I can't help it if a cyclist falls over, says Helen Measures

Mb747 wrote:

Not guilty of careless driving

Bollocks. Guilty as f..k but not convicted. Jurors possibly had more sympathy for her than for the victim.

I like the journalistic detail in the Telegraph article

Quote:

"Measures, a former parish church bell ringer..."

Oh well, that's alright then...

brooksby wrote:

henryb wrote:

I like the journalistic detail in the Telegraph article

Quote:

"Measures, a former parish church bell ringer..."

Oh well, that's alright then...

I think Bez did a whiole blog post on how someone doing good works, churchgoing, etc, is completely f-ing irrelevant to whether or not they are a good driver.

Here y'go: https://beyondthekerb.org.uk/the-problem-with-good-people/

Church bell-ringing hardly counts as 'good works'  anyway.  It's just a hobby, no more proof of good character than working on a miniature railway or playing football in the park on Sundays.

brooksby wrote:

henryb wrote:

I like the journalistic detail in the Telegraph article

Quote:

"Measures, a former parish church bell ringer..."

Oh well, that's alright then...

I think Bez did a whiole blog post on how someone doing good works, churchgoing, etc, is completely f-ing irrelevant to whether or not they are a good driver.

Here y'go: https://beyondthekerb.org.uk/the-problem-with-good-people/

I'd go the other way. I'm suspicious of anyone living today who thinks rocking up to a big house once a week or making some noise appeases a sky fairy that had its day in the iron age.

Are we talking about cyclist-killer Dr Helen Measures? Some might call her a murderer. I myself wouldn't go that far. 

henryb wrote:

I like the journalistic detail in the Telegraph article

Quote:

"Measures, a former parish church bell ringer..."

Oh well, that's alright then...

It's probably also time we stopped referring to Helen Measures, cyclist killer, as Dr Helen Measures, as though having a PhD from Solent University and a career in Big Pharma makes her life more worthwhile than her victim's.