Cyclist pulled in front of car

Johno100

Strider590 wrote: »

If you were to look at them the same way as card drivers, you'd call them Cannondale riders, Specialized riders, Trek riders, etc etc etc. Because when a car driver does something stupid, they're WVM, Audi driver, BMW driver, "bloody Peugeot" driver.
If your going to make the distinction for cars, then you should do for bikes.

Not by me I don't make such distinctions as it can easily lead to confirmation bias. If somone is in charge of a motorised vehicle they're a driver, on a push bike they're a cyclist.

andrewf75

Johno100 wrote: »

Not by me I don't make such distinctions as it can easily lead to confirmation bias. If somone is in charge of a motorised vehicle they're a driver, on a push bike they're a cyclist.

and would you refer to a child walking down the road as "a pedestrian"?

Johno100

andrewf75 wrote: »

and would you refer to a child walking down the road as "a pedestrian"?

Yes....what's your point?

andrewf75

Johno100 wrote: »

Yes....what's your point?

well they *are* a pedestrian just as a kid on a bike is a cyclist, but I think if describing an incident where you hit someone, the fact that they are a child is more relevant than the mode of transport. That is what some people found odd about the opening post here.

Strider590

andrewf75 wrote: »

well they *are* a pedestrian just as a kid on a bike is a cyclist, but I think if describing an incident where you hit someone, the fact that they are a child is more relevant than the mode of transport. That is what some people found odd about the opening post here.

Well that wasn't really the point I was making, but it works.

The focus should be on the individual, not on the mode of transport.
You could put a child in the pilots seat of a Boeing 747, that doesn't make them a pilot.

NBLondon

I know that "child" can be used to mean anyone under 18 - but this case is quite unclear. What you can reasonably expect varies quite a lot if we are talking about - an 11-year-old on his way to school or a 17-year-old on his way to 6th Form. Obviously you should give any cyclist a wide berth when passing - but me more wary if they appear younger or less confident (or less attentive).

Johno100

NBLondon wrote: »

I know that "child" can be used to mean anyone under 18 - but this case is quite unclear. What you can reasonably expect varies quite a lot if we are talking about - an 11-year-old on his way to school or a 17-year-old on his way to 6th Form.

Or a kid like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8PzxUAOFXY&t=110s