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Teenage cycle tragedy in Sheffield

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  1. <http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1779860>

    A 13 year old cyclist is fighting for his life after being dragged
    under the wheels of a lorry, apparently whilst hanging on to the
    vehicle's straps in order to get a tow up a hill in Sheffield.

    http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/03.htm#53

    | 53: You MUST NOT
    | * hold on to a moving vehicle or trailer

    Sometimes laws are there to protect individuals from themselves.

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    Alan J. Wylie http://www.wylie.me.uk/
    "Perfection [in design] is achieved not when there is nothing left to add,
    but rather when there is nothing left to take away."
    -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  2. Oh no.
    What a price to pay for a bit of teenage daring. We've all done it.
    Poor bugger.

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    John Hearns said:

    Oh no.
    What a price to pay for a bit of teenage daring. We've all done it.
    Poor bugger.


    I've certainly grabbed a tow from trucks, but never when I was in front
    of the wheels. Silly bugger.

  4. Alan J. Wylie said:

    <http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1779860>

    A 13 year old cyclist is fighting for his life after being dragged
    under the wheels of a lorry, apparently whilst hanging on to the
    vehicle's straps in order to get a tow up a hill in Sheffield.

    That has to be Darwin in action. I've done some pretty stupid things,
    but even at 10, not that stupid. Still, if he lives he'll have grown up
    a bit quicker than he intended.

  5. John Hearns said:

    Oh no.
    What a price to pay for a bit of teenage daring. We've all done it.
    Poor bugger.

    We haven't all done it at all. Some of us are kept safe by our cowardice.

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