24Yrd drunk driver knocks down cyclists!

[BRZ]

YEsterday morning(Sunday) a 24 year old DRUNK young driver, got himself in between a group of cyclists and the accompanying car and managed to knock down 3 of the cyclists.
One of the main cyclist that he bounced down, his Bike was broken into 2 separate pieces, he obviously sustained serious injuries and had to have surgery.
When will it end?
This drivers permit should be REVOKED for the next 10 years of his life to serve as a lesson o him and any other Drunk drivers.

[Dizzy28]

How do you know he was drunk??
Saw this story on Facebook (Brian Ibrahim from Fitness Centre I believe) and the story stated when the driver was tested he was within the legal drinking limit.

[BRZ]

Incredible that after an entire NIGHT of consuming Alcohol, and youre now going home that you can knock down innocent people and then want to argue your alcho levels!

STEeeeeeeeeeeeeUPS.....................

[MaxPower]

The cyclist pull on him

[De Dragon]

Once its BRZ, emotion gonna override everything else..................

[K74T]

Let's read the Facebook post instead of OPeriod's usual rant.

[baigan]

Hope the cyclist recovers in full health and gets some sort of compensation for his bike..those things get a little pricey..can start at around 6-10k for basics and go all the way to 35-100k for the pro stuff.

[Les Bain]

How do you know he was drunk??
Saw this story on Facebook (Brian Ibrahim from Fitness Centre I believe) and the story stated when the driver was tested he was within the legal drinking limit.

So he was either drunk & reckless or sober and a fecking kent.
Either way, that not good.

[meccalli]

I remember fishing one morning and overhearing 2 cyclists cuss a truck driver for nearly running them over around anchorage.

[wagonrunner]

"at the end of the beethem" = on the highway at night.

since TTPS is now aware of the mvrta, i'm curious to see how this one ends. or is it only sharon inglefield that can read parts of it.

[RBphoto]

5:35am heading east could put the sun in your eye me thinks. What time is sunrise?

[toyolink]

A really crazy thing is, if the driver is determined as drunk his insurance coverage will not address any claims.
In an unfortunate twist in these circumstances, you really don't want the driver charged for DUI since no financial recovery via insurance is possible.
Insurance companies seem to avoiding claims by provisions which suspend coverage when driver is breaking the law knowingly.
What this means is smart victims take infor. at scene and let driver go home and sleep it off.
........Life real unfair.

[pugboy]

Chances are driver is with one of the joke insurance companies.
Why doesn't the govt put some teeth into enforcing the claim laws against these companies

[Dizzy28]

I wold love to know (Rolling Stock could chime in...maybe) the legality of cycling on the shoulder or the left lane of the CRH (or any highway in Trinidad for that matter) and the use of a support vehicle which also uses the shoulder.

[desifemlove]

lock his arse in jail for good.

[SMc]

I wold love to know (Rolling Stock could chime in...maybe) the legality of cycling on the shoulder or the left lane of the CRH (or any highway in Trinidad for that matter) and the use of a support vehicle which also uses the shoulder.

What is your understanding of what should be allowed or disallowed?

In an absence of proper cycling infrastructure & they are legally allowed to cycle on the main roads if they need a Police escort in order to protect themselves and inform the general public that there are about whats the problem?

[Dizzy28]

I wold love to know (Rolling Stock could chime in...maybe) the legality of cycling on the shoulder or the left lane of the CRH (or any highway in Trinidad for that matter) and the use of a support vehicle which also uses the shoulder.

What is your understanding of what should be allowed or disallowed?

In an absence of proper cycling infrastructure & they are legally allowed to cycle on the main roads if they need a Police escort in order to protect themselves and inform the general public that there are about whats the problem?

Mu understanding based on the signs I used to see on the highways are that they are off limits to mopeds, animal carts and bicyles.

Are you assuming that they have police escorts or prior permission to use the highways in your second question?

[pugboy]

cyclists by law are allowed to take up an entire lane in 2 side by side(abreast)
certain highways do not allow cyclists, eg north-south

i understand the car overtook the support van and cut inbetween the van and the group of cyclists who
would have been just in front of the van.

I ride with a group which uses/pays police escort, we had an incident where a car
actually hit one of the police motorbikes.

It is also possible that the cyclists rode leftmost(close to shoulder) of the lane they were occupying
so the driver would not have seen them until he swing in front of their van, driver still wrong though.

many drivers as part of the overtaking process are quick to duck back in the overtaken lane without even looking to see if anything else was in front of the vehicle they just attempted to overtake.

[Redman]

what is the law though???

[Kalisnakov]

Guess this is what happens when u ride a BICYCLE on the HI-WAY(which is made for cars by the way)

[zoom rader]

I wold love to know (Rolling Stock could chime in...maybe) the legality of cycling on the shoulder or the left lane of the CRH (or any highway in Trinidad for that matter) and the use of a support vehicle which also uses the shoulder.

What is your understanding of what should be allowed or disallowed?

In an absence of proper cycling infrastructure & they are legally allowed to cycle on the main roads if they need a Police escort in order to protect themselves and inform the general public that there are about whats the problem?

Mu understanding based on the signs I used to see on the highways are that they are off limits to mopeds, animal carts and bicyles.

Are you assuming that they have police escorts or prior permission to use the highways in your second question?

Yes they do have permission to ride with the aid of the COP. There are a number of cycling racing that takes place on the Hiway through out the year bro

[DVSTT]

I wold love to know (Rolling Stock could chime in...maybe) the legality of cycling on the shoulder or the left lane of the CRH (or any highway in Trinidad for that matter) and the use of a support vehicle which also uses the shoulder.

I'm also curious of this

[BRZ]

Also been noticing a lot of idiotic drivers around the savannah late at nights cutting in dangerously Close to the cyclist on the inner lane that actually have the full right to be there now.

[zoom rader]

I wold love to know (Rolling Stock could chime in...maybe) the legality of cycling on the shoulder or the left lane of the CRH (or any highway in Trinidad for that matter) and the use of a support vehicle which also uses the shoulder.

I'm also curious of this

This the law here, cyclist can ride two abreast



76. (1) It shall not be lawful for more than one person to be
carried on a road on a bicycle not propelled by mechanical power
unless it is constructed for the carriage of more than one person.
(2) If any person is carried on such a bicycle in
contravention of this section, each of the persons carried shall be
liable on first conviction to a fine of two hundred dollars and on
any subsequent conviction to a fine of four hundred dollars.
(3) In this section references to a person carried on a
bicycle shall include reference to a person riding a bicycle.
77. (1) It shall not be lawful for more than two persons to
ride abreast on a road either upon motorcycles or upon bicycles
not propelled by mechanical power; but a person shall not be
convicted under this section in respect of the overtaking of two
persons so riding and in the absence of other traffic on the road
at the point of overtaking.
(2) It shall not be lawful

http://rgd.legalaffairs.gov.tt/laws2/al ... /48.50.pdf

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[K_J_R]

sorry if i did not see it but did this happen on the hiway part of beetham? does not the hiway have signs that no bicycles and tractors and farm equipment not allowed on hiway

even if the fella drunk the bike ppl wrong. that is if this was on the hiway tho

[Morpheus]

^^There are no signs of that sort on these east/west "highways" as far as I know. So it is not illegal.

How can he be drunk and lick wey people and yet the bike people wrong sir?

[Kalisnakov]

Hi way for CARS.....cycling track for BICYCLE......
There's enough to deal with on the hi way already,don't need another inconvience

[zoom rader]

Hi way for CARS.....cycling track for BICYCLE......
There's enough to deal with on the hi way already,don't need another inconvience

Only certain Hi ways are for cars and even that can side stepped by having a police escort which is often the case.

Road races and training rides are held on any road in T&T .

These cyclist ride/train about 300miles week, I don't think you even cover that in your car for the week.

[baigan]

Hi way for CARS.....cycling track for BICYCLE......
There's enough to deal with on the hi way already,don't need another inconvience

Only certain Hi ways are for cars and even that can side stepped by having a police escort which is often the case.

Road races and training rides are held on any road in T&T .

These cyclist ride/train about 300miles week, I don't think you even cover that in your car for the week.

x2

[sharkmouth]

Next time the cyclist should die for riding on the highway..pops open champagne