Video: Moment driver 'with cloudy windscreen' hits cyclist

Bod

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Mar 21, 2018, 6:44:19 AM3/21/18

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http://metro.co.uk/video/moment-driver-cloudy-windscreen-hits-cyclist-1652238/
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Bod

Rob Morley

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Mar 21, 2018, 8:51:33 PM3/21/18

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On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 10:44:19 +0000
Bod <bodr...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> http://metro.co.uk/video/moment-driver-cloudy-windscreen-hits-cyclist-1652238/

"Couldn't see because demister wasn't working." When I was a lad
demisters never worked when you needed them - I always keep a cloth in
the car for wiping the windows, but if that idiot did likewise it
would probably result in "couldn't steer because wiping window".

JNugent

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Mar 22, 2018, 7:06:07 PM3/22/18

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If I am approaching a give-eay line and see a vehicle - any vehicle -
approaching from the left with its right indicator flashing, I hang back
some way from the give way line. Cutting corners is far too prevalent.

Judith

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Apr 4, 2018, 12:23:35 PM4/4/18

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On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 10:44:19 +0000, Bod <bodr...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>http://metro.co.uk/video/moment-driver-cloudy-windscreen-hits-cyclist-1652238/

Why was the cyclist cycling on the RHS of the road for part of the journey?????

He seemed to be wobbling a bit as well - perhaps he was trying to use his
mobile.

swldx...@gmail.com

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Apr 4, 2018, 1:51:57 PM4/4/18

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Yes - this cyclist killed Kim Briggs and here he is on his mobile with a smirk on his face.

http://metro.co.uk/2017/09/28/mobile-phone-drivers-killed-one-person-every-10-days-last-year-6963209/

Mr Pounder Esquire

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Apr 4, 2018, 1:57:59 PM4/4/18

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How is the new job Simon?

swldx...@gmail.com

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Apr 4, 2018, 2:26:49 PM4/4/18

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I went back to the plant and handed all of their test gear back as I don't want a job until I downsize as it is too much in petrol/tyres etc to get there. I had not signed a contract anyway. Once I get moved out, I can start looking for work again.

Mr Pounder Esquire

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Apr 4, 2018, 3:06:29 PM4/4/18

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Sorry to hear about this.
To be honest Simon and I have said this before - you are just too old. I
have been there.
Go drive a chemists van or a taxi or something. They don't care about age.
Good luck.

MrCheerful

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Apr 4, 2018, 3:11:27 PM4/4/18

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Surely a Deliveroo cyclist is more up his street.

Mr Pounder Esquire

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Apr 4, 2018, 3:28:01 PM4/4/18

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Dunno. But getting old is shit. Trust me on that Sir.

swldx...@gmail.com

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Apr 4, 2018, 3:41:48 PM4/4/18

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On Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 8:06:29 PM UTC+1, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:

> > I went back to the plant and handed all of their test gear back as I
> > don't want a job until I downsize as it is too much in petrol/tyres
> > etc to get there. I had not signed a contract anyway. Once I get
> > moved out, I can start looking for work again.
>
> Sorry to hear about this.
> To be honest Simon and I have said this before - you are just too old. I
> have been there.

Nope - the bloke that I replaced was older than me and he went full time elsewhere. The lab training was a joke, the site sample points were not labelled and the consumables once they ran out were my responsibility.

I was chucked in the deep end and told that I would soon pick it up. They then wanted me to pay £140 for a safety passport to become a travelling analyst and then send in an expenses sheet, so I told them to stuff it as the site is now S/D anyway.

MrCheerful

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Apr 4, 2018, 3:46:59 PM4/4/18

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I am older than he is.

Kerr-Mudd,John

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Apr 7, 2018, 6:50:09 AM4/7/18

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It makes you grumpy and intolerant. But maybe it'll make him leave his
chisel at home.

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