Beyond The Kerb

Poking around everyone's attitudes to life (and death) on the roads. A product of @beztweets.

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@DocManniday @EddieStobartCom https://t.co/wUHiC66vzx

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@cL0h @cosaingalway @stockholm_cc The moral high ground is entirely the wrong tree to bark up. The real argument for cycling infrastructure lies in what you could call the moral low ground:
https://t.co/O8zIEIrrp9

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@tvprp @Marc_dingdong Surely that's what the Highway Code states, not the law. There's no legislation about passing on the left; it's only an offence if it can be proven as S3RTA.

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@PCElliottNRT @debbiej262 Still isn't entirely clear how that causes two other people to crash into each other…

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@PoliceHinckley Would you be able to answer this question?
https://t.co/BblEzNSkTQ

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@PoliceHinckley Would you be able to clarify whether this was a head-on collision or a rear impact and, if the former, which side of the road it occurred on?

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@PoliceHinckley Would you be able to clarify whether this was a head-on collision or a rear impact and, if the former, which side of the road it occurred on?

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@LonelyJoeParker @RantyHighwayman Sure. Same here. But (and of course we're drifting away well from the original point here) the line between individually teaching defensive behaviour and a nationally institutionalised policy of instilling fear in potential victims isn't a particularly fine one.

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Road safety campaigns encourage children to walk and cycle? Sadly, a seriously misguided assumption. This article explains (with data) why:
https://t.co/liV8JVkJyS

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Finally caught up on recording the last two months of cycling fatalities. 20 incidents added:
https://t.co/jDInfkgXVu

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Belatedly, several updates to the 2017 fatality list: https://t.co/jDInfkgXVu

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Barbara Phipps's killer jailed for three years, following "terrible and irresponsible course of conduct".
https://t.co/JOjpQF6D0v

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Taxi passenger fined £80 for opening a door into the path of Sam Boulton, leading to his death.
https://t.co/yvG3CbXlaf

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@Hu67966911Kevin @Clivedurdle @JeakinsCoach Far more head injuries from drinking and walking. No-one ever interested in those. Just cycling.

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@Hu67966911Kevin @Clivedurdle @JeakinsCoach You jest but v large number of head injuries directly related to alcohol. 2nd after driving IIRC

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@Hu67966911Kevin @Clivedurdle @JeakinsCoach https://t.co/nTUrjxpgXh

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"Oh, that's awful!"

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A further 2016 cycling fatality: Kieran Dix passed away this week, a little over two months after a collision. https://t.co/TWelJKGVnu

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Victoria Gayle's killer sentenced to three and a half years in jail. https://t.co/2AglMjSoo8

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Inquest hears that Susan Smith died after falling from the footway into the carriageway under a passing HGV.
https://t.co/9wl0hP4WAB

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Andrew Platten's killer pleads guilty to four offences and is expected to receive a custodial sentence.
https://t.co/QUenEB2b05

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Richard Ellis's killer sentenced to 20 weeks in prison for offences relating to two separate incidents.
https://t.co/129NhNuXGQ