Wire strung across "cycle route"

Colin' email hidden in said:

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned this article yet
(news.bbc.co.uk3127389.stmOpen ↗), about a 13 year old riding into
a piece of wire strung across a cycle route at neck height. The police are treating it as a serious
attempt "to maim a rider", it seems.

A few nights ago I was caught out by two teenage lads *pretending* to unwind some thread across the
road. I slowed down until they laughed at me. After I had passed them I felt like doing a U-turn and
doing a "cycle-by-shooting" of the nasal kind.

But I refrained: Afterall they may use some *real* nylon thread next time.

Love and teenage prats from Rich

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I'm surprised no-one has mentioned this article yet
(news.bbc.co.uk3127389.stmOpen ↗), about a 13 year old riding into
a piece of wire strung across a cycle route at neck height. The police are treating it as a
serious attempt "to maim a rider", it seems.

Equally bad is news.bbc.co.uk3129249.stmOpen ↗

Tony

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Colin said:

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned this article yet
(news.bbc.co.uk3127389.stmOpen ↗), about a 13 year old riding into
a piece of wire strung across a cycle route at neck height. The police are treating it as a
serious attempt "to maim a rider", it seems.

quote: Police believe it was strung at cyclist's neck height - three feet above the ground - in an
attempt to seriously hurt someone. endquote.

3 feet? That's a metre right? Neck height for who?

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Doesnotcompute email hidden in said:

3 feet? That's a metre right? Neck height for who?

A recumbenteer!
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Richard Bates said:

Doesnotcompute email hidden in said:

3 feet? That's a metre right? Neck height for who?

A recumbenteer!

ah yes of course. silly me.

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Richard Bates said:

A few nights ago I was caught out by two teenage lads *pretending* to unwind some thread across
the road. I slowed down until they laughed at me. After I had passed them I felt like doing a
U-turn and doing a "cycle-by-shooting" of the nasal kind.

But I refrained: Afterall they may use some *real* nylon thread next time.

As an early-teenager, I was on my granny's bike when I was felled by a twine across the road. Some
kiddies were playing tennis or something across it! I gave them a good ticking off: took my cue from
the bike's ownership to say *I* was OK, but just think if it had been some little old lady!

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I'm surprised no-one has mentioned this article yet
(news.bbc.co.uk3127389.stmOpen ↗), about a 13 year old riding into
a piece of wire strung across a cycle route at neck height. The police are treating it as a
serious attempt "to maim a rider", it seems.

Colin

thats sickening isnt it ... forget maiming, could easily have been decapitation

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13 year old riding into a piece of wire strung across a cycle route at

neck

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height. The police are treating it as a serious attempt "to maim a

rider",

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it seems.

Colin

thats sickening isnt it ... forget maiming, could easily have been decapitation

Absolutely....attempted murder by any other name!! 'course, it's appeared in the local rag tonight,
with record distribution figures for local rags, so guess what the little darlings round these 'ere
parts are going to be doing for the remainder of the school hols ;-) Dave (wearing a neck brace for
the next 3.5 weeks, just in case.)

Tony Raven said:

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I don't believe it. Kill someone and you don't even go to gaol.
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quote: Police believe it was strung at cyclist's neck height - three feet above the ground - in an
attempt to seriously hurt someone. endquote.

3 feet? That's a metre right? Neck height for who?

Another danger of riding on the dark side?

Some of the local oiks did this with the hazard tape we had placed across the entrances to the
Hetton-Lyons circuit during a BHPC race a few years ago. Fortunately it's very stretchy, as I
discovered when it tried to remove my head, and they did it at the top of the hill so I wasn't going
very fast.

We don't go there any more.

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Ouch. Why is such reckless criminal behaviour treated so softly?

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Tony Raven said:

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I don't believe it. Kill someone and you don't even go to gaol.

That's because cyclists don't count as real people. There does seem to be a get-out-jail-free card
hidden inside every car which shows just how blind justice isn't.

LN

Richard Bates must be edykated coz e writed:

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Colin' email hidden in said:

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned this article yet
(news.bbc.co.uk3127389.stmOpen ↗), about a 13 year old riding
into a piece of wire strung across a cycle route at neck height. The police are treating it as a
serious attempt "to maim a rider", it seems.

A few nights ago I was caught out by two teenage lads *pretending* to unwind some thread across
the road. I slowed down until they laughed at me. After I had passed them I felt like doing a
U-turn and doing a "cycle-by-shooting" of the nasal kind.

But I refrained: Afterall they may use some *real* nylon thread next time.

Love and teenage prats from Rich

A couple of months back some local yoof thought my recumbent was fair game and announced they were
going to take it off me, unfortunately I only managed to severly bash one of them before the police
arrived and spoiled the rest of my stress management programme.

Ian

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I don't believe it. Kill someone and you don't even go to gaol.

I suspect that the magistrates thought that it was only a cyclist, so not really a person.

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David Hansen said:

I suspect that the magistrates thought that it was only a cyclist, so not really a person.

Or possibly that it doesn't /really/ matter if one uses a car as the weapon. If I was planning to
murder someone, I know how /I'd/ do it.

Oops, what a giveaway...

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Tony Raven said:

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The twunt hasn't got a driving licence and with the way he carries on probably never will. What is
the point in penalising him with extra points on his licence? I noticed that he was prosecuted for
only careless driving rather than dangerous driving - one cannot be jailed for the latter but not
the former. Is not a person who has never taken a driving test dangerous per se? He has not proved
himself to be not dangerous.

The magistrates are the f'wits in this case, IMO. How about adding to his sentence some sort of
injuction preventing him from driving which, if disobeyed, would count as contempt of court?

Feeling really p***** off James

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I don't believe it. Kill someone and you don't even go to gaol.

That's because cyclists don't count as real people. There does seem to be a get-out-jail-free card
hidden inside every car which shows just how blind justice isn't.

LN

I think it's more to do with your weapon of choice. Kill somebody with a gun and you go to jail for
a long time. Kill them with a car and you get a slap on the wrist (or less).

Craig.

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I don't believe it. Kill someone and you don't even go to gaol.

No, no, you need to read the article more carefully - "15-year-old Anthony Wakelin died when he was
hit by the defendant's speeding car." See, it was the car. The driver had nothing to do with it.

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