Re: Cyclist hit and runs - what is the answer?

in message <doi16j$3ee$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, p.k.
('spam.trap100.remove@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx') wrote:

> People who cycle on pavements are pillocks. People who equivocate,
> dissemble and deflect while failing to condemn are pillocks too. Are
> you happy to wear that hat?

Nobody in this discussion has defended cycling on the pavement. Nobody in
this discussion has equivocated, dissembled or deflected. Cycling on the
pavement is wrong, and people who do it, as others on this thread have
already pointed out, are 'pillocks' and 'twunts', and generally
irresponsible louts. However, they're still not as irresponsible as

> I suspect that cars on pavements killing people do not intend to
> be there

People who drive one ton lumps of metal without sufficient care and
attention to avoid the pavement. 'Do not intend to be there', forsooth!
What sort of a half arsed equivocation is that!

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    ... pavement is wrong, and people who do it, as others on this thread have already pointed out, are 'pillocks' and 'twunts', and generally irresponsible louts. ... I cycle short distances on the pavement when it is more convenient and safe than the alternative road. ... That excludes pavements with lots of pedestrians on, although I occasionally ride past one or two. ... You don't find them ramming you with shopping trolleys either. ...
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