let_part @AManWithAClue @CitizenUddin @TfL I'm not talking about fault but self preservation.
H1 recognises that concept - it imposes obligations on others to look after us, but if they fail to meet those obligations it imposes an obligation on us to look after ourselves.

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@HolywoodCyclist @NoahDontbeliev2 @SaffireRhodes @IKnoTheTruth2 @Lewie75 @Ragingtaxpayer @saddle_sniffer @Bikery1966 @SaferRoadsYorks But you've decided the police got it wrong - on what basis?

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@HolywoodCyclist @SaffireRhodes @IKnoTheTruth2 @Lewie75 @Ragingtaxpayer @saddle_sniffer @Bikery1966 @NoahDontbeliev2 @SaferRoadsYorks We could also speculate that if the charge was careless there might not have been a guilty verdict in the first place.
After all the "victim" is claiming that a critical part of his statement was withheld from the CPS -but he won't disclose what the omission was and at what stage

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@let_part @AManWithAClue @CitizenUddin @TfL I'm considering the general "self preservation" part of H1.
I won't step onto a zebra if the nearest vehicle is 5 yards away and travelling at 50, whereas I will if the nearest is 100 yards away travelling at 20 - and there are infinite cases between.
Each to his own judgement.

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@let_part @AManWithAClue @CitizenUddin @TfL You'll note he jumped back and only proceeded once the last bike had stopped - he exercised discretion with the others.

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@let_part @AManWithAClue @CitizenUddin @TfL I would suspect that if a driver was to approach that chap at speed without showing any indication of obeying his sign then he might very well jump out of the way.

[Numbers Man @NumbersMan3]

@let_part @AManWithAClue @CitizenUddin @TfL I think it's unlikely that the 91 year old victim was "asserting his priority" over a cyclist he may not even have seen, but if he had seen him he may well have chosen discretion - a fall at that age is something to avoid whatever your rights.