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Post by keitha on Mar 6, 2023 16:39:29 GMT
Didn't know it was in the highway code, I only heard of it when it was mentioned some time back on QI
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Post by keitha on Mar 6, 2023 17:11:15 GMT
Coming back for the moment to the verdict and sentencing for involuntary manslaughter of the woman whose actions were judged to have been the cause of the 77 yo woman falling into the path of a car, to the long term detriment of her health. I see there are new statements from the police, covered in the following article: Huntingdon cyclist death: Police warn over ill-informed views
I note from the article a few particular points: Det Sgt Dollard, who interviewed Grey, told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: "I'll always remember the morning after it occurred obtaining the CCTV and watching it in its entirety.
"In all honesty it's horrific and not appropriate for wider release to the public, but, if it were, then I think a lot of the arguments in relation to appropriate responses would be null and void."and also: He added that there were "considerations in relation to Auriol Grey's vulnerability" in their investigation.
"A lot of medical records... professional expert evidence was sought and presented to a jury, it's important to note, and with all that, in fact, she was found guilty of an unlawful act and that is why she was convicted," he said.On the topic of whether it is pedestrian only or shared use - which to my mind is of limited relevance in relation to the guilt or otherwise of the defendant: A Cambridgeshire County Council spokesperson said: "We cannot categorically say it is a shared use path as we could not find any legal records to evidence this.
"We know it is used by cyclists and we are looking at this location to see if there is any work required to make things clearer.Which suggests the situation in that regard is more complicated than perhaps assumed.
None of which has any bearing on the "c**p cycling infrastructure" discussion. Just read that Ms Grey's friend are asking for her to be let out of prison as she is scared she will be bullied.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2023 17:18:28 GMT
Perhaps people are unaware but the Highway code is updated annually and can be read here
if you don't check it annually how on earth do you expect to drive safely?
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Post by adrianc on Mar 6, 2023 18:24:27 GMT
if you don't check it annually how on earth do you expect to drive safely?
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Post by keitha on Mar 6, 2023 21:12:16 GMT
if you don't check it annually how on earth do you expect to drive safely?
I don't believe that a requirement exists to keep up to date with it
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Post by adrianc on Mar 6, 2023 21:38:51 GMT
"I proved I'd read it when I took my test, why would I need to read it again?" I don't believe that a requirement exists to keep up to date with it Thank you for demonstrating my point so eloquently. Yes, a requirement most certainly does exist for driving to current road law, not those in place decades ago. While the HC is not in and of itself law, it certainly provides a good method for disseminating it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2023 23:08:28 GMT
Perfect
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Post by keitha on Mar 7, 2023 10:57:10 GMT
As a pedestrian try applying the new laws that at a junction pedestrians have priority
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Post by pikestaff on Mar 7, 2023 11:01:25 GMT
As a pedestrian try applying the new laws that at a junction pedestrians have priority Round here some drivers do give way but I'd never assume this and I'd always make eye contact before crossing.
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Post by adrianc on Mar 7, 2023 11:59:14 GMT
As a pedestrian try applying the new laws that at a junction pedestrians have priority Yeh, perhaps if drivers didn't take the attitude that there's no requirement to keep up to date with it...?
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Post by keitha on Mar 7, 2023 15:02:15 GMT
As a pedestrian try applying the new laws that at a junction pedestrians have priority Yeh, perhaps if drivers didn't take the attitude that there's no requirement to keep up to date with it...? Suppose I asked for that, but obviously I have kept up to date as I knew it
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Post by registerme on Mar 7, 2023 16:23:11 GMT
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Post by bernythedolt on Mar 7, 2023 16:53:21 GMT
"The European drugs regulator says it does not want a purpose-built red-light district near its post-Brexit headquarters in Amsterdam. [...]
The EMA moved its headquarters to Amsterdam's southern Zuidas district in 2019 after the UK left the EU".
Are they seriously trying to blame Brexit for this? 
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Post by jo on Mar 7, 2023 17:04:57 GMT
"The European drugs regulator says it does not want a purpose-built red-light district near its post-Brexit headquarters in Amsterdam. [...]
The EMA moved its headquarters to Amsterdam's southern Zuidas district in 2019 after the UK left the EU".
Are they seriously trying to blame Brexit for this? The reporter clearly hasn't read the BBC all hands memo that everything from now on is Elon Musk's fault. 
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Post by bracknellboy on Mar 7, 2023 17:09:50 GMT
"The European drugs regulator says it does not want a purpose-built red-light district near its post-Brexit headquarters in Amsterdam. [...]
The EMA moved its headquarters to Amsterdam's southern Zuidas district in 2019 after the UK left the EU".
Are they seriously trying to blame Brexit for this? Well yes. You do know that the European Medicines Agency was headquartered in London prior to Brexit right ?* Ah no, obviously you didn't. So moving out of the UK was a direct result of Brexit, so that is entirely factual reporting with as far as I can tell no judgemental view expressed. [*With certain benefits that bought to the UK skills base. Losing the EMA HQ was just another one of the Brexit benefits to be found in those sunlit uplands]
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