yet another death on the roads

[Spudly]

Have we all missed the fact that it was a 30 tonne truck, I'd like to see anyone who has left a negative comment, to run under one of those on a ped with a helmet on and see if you survive, cos obviously a helmet is going to prevent the weight crushing your helmet and head, it's also going to protect your body, your arms and indeed your legs!

No one deserves to die in a horrible way like that just for being stupid, even if they were twoccers they wanted locking up, not crushing to death!

[mowgli]

it might just bounce off somewhere that an unprotected head will not...

seriously spud, anyone who pulls out on a wagon doing 50mph will be lucky to survive.

[phazer]

It doesn't really matter what hit them, they would have been killed if a family saloon knocked them off, their remains just wouldn't have been as big a mess.

No, no-one deserves to die and that's not what I said. The fact is, riding without the appropriate safety gear, doing something you shouldn't on the 'ped shows a disregard for their own safety - hence my Darwin reference. If you show total disregard for yourself and other road users it will at some point catch up with you.

[mowgli]

i will add a few facts.. there is an estate in nuneaton, the residents don't seem to think that normal laws apply to them. we had one work for us thru an agency, and he was given a lift in by one of the other blokes.. then one morning he turned up on a moped. no licence, tax, insurance, or mot. he was wearing a helmet that was too big. now if he'd have had an accident............ we told him never to turn up on it unless he was legal. its a bit rough, but when he did, we finished him with the agency.

[MattBrown]

No I'm not on drugs. So you can get the fecking idea right out of your damned head.

I'm sorry but if you want to play on what appears to be a busy road with no protection screwing round etc, then you are asking for trouble. Yes they paid the ultimate price, but it's morons like them that ruin the general image for everyone else. Ok I admit maybe I was a bit harsh implying they deserved to die for it, but what else do you expect?? It was their own fault. Due to their stupid actions and complete irresponsibilty they have ruined someone's mental health. I know for a fact I'd be messed up if it was me that hit them, but what would help me to sleep at night was the fact that it wasn't my fault and had they not been complete muppets they would've got off with maybe a broken bone or two.

As the saying goes, you play with fire, you get burnt. I have virtually no sympathy for those who did die, just the guy who hit them, and the families that have been left behind.

I agree to be fair.

You play on a railway and get hit by a train its your own fault, you ride on the road, with no lights, no helmets, invalid insurance etc for that, 2 up so invalid liscence etc.

Ohh well, give it 2 weeks and no one will even remember them, only the very close family and people involved.

We have lost a couple of lads recently, and maybe im heartless, but it gets you down for a day maybe 2, then you just move on.