So riding bikes is dangerous? Longboard vid

[willytheekid]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/...f-speed-camera

And now comith the fine:

In short...
Cape Town's safety and security spokesman Jean-Pierre Smith said Lourenco was putting other road users at risk.

Smith said he had asked the Director of Public Prosecutions to charge the skater with reckless and negligent road behaviour.

"If we don't take action against him, every other aspirant skateboarder will try it and one of them will come to a sticky end"


The Riders view:

Lourenco told the Telegraph he ticked all the safety boxes - choosing a quiet day and wearing a helmet and gloves.

"I accept that it's dangerous but so is stepping out of my front door," he said.

"I skate down that road all the time and was skating well within my limitations."


Roll credits.
...and send that man some Govt issue bubble wrap!...he's just been having far too much fun for free.

[Karl08]

mmmm a fine as a deterrent...I can see that working

[Zedder]

mmmm a fine as a deterrent...I can see that working

The British version (Bournemouth Council) of deterring longboarders is to work on putting abrasives on the road.

[Karl08]

The British version (Bournemouth Council) of deterring longboarders is to work on putting abrasives on the road.

It's a part of a theory referred to a CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) - the trouble is that skating is not a great causal factor in crime, but it always make great press for local body govt.

Sigh

[Zedder]

It's a part of a theory referred to a CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) - the trouble is that skating is not a great causal factor in crime, but it always make great press for local body govt.

Sigh

Typical. You'd think they could at least try to accommodate the Longboarders activity with an alternative as well though.

[unstuck]

Typical. You'd think they could at least try to accommodate the Longboarders activity with an alternative as well though.

Too senscible.

[JimO]

Typical. You'd think they could at least try to accommodate the Longboarders activity with an alternative as well though.

yea i can see a council building a special road down a bigarsed hill for some longboarding yobbo

[Karl08]

yea i can see a council building a special road down a bigarsed hill for some longboarding yobbo

yobo's? Scruffs?- yes, Nair do wells?- yes, yobo's?- they ride two wheels and hand out at milk bars

[BMWST?]

wonder what woulda happened if a group was on one of those ped x ing

[Zedder]

yea i can see a council building a special road down a bigarsed hill for some longboarding yobbo

Who said anything about building a special road? I wrote about trying to accommodate the longboarders which could mean other things like holding closed road sessions for example.

[ICE180]

something a bit closer to NZ

on the bombays overtaking trucks

[Grizzo]

What a fuckin dude!
Love the power slides

[JimO]

that cunt with the bare feet probably wouldnt matter cos they would be dead any way in a truck v longboarder crash

[unstuck]

Riding Bike is not Dangerous..
But Going at the full speed is very much Dangerous for the person as well as for the Peoples..
Normal speed is good for your Life and Health..

Fuck, you been smoking curry there abdhul.

[Berries]

Riding Bike is not Dangerous..
But Going at the full speed is very much Dangerous for the person as well as for the Peoples..
Normal speed is good for your Life and Health..

Shouldn't you be batting about now?


My bad. You were.