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The dog slipped out of its collar it happens.
Well it will if you don't ensure the collar fits properly before every trip out. Many modern collars are not suitable for attaching a lead to for dog walking as the buckles and other fittings won't hold under a shock load. Chest harness or halter type attachment is more fool proof.
I was responding to the post immediately before mine
Ah, sorry. My contributions to this thread have been awful. Carry on… sorry.
What’s the big deal why is it always someone’s fault. Just an accident shit happens
I think it's the tone of the article that has caused raised eyebrows, not the fact that it happened.
Dog owner here.
Slipped lead/collar may be a spot of bad luck for the owner but blaming someone other than yourself for a loose dog in the road as a result of a slipped lead is a bit rich. Proper adjustment of the collar, adequate control and positioning of yourself relative to the dog all mitigate the risk of a slip. People make mistakes and I'd not put someone in the stocks for it given the lack of actual consequences here but I'd not be slinging the blame elsewhere either. Lead on by the road and pay attention.
If she'd been mown down with the dog on a lead while crossing the road I'd have a very different view.
Years ago I hit a dog and broke a vertebrea, I'll consider myself warned then
The concept of shared use paths is a bit tricky. The walkers don't act like they are expecting anyone on a bike, but the opposite could be said of some cyclists. People (me included in the past) can ride like it's a cycleway which isn't really compatible with many walkers. I stopped using some local ones because there were too many people all over the shop and at least the cars on the roads are a bit more predictable and focused.
I just want to know what the warning is.
Human progress:
No microchip in the dog either by the looks of things.
I'm wondering how the laziest dog known to man managed to disappear out of sight from its owner, they must have a top speed of 8mph for about 1 minute before stopping to take a nap.
She didn’t notice because she’s been unable to count since her HEART ATTACK last year, and she can’t use a calculator because it got nicked when her house was BURGLED.
That’s why she couldn’t tell the difference between 3 dogs and 2 dogs and a spare collar.
Either that, or she’s a bit thick, I can’t decide tbh.
I just want to know what the warning is
I guess there's only one person who could tell you this and that's the woman they quoted in the story.
I’m wondering how the laziest dog known to man managed to disappear out of sight from its owner, they must have a top speed of 8mph for about 1 minute before stopping to take a nap.
I think that's the real nub of things isn't it. A bit of deflection on to the cyclist her out of control dog caused to crash, and a list of her recent woes... But we can all read between the lines and know that she was busy yapping over a garden gate to some other Doris about "how terrible all these Covids are", while Scooby waddled off...
In fairness to the Beeb, they can only really report what they are told and quote what is said.
The reporting is pretty straightforward mostly. There's just that little inference in the choice of certain language "run over by a cyclist" rather than "Scooby wandered into the road, causing a collision with a cyclist". Meh.
But yeah, you'll read that piece with whatever set of personal bias' you might have and you will probably draw whatever conclusions you normally would...
This sort of thing isn't unique to the IOW though. If I head out into rural(ish) Berkshire on a Sunday for my local loop the wax jacket and welly brigade are wandering all over the roads and lanes in/around various villages, dogs often off the lead, generally emboldened by the reduced number of Range Rovers and Hilux' charging about, essentially not giving two ****s for road safety...
So I suppose then that there is a "Warning for cyclists" - There are meandering morons all over the place at present, oblivious to the world around them and unwilling to accept any responsibility for the consequences of their own actions/inattention...
she can’t use a calculator because it got nicked when her house was BURGLED
If you bothered to actually read the article, you'd know the real reason she couldn't use her calculator was all the keys had melted in the recent house fire
In fairness to the Beeb, they can only really report what they are told and quote what is said.
Or there's the other option... just ignore it.
I complained to the BBC about the anti-cyclist article and they've replied today. Response below.
We don’t agree that the article was misleading or otherwise biased against cyclists.
We report the location of the incident while making clear this is the owner’s version of events as the dog slipped its collar after a group of cyclists 'came whizzing from nowhere' and was later found with tyre marks on its back by a police community support officer.
The cyclists aren’t identified and readers can form their own judgements on Mrs Dale’s hope that “this will be a warning to cyclists,” but we thought this was an interesting local story about a dog in distress and a happy ending.
My original text:
This is more of a thinly veiled anti-cycling rant rather than a news article. It is not in any way balanced. The dog(s) were off their leash, i.e. not under the control of their owner yet the cyclists are once again the figure of fun and the ones being pointed out as in the wrong.
This reporting is as sloppy as the Basset hounds Dali-esque facial features.
LOL at your complaint, weeping at the reply
I've never complained before but clearly this incensed me enough to do it (on a slow work day).
The response is really frustrating. The article presents the woman's views as the narrative and doesn't even try to be balanced. Idiots !!
@ElShalimo That is word for word the exact same response I got today following my complaint. 😕
I haven't had a reply to my complaint. If I do get a cut'n'paste response I'll be complaining again.
Ha - I got that boilerplate reply this afternoon too. There was another e-mail earlier telling me how to complain to OFCOM about the slow response to my complaint. I may use it.
I wouldn’t bother complaining about this stuff, news houses love it, it’s basically feeding the trolls.
If and when you next come off your bike, though, try phoning them up and giving them some flannel about a stray Fred Bassett having taken you down. Bonus story-embellishment points if you’ve landed face first in a little bag of dogshit. (If you’re within half a mile of a car park then it’s probably 50-50 that you will have.)
They won’t buy it, of course, but it’s something to pass the time while you mop soggy turd off your chops.
'Happy ending'
Maybe they should change its name to Lucky, I usually have to pay for my happy endings!
Funnily enough a mate recently complained to the BBC because he felt Prime Ministers Question Time had been unfaithfully edited for the later news bulletins. Joris apparently made himself look a right **** when it went out live, but it was edited in such a way that that was completely lost subsequently. His reply was much like yours ElShalimo. I suggested that he forward the original complaint and reply to OffCom as it clearly showed bias.
I’ll see if he’s still got the email.
There’s such a virulent anti-cycling bias in the media it staggers me.
It filters through to the hard of thinking who then believe they are well within their rights to drive like d1x around us.
I see it & experience it all the time around London - deliberate close passes, verbal abuse, pulling out in front of you whilst looking you in the fing EYES, lights & hi-viz on. I mean, F me I’m at a loss as to what to do to make myself more obvious. I’ll give you 10 to 1 these gutless sh1tz wouldn’t dare pull a knife on you in the pub (remember them?) for having an iPhone & not Android. Because that’s exactly the infinitesimal difference that these morons are using as justification for driving dangerously around us.
The sooner I can hit the trails & get away from these morons in their metal boxes the better!
The response is really frustrating. The article presents the woman’s views as the narrative and doesn’t even try to be balanced. Idiots !!
And breath...
I pretty much predicted the Beebs response a month ago:
In fairness to the Beeb, they can only really report what they are told and quote what is said.
The reporting is pretty straightforward mostly. There’s just that little inference in the choice of certain language “run over by a cyclist” rather than “Scooby wandered into the road, causing a collision with a cyclist”. Meh.
Anyone want this weekends lottery numbers?
Is it really worth any more of your time and effort at this point?
Anyone want this weekends lottery numbers?
Yes please