Police appeal for witnesses in deliberate hit and run attack that left cyclist for dead

Municipal Waste wrote:

I'm pretty sure there's just as many scumbags in Scotland thankyou stumpy :-P

Taking into account the population size, the inner city problems and the lack of any major immigration problems i think i know which country i would rather cycle in

stumps wrote:

Municipal Waste wrote:

I'm pretty sure there's just as many scumbags in Scotland thankyou stumpy :-P

Taking into account the population size, the inner city problems and the lack of any major immigration problems i think i know which country i would rather cycle in

Hope that was tongue-in-cheek - cos otherwise you're kidding yourself pal

Try cycling through any of the satellite estates of Glasgow or Edinburgh and you'll experience all of the problems you mention - but on a more relevant note, you'll also face poor roads, steep hills, terrible weather and drivers as dumb and self-centered as anywhere in the UK

Are you sure about that, Stumpy?

I recently visited the highlands and was told by two sets of (unconnected) people that they no longer cycle on the roads there because of the number of speeding, too-close-overtaking nutters. Having witnessed the state of some of the driving, I can completely see what they mean.

ron611087 wrote:

The incident happened on 22 July. Why has this only emerged now? Surely there should have been some sort of urgency to prevent the nutter who did this from targeting someone else?

I second this! What's the use of looking for the perpetrators now? Surely this should been first priority when it actually happened.

stumps wrote:

Yet again though its the frailties of our judicial system and not the Police that are at fault.

but yet 3 months later they don't know who it was? bullshit. you can't take a piss down dark alleys because of cctv these days.
the police need to sort their shit out because stuff like this is only going to cause retaliations.

jasterixstrange wrote:

stumps wrote:

Yet again though its the frailties of our judicial system and not the Police that are at fault.

but yet 3 months later they don't know who it was? bullshit. you can't take a piss down dark alleys because of cctv these days.
the police need to sort their shit out because stuff like this is only going to cause retaliations.

So every street in every town has cctv - bull**** and you know it.

Dont blame the Police if no one wants to come forward to help. Unfortunately all our crystal balls were taken away under the last cut back, so we need a little help. Unless of course you want us to just guess

The cruel dregs of our unruly society at it's worse!

This is attemted Murder; and this person needs to be caught before "Attempted Murder" becomes Actual Murder.

I find it difficult to understand why anyone could perform such a dreadful act on another human being.

Some crazy unfeeling people in this world of ours.

Mostyn wrote:

I find it difficult to understand why anyone could perform such a dreadful act on another human being.

Some crazy unfeeling people in this world of ours.

I couldn't agree more with you there. Everyday we hear, see and read about scum, cos thats all they are, committing horrendous acts on our streets and towns.

This Great country of ours is going down the pan pretty bloody quickly.

I, for one, hope Scotland gets its independance cos its only 40 miles for me to emigrate

festival wrote:

When oh when will the authorities see this kind of attack as nothing short of attempted murder?

they would only do that if it was a cyclist doing this to a motorist, then the daily wail would be up in arms about the lycra louts

nothing less than attempted murder in my opinion too. F*****g scum