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It really annoys me when the press report it as 'hit and run' when there is no requirement to stop or report the collision.
Playing devil's advocate, I'd imagine they use it in the colloquial sense ("That bloke rode into that old lady and kept on going! Bl00dy hit and run, innit?") rather than any legal sense.
If the reports were accurate, then the perp did literally hit and run (leaving the bike at the scene).
They've got him
I look forward to the police referring to equivalent incidents as "The police said the cyclist involved in the collision with the man in a car..."
#notholdingmybreath
I get the arguments behind this - but when you collide with a car, it's the car you hit and the car that does the damage on account of its being rather heavy. Being hit by a bicycle is probably no big deal - it's the 80kg lump on top that also comes into with contact you and does the more damage.
Anyway, I hope the woman in this story makes a good recovery.
Disagree. It's the hard bits, like the bike, rather than the pink squishy thing on top that tends to the damage, or most likely hitting the floor, that tends to cause most injuries... unless you know for a fact that the two people actually collided as there are multiple possibilities.
Unfortunately, I'm bracing myself for the coverage this will get - 'man bites dog' and all that
You realise that a large number of Bristol Post readers will take this as perfect justification for going after *every* cyclist with pitchforks and torches...?
I hope the pedestrian recovers, and isn't too badly injured (yes, I know, "potentially life changing", but I can hope).
Really shitty thing to hurt someone and make off. Hard to imagine any scenario where you are not aware of the collision and that the person you hit is not in a good way.
Hope the person involved contacts the authorities and assists the investigations.
Best wishes to the injured lady and the medical team looking after her.
M
Was this in the traffic-restricted part of East St?
Looks like it to me. Possibly around a newsagent according to where the police were active.
BBC have a picture, but it's not necessarily where the incident happened: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-46879177
There must have been eye-witnesses at that time of morning, so lets hope they find the cyclist (and what actually happened).
i don't know Bedminster at all, but the Post talked about bus delays due to the road closure: is East Street like the Horsefair in Broadmead (ie buses taxis deliveries and "access")?
I also note that the BBC says that the pedestrian was crossing the road when the bicycle came into contact with her. So lots of questions about that, surely? Not defending the cyclist (or pob, whatever you want to call them) but how far in front of him did she step out? Was this like the hit and run thing last year where the pedestrian turned out to have walked into the bicycle? Be interesting to see how this one turns out.
Has anyone seen updates on how the pedestrian is doing?
Yeah, it's one way (except for bikes) and for buses or loading vehicles only. The road slopes downhill from the west (which is the one way direction) so it's quite feasible for a cyclist to build up a lot of speed and then not have time to react to a pedestrian crossing the road from behind a parked vehicle.
I can't see anything more about the pedestrian other than she was in her 70s and is presumably still in hospital.
OK, thanks.
Anyone with information which could help the investigation is asked to get in touch through www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/contact , or by calling 101, quoting reference 5219100049.
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