CYCLIST SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A591 CRASH
26th July 2009
A cyclist's in a serious condition in hospital after getting hit by a motorbike and side-car between Ambleside and Keswick.
It happened just after 11 yesterday morning on the A591 at Dunmail Raise near Thirlmere, when the motorbike hit the cyclist, travelling in the same direction.
The motorcyslist and his passenger were unhurt.
The road was closed for five hours.
Notice how this 'official' version of events fails to point out the obvious fact that the motorbike must have hit the bicycle.
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2 comments:
News organisations have a legal duty to use language which is non-prejudicial to possible legal proceedings; hence "was in collision with," and not "drove into."
It is possible (although unlikely)that the motocyclist was blameless; in any case he could rely on, in his defence, that a major news organisation has prejudiced his trial by inferring his guilt.
Maybe you already knew that.
The motorbike rider won't need to worry about a guilty verdict anyway - apparently it's ok to collide with cyclists from behind:
http://lcc.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=1428
Even if you kill the cyclist you run into, you just need to say 'I didn't see him your honour' and you'll be fine.
A sensible legal approach would of course be for the driver of the vehicle that collides with a cyclist or pedestrian to be presumed to be at fault unless they can prove their innocence.
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