caution for parents & children with bikes

[KeepItSteel]

How do they know the parents consented to it anyway :? not likely to admit it are theyGet your point though KIS.

im just going by what was mentioned in the story, hence, reading between the lines.

Anyway, the story blatantly smacks of sensationalism - its got us talking right? We wont know all the details and we will also (cleverly) be made to jump to conclusions about some of the details.

But i find it interesting that the personal injury bashers havent answered my questions.

How would you feel if this happened to your nan/child?

Of course young kids should be able to ride on the pavement.
Of course just sueing anybody for the sake of making money is wrong.
But these kids were 'racing'. With permission.
The parents should have been more responsible.

As I said, time and place.
I dont think this case is as cut and dry as simply doing anything to make money out of nothing, there is cause and effect here.

There are always two sides to a story.

 

[cyfa2809]

i think the parents should be held responsible (not fully thoug) but it was an accident.
but the kid should know how to ride a bike properly
but the kid was 4
but we let kids under 10? get away with some quite nasty crimes over here (and some not :? )

the man who sued god? ....

 

[marin man]

I think that the personal injury adverts have a lot to answer for....I mean a man fitting an alarm "I was given the wrong type of ladder"Dohhh
Should have refused to use it then :roll: After getting to his age he should have known better,makes people look like scroungers,
and I really do not see how giving money to someone who has lost a dear member of their family can ease their pain......mercenary money grabbers the lot of them :roll:

 

[KeepItSteel]

i think the parents should be held responsible (not fully thoug) but it was an accident.
but the kid should know how to ride a bike properly
but the kid was 4
but we let kids under 10? get away with some quite nasty crimes over here (and some not :? )

the man who sued god? ....

I agree
But the points seemingly raised here are not about our own failing justice system, its more as to how to apportion blame.

Accident? Yes.
Tragic? Yes.
Turn a blind eye? What do you honestly think?

If my baby son was seriously injured due to kids of any age being encouraged to race in an innapropriate location, I would be doing the same.
If any of you can honestly say you wouldnt, then you either dont have kids, or you are kidding yourselves.

 

[marin man]

Take it you would give your "compensation" to charity then KIS

 

[KeepItSteel]

I really do not see how giving money to someone who has lost a dear member of their family can ease their pain

Thats actually a very interesting point.
Personally, I agree.
Im not saying the outcome of this (or many other similar) particular story should be a large lump sum of money being awarded.

Im more interested in the people at blame being held accountable.

I do think that the victims funeral costs, estate management, solicitor fees etc should definately be covered at the very least.

 

[silverclaws]

As long as people treat cycles with the complete lack of thought that they do, we will always have these problems and the results there of.

A cycle no matter what type of cycle or how big is a vehicle and as it is a vehicle, then it should be where vehicles are supposed to be.

Now I know full well the road is not the correct place for cycles due to motorist attitude, but let's take a leaf out of the Dane's way of doing things, for there one can legally get run over on the pavement if one strays into the portion of the pavement reserved for two wheeled vehicles below a certain power output.

I narly got nailed this way in Scanderborg, Denmark by a moped, my fault not being aware of the white line on the pavement saying I had crossed into the path of potential powered cycles, I had to move sharpish when I turned to see a moped bearing down on me.

 

[dbmtb]

Silverclaws -these are cycle lanes, not pavement - although you are correct that the dividing line is sometimes just painted on the tarmac. Mopeds limited to 30km/h speed limit are allowed to use these.

What happens in reality is that owners (often teenagers or drunks who lost their licences) remove speed limiters and drive at up to double the speed limit, with virtually no risk of being stopped by the police.

If you step into a bike lane without looking first, it's at your own risk - just as if you step into the road without looking.

 

[cyfa2809]

people walk all over the cycle lanes round here, then look at you funny for being in the pedestrian bit , or when you come close to them (when theyre in your lane)
cycle lanes need to be enforced more!


silverclaws, what do you ride (and where?)?

 

[marin man]

We get that round here as well....they look at you like you are insane for moving under your own steam :roll: