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Attached snippet from the 'On the Press' column by Stephen Glover - Independent 'Media' section. . This certainly strikes a powerful resonance with me. Surrounded as we are by many mixed signals coming from the media, it comes as no surprise to me to read this. Cyclists and motorists are treated as two seperate species. The former the 'sub' spcies; the latter the 'superior'.
Amongst a number of plates I have spinning on canes at present is my close attention to my RTR colleague Maurice Clarke who is still in hospital recovering from a fractured arm and a fractured hip after being hit from the rear by a car on the 12th July. (He is 78 and a bachelor living alone - but no shrinking violet)
Despite much prodding from me, it was only yesterday he received a visit from the police for a statement. It has been touch and go as to whether a specially constructed surgical shoe to compensate for a shorter leg as a result of the collision would arrive before the police officer.
CTC's solicitor is on the case, and we are liaising closely. But we should all be alert that normal objective criteria often does not operate where a cycle collides with another party, be it pedestrian or motorist. And don't assume police process is unblemished by distorted perspectives and judgements absorbed through media and press stereotypes. I have never been more convinced that cyclists involved in a collision.need highly trained and assertive legal representation.
Yours, dizzy from the sight of spinning plates
Roy
CTC RTR Denbighshire
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