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Reliant Robin - licenced CC BY 2.0 by grassrootsgroundswell on FlickrPolice seek hit and run Reliant Robin
Police are asking for help to find the driver of a Reliant Robin who hit and seriously injured a cyclist before driving off.
A 63-year old man was hit bt the three-wheeler on February 12 in North Street, Horsham, and the culprit has not yet been traced.
The cyclist's injuries included a broken hip, concussion, a large cut on his head and a cracked bone in his back.
Witnesses or anyone with information are asked to contact Sussex Police.
Image: Reliant Robin - licenced CC BY 2.0 by grassrootsgroundswell on Flickr
Latest Comments
- eburtthebike 1 hour 12 min ago
Well, it is humanity's defining characteristic: better get used to it.
- hawkinspeter 2 hours 3 min ago
I would've thought that the alternative to weaving between pedestrians is riding into them. It sounds like a catch-all reason as they can simply...
- hawkinspeter 2 hours 11 min ago
They don't make them like they used to
- ktache 2 hours 46 min ago
Lovely paint job, and the concealed thru axle end is a nice touch, but that frame, and I'm not casting aspersions on anyone who will ride them...
- LongitudeLatitude 3 hours 1 min ago
Thanks for using my picture of chocolate in your opening picture. The original can be found here, chocolate! | LongitudeLatitude | Flickr.
- lesterama 3 hours 28 min ago
Fair comments. I'll put my hands up and say I got the wrong end of the stick with this one. ¡Feliz navidad! Here's a pic for the season of goodwill.
- Mike Holmes 3 hours 33 min ago
A trip down memory lane (or street) for me - Harry Quinn's bike shop was at the top of our Street and I used to spend time staring at the bikes and...
- Bigtwin 3 hours 48 min ago
Because people aren't buying those cars. They are effecively renting them on PCPs or via companies. The bike market doesn't work like that.
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What is more worrying and I know someone who does this is that, as they are a 3 wheeler, they can be driven on a provisional licence. Therefore the driver may not have even passed a driving test!
Anyone that's riden behind a reliant robin and near choked to death on the lead laden cocktail of crap they emit know that they ain't green!
Just thought you might like to know. It was a GREEN Reliant.
http://www.sussex.police.uk/whats-happening/latest/news-stories/2013/02/...
There is no humour in any dangerous driving. Which is why when that arse Clarkson was fooling around flipping Reliant Robins I was not in the slightest bit amused. They may only have three wheels and lawnmower engines, but they are still the wrong side of the line that separates vehicles that only willfully reckless idiots can make dangerous (e.g. bicycles), and one that can be lethal with anyone at the controls (e.g. cars.)
look at ponies and rainbows bro, you need it
Agree on the numbers of this type of vehicle about. The Old Bill can check for the address of every Reliant Robin in that part of the country and visit the owner. If the victim remembers the colour of the offending vehicle that narrows it down tons further. They'll locate the keeper/owner I am positive of that. What they need is witnesses to the incident to corroborate the cyclists version of events.
Can't be that many Reliant Robins left on the road, and not that many at all in the Horsham area. I do hope Sussex Police are proactively doing something about this crime.