Cyclist hurt in collision with MP's car.

neillcp

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080 ... 23e80.html

Hope the guy's ok.

jonginge

Yeah. Saw the aftermath on my commute last night. The biker was about to be put in an ambulance as I went past. You always have to take care on that corner: the MPs and their drivers seem to think they can bully their way out and across the traffic...

Mr_Cellophane

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "A collision occurred as a 4x4 exited the main gates. The vehicle stopped at the scene, the male driver was uninjured."

There is a small aside at the bottom which says how the cyclist is.

graeme_s-2

the male driver was uninjured

Yeah, no sh*t! He was driving a 4x4 and hit a cyclist, he wasn't likely to be injured really was he? :shock:

mrchrispy

if a 4x4 driver hit me and didnt knock me out then there is a serious chance he'd get hurt once I'd got hold of him. bloody bullies the lot of them

el_presidente

Last night A big Merc S-Class came up behind me , hooted his horn then squeezed past. I hit the rear side window quite hard as I don't like being bullied. He seem quite surprised and slammed his brakes on but then thought better of it and drove off. The bigger the car the more drivers think they can do what they want.

BentMikey

el_presidente wrote:

Last night A big Merc S-Class came up behind me , hooted his horn then squeezed past. I hit the rear side window quite hard as I don't like being bullied. He seem quite surprised and slammed his brakes on but then thought better of it and drove off. The bigger the car the more drivers think they can do what they want.

I wonder if that was the same twunt that did that to me on Tuesday night? He stopped for a verbal and threatened me with a beating. I laughed.

ride_whenever

Round here there is a blacksmith, he rides an old fixie and who carries an old bike chain. If he gets cut up or abused he chases them down...

davidmiller

mrchrispy wrote:

if a 4x4 driver hit me and didnt knock me out then there is a serious chance he'd get hurt once I'd got hold of him. bloody bullies the lot of them

er, not quite. When I'm not on my bike I drive a Discovery and I'm very careful around cyclists. Let's not go down the path of innaccurate mass generalisation please.

David.

Anonymous

Let's not go down the path of innaccurate mass generalisation please.

Yeah, right, on this forum?

BentMikey

ride_whenever wrote:

Round here there is a blacksmith, he rides an old fixie and who carries an old bike chain. If he gets cut up or abused he chases them down...

Not clever, because he'll go down seriously if Plod catches up with him.

prj45

'sfunny the way the Standard has reported this: -

A police investigation is under way after a Conservative MP knocked over a cyclist with his 4x4 outside Parliament

Now, normally it would be CYCLIST COLLIDES WITH CAR! when it's patently the car that collided with the cyclist.

However, it's even got it wrong in this case as far as I can tell because witnesses say the cyclist hit the car, not the other way round, it even reports this: -

The cyclist tried to brake but his front wheel locked. He went over his handlebars and hit the wing of the car before falling on the ground in front of the car.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/ ... article.do

BentMikey

Zipperhead mentioned that he went past just afterwards, and the car was halfway out into the road. Maybe it was a SMIDSY?

prj45

BentMikey wrote:

Zipperhead mentioned that he went past just afterwards, and the car was halfway out into the road. Maybe it was a SMIDSY?

Hmm, or a SMICBBTLTWIDSY?

(Sorry mate, I couldn't be bothered to look that's why I didn't see you)

BentMikey

Either that or "You're just a dirty scum cyclist, you don't pay road tax, doff your cap and wait for me", or even a RLJing cyclist. Who knows?

Mr_Cellophane

Maybe he thought it was Dave or Boris.

andrewc3142

Let's not go down the path of innaccurate mass generalisation please.

Um. The guy's driving an agricultural vehicle in the middle of London. Several possibilities: he took a wrong turning past the cow shed; he hasn't come across cycles, buses, tubes, all of which work better in the urban environment; he's a Tory MP who thinks it a good/smart idea to drive an agricultural vehicle into the middle of London.

Anonymous

Or maybe a "Fyypos." Yeah, that would be closer to the truth. Then yell "Fyypos" back. Everyone's happy.

No worries and all bikers look better.

Fork, man. Where do you come from?

Bait.

attica

I'd just like to add a sweeping generalisation:-

I seem to remember a survey saying that the most common driver profile for people who drive large 4x4s is someone who is not confident in their own driving ability, so cocoons themself in the largest "safest" vehicle with an up high driving position for an added sense of superiority.

I always find this strange as 4x4s are at best unweildy creatures, someone with poor car skills would probably be better off in something small and maneuverable - a Smart car or a Mini perhaps (it'd certainly make parking easier).

My own anecdotal evidence would seem to bear this out, 4x4 drivers generally are hesitant, rubbish at parking and a bit scary to be around.
I'd say that if you drive a 4x4 and wash it on the "gold wash" you probably fit this profile.

Am I being unfair?

Anonymous

'99 Toyota Camry. Smokin.'

andrewc3142

and wash it on the "gold wash"

A farmer friend of mine reckons a proper 4x4 is defined as one you clean inside with a hose.

nwallace

Setup of large sub-lorries seems to differ.

Dad had a shot of a toyota pickup recently with cart springs for suspension at the back (Chevrolet (not Daewoo) like this set up on their cars!) I could tell from the passengers seat how bad the handling was. (Things like going into a corner at <20mph that you know can be done in a car at around 30 while maintaining visibility)

There is some "eco" vigilante group in Edinburgh going round letting down tyres in 4x4s claiming they only target "rich people". I wonder how they figure out who is a "rich person" and not a farmer or other countryside worker who actually needs a 4x4. Do they break in and check there isn't a shotgun under the drivers seat?