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Thread #172617   Message #4179464
Posted By: Doug Chadwick
19-Aug-23 - 07:28 AM
Thread Name: BS: Bleeping Cyclist
Subject: RE: BS: Bleeping Cyclist
.... Discuss


The Guardian 2 Mar 23

A woman has been jailed for 3 years for manslaughter after causing cyclist to fall in front of a car in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK. The woman, who has cerebral palsy, waved her arm aggressively and shouted “get off the fucking pavement” causing the cyclist to fall into the road where she died after being struck by a car. During the trial, police could not confirm whether or not that section of path was legally intended for both pedestrians and cyclists, but in the sentencing the judge declared it a shared path.

DC