2. 你睇我唔到 我睇你唔到
踩單車切記
而家唔係玩緊捉迷藏
"If you can't see the driver, they can't see you either"
筆者就曾經試過夜晚爭D撞到無燈無反光衣嘅Cyclist
根據Highway code Rule 60:
"At night your cycle MUSThave white front and red rear lights lit. It MUST also be fitted with a red rear reflector (and amber pedal reflectors, if manufactured after 1/10/85). White front reflectorsand spoke reflectors will also help you to be seen. Flashing lights are permitted but it is recommended that cyclists who are riding in areas without street lighting use a steady front lamp."
除此之外 根據The Pedal Bicycles (Safety) Regulations 2010
其實前白反光板亦都係法例部份要求 Supply of assembled bicycle
4. (10) The bicycle must be fitted with—
(a) a wide angle retro reflector to the front; or
(b) a lamp to the front,
which is fitted in accordance with the requirements of the Lighting Regulations relating to an optional front retro reflector or an obligatory front lamp (as the case may be).
筆者個人做法係 除左安裝前後反光版
夜晚亦會加裝前白照明燈
同後紅單車燈
除左燈 筆者都會著反光衣(High vis jacket)
務求令自己有咁光得咁光
Mayer Hillman於1993年所撰寫嘅"Cycle Helmets: The Case for and Against"報告
深入探討左呢個話題
佢嘅結論指出左幾個重點:
(節錄及修飾 建議大家閱讀原文)
1.配戴頭盔嘅作用並非在於意外預防(precaution)
而係為cyclist係意外當中提供一定程度嘅頭部保護(protection)
係同單車相關嘅致命同嚴重事故當中
頭盔所帶黎嘅保護作用其實不大
2016年2月 Mr Alliston係東倫敦Old street
駕駛一架Fixed gear 無前brake嘅track bike
以時速18英里/小時(約29km/h)撞倒一名44歲嘅母親Kim Briggs
Kim受到嚴重嘅腦創傷同頭顱骨折 終於一星期後不治
而Charlie辯稱 「有多個Front brake唔會有影響」「我有叫過佢行開」
以及並不知道 Fixed gear單車需要有前Brake嘅法例要求
(...claims having a front brake would have made no difference. (Independent, 2017))
(Alliston allegedly shouted at Briggs to “get out of the way” twice before their heads knocked together.(Guardian, 2017))
最終 係2017年8月法庭判決中
Charlie嘅「危險駕駛引致他人身體受嚴重傷害」控罪成立
(causing bodily harm by “wanton or furious driving”)
被判入青少年感化院18個月(...18 months detention in Young Offender’s Institution)
而誤殺(Manslaughter)控罪則不成立
呢一宗判決應該成為我地對單車安全嘅提醒
=====Reference=====
The Pedal Cycles (and Use) Regulations 1983
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/1176/pdfs/uksi_19831176_en.pdf
The Pedal Bicycles (Safety) Regulations 2010
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/198/pdfs/uksi_20100198_en.pdf
Sentencing remarks: R -v- Charlie Alliston
https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sentencing-remarks-hhj-wendy-joseph-qc-r-v-alliston.pdf
Thank you to Silvio Diego for allowing me to embed one of his video to explain risks and pedestrian behaviour to cyclist safety.
There are more video record in his channel to shows how brilliant some road users could be, check this out!
Silvio Diego: https://www.youtube.com/user/nimenta
知識係現今世代更為重要
好似哈佛大學校長Drew Faust於開學致辭中(Freshman Convocation Address to the Class of 2021)
引用已故前藝術與科學學院院長Jeremy Knowles所講
高等教育(Higher education)嘅重點
...it was, he said, to ensure that graduates can recognize when “someone is talking rot.” You learn this through challenging and being challenged, through being confronted by disagreement and difference and amidst it all finding your way.