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Car reverses away from cyclist (via BBC).jpgPolice attempt to trace motorist after CCTV captures moment Leicester cyclist suffered horrific hit and run
Leicestershire Police are trying to trace a motorist who drove into a cyclist on Upperton Road in Leicester in the early hours of Wednesday morning. CCTV footage shows that as the cyclist lay strewn in the road, the driver reversed and fled the scene.
The BBC reports that the incident took place at the junction of Fosse Road South and Upperton Road at 4.16am with the cyclist appearing to have ignored a red light as she crossed.
Footage from another angle, published on the Leicester Mercury website, shows the car slowing for a red light before accelerating when it turns green.
Witnesses said that the victim did not appear to have lights on her bike.
She was taken to hospital, but has since told the owners of Snutch News – who came to her aid – that she was lucky as her head fell on her “lucky rucksack.”
Subhash Varambhia, added: “The driver stopped for a few seconds, but then reversed and drove away. How could you do that? How could you leave someone like that?
“The driver didn’t even get out of the car to see if she was alive. The woman was lying in the road and screaming in pain. Neighbours came out to help her and someone called an ambulance. The woman was clearly in a lot of pain. Any movement seemed to hurt her.”
A Leicestershire Police spokeswoman said: “We were called at 4.27am to a report of a collision. Officers attended and the woman was taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary as a precaution. Inquiries are being carried out to find the vehicle, which did not stop.”
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There are several sets of lights around SW London which don't change for cyclists. I could sit there all night and nothing would happen.
Seeing as I don't have the ability to get off and walk across, that's the only time I'll ever jump red on purpose. And I usually try to press any pedestrian crossing button to lessen my chances of being splatted.
I thought this was something to do with induction loops or something - at least, I *think* there are some lights that I trigger on my ally bikes that never change for my carbon ones...
I dunno - mine are all alloy. Would like to know what specifically triggers them though - I've tried angling my light up to catch any sensors, but that doesn't work.
I have that problem. The only set of actual traffic lights (not ped Xing lights) in my town are induction loop. None of my bikes will activate the lights. So technically I have to RLJ or be fortunate that a car is around....so, I RLJ that junction frequently as there isn't a safe place to cross on foot.
They provided absolutely no ped Xing at that point, yet every pancake roundabout within the town has a zebra crossing immediately before and after the roundabouts which means constant prangs as people go through the roundabouts only to slam on their brakes for peds and get rear ended...by the lemmings behind them
Over in Septicland they sell widgets to stick on the bottom of your BB that cure that., plus some home-made options: https://www.wired.com/2008/11/a-potential-sol/
when it can be made the size of a AA battery I'll think about it
I dunno. I've had a couple of collisions with cyclists being idiots and haven't bothered to see if they are alright. If they are so stupid as to jump a red light and ride into me, or ride off the kerb and into my near side rear, then to be honest I don't want their stupidity affecting my day. You could say Darwinism is at play.
However in both these crashes above I was on a bike and they were low speed so the respective idiots probably weren't seriously hurt. And I didn't run into them, they both bounced off my panniers.
Why: did you confirm they'd not had chance to breed yet? Bit forward, no?
Yeah if the driver was taxed/insured/sober why would they drive off.
And on the subject of the cyclist running a red light.....if the traffic lights are anything like the ones near me... they got onto sensors rather than timers at that time in the morning and more often than not a cyclist is not large enough to trigger the sensor and as such you have no option but to run a red light.
If I am cycling to the gym early in the morning, I have three options at every set of traffic lights I come to.... first option is to merrily wait until a car comes along and triggers the sensor.... second option is to proceed (carefully) through the red light.... third option is to dismount, walk the bike onto the pavement, cross the road and rejoin after the traffic lights.
BUT.... in this case the cyclist did not proceed carefully through the red light and so must share the blame to a certain extent.
I can get my local lights to change for me early doors and they're on sensors. Not had that sort of problem for years.
I know someone who can get a good healthy diet plan for you...
RLJing or not, the car hits her, rolls back, has another pop at her and then drives off. You cannot tell me that an observant driver could not have seen her, it looks like quite an open and well lit junction.
Catch this twat and throw the book at him and make it dangerous driving for the roll back and second attempt.
RLJing and lack of lights is poor form from here.
The motorist was probably one of Jeremy Corbyn's army of illegal immigrants who learned to drive in a country where this is perfectly acceptable.
Just what i expect in this country nowadays a bit of casual racism, f***ing scum!
mrmo - google the word 'irony'. You'll be amazed. Then, for a **real** shock, look up the word 'apology'...
Change of heart...
You'll have to point out where the irony is in the post, coz I ain't seeing nothing ironic.
Oh, I see you came to the wrong site by mistake. I know: its very easy to do
Anyway, here's the right link for you: http://dailymail.co.uk 
Proof that cyclists can be t0ssers there. Thanks.
Now what has Corbyn to do with anything - he's never been in a position to let anyone into the country ? Bizarre.
No lights, no hi viz. And yet completely visible from that angle, just like everything else on the road. And then we have one of those perfect "taxed insured and licensed" motorists, who drives off. If that was an unlit pedestrian wearing dark clothing crossing the road at the same point, nobody would think to blame the pedestrian. But sit between two wheels in about the same place on the road and you're a "danger to other road users".
I'm betting the motorist was driving illegally.
Yeah, definitely fault with both parties. One cycling around at 4 in the morning with no lights and RLJing. The other one knocking someone else off their bike and doing a runner. What a cheerful story.
Yup. Those two offences are clearly comparable, aren't they?
(4 o'clock in the morning isn't actually as dark as you'd think, right now, and there were street lights. And I presume that the car had its headlights on? - sorry, just thought I'd take the opportunity to stir things...
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No lights, no helmet, running red lights
One of these things is not like the others.
One is battery powered?
Yawn. Get a life.
The person riding a bicycle appears to be at fault...
And yet the person driving the car still hits and runs?
Drink, drugs, lack of insurance or licence...?