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Telegraph slammed for manipulating photos of “law-abiding people exercising” for column claiming “speeding cyclists” endanger drivers… despite riders averaging 14.6mph (road.cc)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Cyclists endangering motorists? Me on my little metal frame is somehow a danger to basically a tank, yeah no, not buying that one. And speeding? Do you know how difficult it is to get above 25 on any bike?

What an absolute shit rag.

[–] givesomefucks 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

It's a pro cycling article that's complaining about another article, which they have a screenshot of.

The article they're complaining about explicitly says the cyclists are a danger to pedestrians in the headline

So yes.

What an absolute shit rag.

I agree OPs link is fucking horrible and not based on reality

They just know a lot of road cyclists are rage addicted and won't bother reading. They'll get mad and share the story to other cyclists who won't read it but still get mad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

The article they're complaining about explicitly says the cyclists are a danger to pedestrians in the headline

Weird, here is says drivers.

Cyclists certainly can be a danger to pedestrians, personally I'm super careful when pedestrians are around, and when I'm walking on a designated shared path (probably most paths in my city now), I'll stick to one side because I know I'm not the only type of path user out there. Also, knowing cyclists go at speed, I try not to do really unpredictable things.

[–] Iceblade02 1 points 4 weeks ago

If you cycle with care, you probably aren't part of the demographic of careless cyclists.

Here is the article in question:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/17/lets-get-tough-on-the-scourge-of-rogue-cyclists/

Quotes from it:

The survey results included a photograph of a child being hit by one of these moronic cyclists. One could observe that if this continues unchecked someone will get killed, but it is too late: pedestrians already have been. In 2022 there were 462 reported collisions between cyclists and pedestrians, up from 308 in 2020. Some of the ugliest involved pensioners, and as well as jumping red lights, cyclists were seen breaking the speed limit and riding on pavements.

The article is behind a paywall, but it almost exclusively focuses on the danger posed to pedestrians, and not only from cyclists, but also from scooters (which seem to be the worst) and motorists.

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