The newspaper report says the cyclist collided with the tractor, so that is shocking, irresponsible journalism that could encourage violence.
Kim, you are very bad!
“We see a lot of cyclists on the road and it’s not a problem because we keep out of their way and they keep out of ours" [snip]
“If it had been one second later I would have killed him. If he gets killed it probably serves him right, but the problem is, he may end up killing or injuring someone else.”
It doesn’t matter where you start. Just start.
I can't find where this press release that he supposedly appologised in is though.
Quote“If it had been one second later I would have killed him. If he gets killed it probably serves him right, but the problem is, he may end up killing or injuring someone else.”What a dick.Can't we organise a BHPC style meet up there one weekend? I've not had a trip away on The Red Baron for ages
I can't think why anyone would want to go there.
As he saw the flag over his bonnet I'll take an educated guess he was leaving forwards.
Among those responding to the councillor’s comments via the Mail website was a reader posting as ‘Chris’, who said Councillor Stanton’s comments showed ‘there is no place whatsoever for him in politics’.He said: “It says it all for the backwards attitude of motorists around this part of the world that a legitimate road user can be subject to such abuse that they feel the need to be filmed for their own protection.“I suspect that pick-up trucks, often driven by individuals whose motoring skills are less than adequate, kill more than their fair share of people.” Another reader, posting as ‘Dave H’, said: “If the forward visibility of the pickup truck described by Councillor Stanton is so poor, then he needs to be very careful emerging from a premises over a footway, as a small child running across would be equally ‘unseen’.”A reader describing himself as ‘concerned’ said: “This bike would be the same height as a child and surely if the councillor was following the highway code and looking up the road before pulling out he would have seen the rider.“Blaming the cyclist and wishing him dead are not the sort of opinions (I would expect from) an elected official.”Jon Dumelow said the cyclist had every right to be on the road, adding: “While driving yesterday I stopped for a cat venturing onto the road and it is a quarter of the size of a recumbent cycle.“I reacted in plenty of time and slowed down. No doubt in Michael Stanton’s eyes it would serve it right to have died, if I wasn’t careful.” Reader David Hudson said the Safer Neighbourhood meeting sounded like ‘something from The Wicker Man’ — the cult film in which a Scottish police officer investigating a murder encounters a suspicious and insular pagan island community.After the story was published in Saturday’s Mail, Councillor Stanton issued the following statement: “I represent the Repton ward on South Derbyshire District Council and concerns were raised to me about how difficult it is for some motorists who spot a recumbent cyclists using local roads.“Having struggled to see the man while driving my own vehicle it was only right to raise the matter at the Safer Neighbourhood meeting.“However, after my words were reported in the Burton Mail I realise they could have been conveyed in a more appropriate way. If anyone took offence, I would like to say sorry — I had the best of intentions at heart.“My priority was and still is the safety of cyclists and other road users and that is of paramount importance to me and everyone else in the village. I will continue to work closely with the police and other local authorities to protect the welfare of our residents.”
Oh, *that* Repton.Last time I went there, I was onna upwrong. Letting the side down, I know.
