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GB national team rider Ciara Horne tweets horrific picture from hospital and warns drivers to 'Think Bike!'Ciara Horne (licensed Wikimedia Commons, CC-by-sa 4.0 by Nicola).PNG

GB national team rider Ciara Horne tweets horrific picture from hospital and warns drivers to 'Think Bike!'

27-year-old world championship medallist says nothing broken
by Simon_MacMichael
Thu, Mar 30, 2017 18:35
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Great Britain Cycling Team member Ciara Horne has tweeted an horrific picture of herself in hospital with a stark warning for motorists - Think Bike!

The 27-year-old, who last year won bronze medals in the team pursuit at the Track World Championships  and the team time trial at the Road Worlds, posted the picture to the social network this afternoon.

It's not clear at the moment exactly what happened, but Horne subsequently tweeted to say that she had not suffered any fractures, and to express her thanks to the medical staff inSouth Wales who treated her.

 

Ciara Horne
Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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JonD | 7 years ago
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Dunno about the signs as such, but the 'Think Bike' slogan's been around for a very long time..

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davel replied to JonD | 7 years ago
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JonD wrote:

Dunno about the signs as such, but the 'Think Bike' slogan's been around for a very long time..

They have indeed - applicable only to motorbikes?

I'm inferring from some of the above posts an attempt at contrasting the onus being placed on the driver for another motorised vehicle in one campaign 'oi, driver - watch out for motorbikes!' with the message to adults on toys 'oi, cyclists - don't be stupid enough to get yourselves killed!'

On the day one of our finest has been taken, I'm not really in the mood to defer to our engined lords and masters.

Good message, Ciara - speedy recovery.

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cyclisto | 7 years ago
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Nerves of steel to think of promoting road safety at this state. I wish she gets on her bike soon!

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brooksby | 7 years ago
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You get those "Think bike!" illuminated signs here (Bristol) but as far as I can tell people  think they're referring to motorbikes not bicycles; the only signs explicitly referring to cyclists are the ones that say "Cyclists: be seen, be safe!".

 

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burtthebike replied to brooksby | 7 years ago
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brooksby wrote:

You get those "Think bike!" illuminated signs here (Bristol) but as far as I can tell people  think they're referring to motorbikes not bicycles; the only signs explicitly referring to cyclists are the ones that say "Cyclists: be seen, be safe!".

Those signs are indeed about motorcyclists, mainly in the north of Bristol because they are due to South Gloucestershire council having a campaign about motorcycle safety.  While no-one can possibly be against safer motorcycling, the council has demonstrated many times that it really, really doesn't care about the safety of cyclists.

I'm currently awaiting a response from the leader of the council about how they will be spending their share of £7.1m they have been given to reduce congestion.  I've asked whether they will actually be following their own congestion policies this time and improving things for cyclists and pedestrians, or will they be doing what they've always done, ignoring them completely and widening the roads for drivers. I asked the question on the local radio, when the leader of the council was answering questions two weeks ago, and incredibly, he couldn't say whether council would be following its own policies or not, he had to go back to his officers.

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Redvee replied to brooksby | 7 years ago
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brooksby wrote:

You get those "Think bike!" illuminated signs here (Bristol) but as far as I can tell people  think they're referring to motorbikes not bicycles; the only signs explicitly referring to cyclists are the ones that say "Cyclists: be seen, be safe!".

 

 

Only seen one of those and that is on Anchor Rd heading out of town.

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