Video: Shocking footage as coach punches and kicks young rider

riotgibbon wrote:

judging by what I hear sometimes from the tracksides of races, plenty of parents here would booting their little Forçats de la Route up the arse too if they thought they could get away with it ....

I've seen a few parents at races over the years who need to reconsider the way they're bringing up their children. One kid I know was banned after his dad picked a fight with another parent following a race result that didn't go the way the aggressor would've preferred. Sadly, the child wasn't a lot nicer than his dad as he'd probably learned to be a thug from a young age. The son was banned a second time after picking a fight with another kid, a pity as he was actually quite a talented rider.

mikecassie wrote:

Nothing surprises me about Egypt, some of the worst driving I've seen and no way would I risk cycling there.  It makes the UK look positively cycle/cyclist friendly!  

Egyptian roads are pretty bad as I found out though Libya actually has the worst road fatality rate of any country in the world, with Thailand in second place.

You may find this of interest:

http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_safety_status/2015/en/