Yet another sad story

[Toks]

http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/news/t ... rPath=home
My friend brought her little brother to the Smithfield Nocturne this evening. He absolutely love it!! After he finishes his GSCE's this summer he wants me to take him out on a few rides which I will do quite happily but I can't legislate for Homcidal Drivers which is a definite worry

[Snoop Doug]

Sad indeed.

I wonder, would a compulsory cycle test on a dual carriageway as part of the car driving test help people to appreciate what it's like to have nutters bearing down on you...?

[Jon C C on a Bianchi]

17 + van + country road = lethal combination. Yet again we don't know the full story and details so can only speculate but many of my hairier moments on a bike have been caused by van drivers, driving too fast and too close on small country roads.

We must get this in persepctive however, I don't want to seem callous, but mercifully given the amount of cycling going on deaths and 'accidents' are relatively rare. I dread the day the one of my sons announces he wants a motor bike - I am completely relaxed about them cycling.