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Aug 2017
9:12am, 9 Aug 2017
18,725 posts
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LindsD
I heard that, Julli. Made my blood boil. Where do the BBC get off trying to make out we are all aggressive idiots? They were suggesting we should all run on tracks 
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Aug 2017
9:15am, 9 Aug 2017
497 posts
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MH
If you look at it in slow motion (almost frame by frame) - he comes off his line a little and then pushes her - her leg comes out as she loses balance. I would hope that the police would have done this analysis before releasing it with their statement. I'm slightly alarmed at some views on this from quarters where it's being reported - regardless of whether the traffic is behind you or not - pushing someone into busy road is likely to have one consequence.
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Aug 2017
9:19am, 9 Aug 2017
44,977 posts
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swittle
It's maybe surprising that the presence of cyclists on pavements hasn't been aligned to this issue.
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Aug 2017
9:32am, 9 Aug 2017
18,728 posts
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LindsD
It just was, Switts, on R4.
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Aug 2017
9:35am, 9 Aug 2017
44,982 posts
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swittle
My drive in to Bootle was media free today... - but TY anyway!
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Aug 2017
9:39am, 9 Aug 2017
26,280 posts
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macca 53
am I dreaming or did the BBC news report that he was seen on camera coming back over the bridge 15 minutes later while emergency services were still on the scene? Why didn't they stop him there and then?
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Aug 2017
9:43am, 9 Aug 2017
18,729 posts
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LindsD
Yes, I read that, too. The report I read said that someone (not sure who) had tried to speak to him and he'd ignored them.
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Aug 2017
9:43am, 9 Aug 2017
844 posts
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TomahawkMike
Even if (if!) A woman appeared to stick her leg out at me when running you would assume it wasn't intentional and certainly, old fashioned as I am, I think a man pushing a slightly built woman (or anyone not his size amd age and fitness) is outright cowardice and not to even bother to stop is awful. It's a deliberate 'hit and run' from what evidence is available and he should come forward and explain his actions if it wasn't.
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Aug 2017
12:06pm, 9 Aug 2017
14,396 posts
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Discovery Dave
Re: the comments on the radio about aggressive joggers. I wonder if, now running's so popular, it'll come in for the same treatment/disdain as cycling does?
This matters, in part, because you'll start to see more motorists disobeying race marshalls' instructions.
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Aug 2017
12:06pm, 9 Aug 2017
14,397 posts
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Discovery Dave
(And as a result, more reports of runners hit by cars during races.)
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