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Honestly think Grealish gets a very, very harsh rap at times. Always comes across as a genuine and easy-to-like bloke. Doesn’t strike me as a poor character at all.

The final thing that needs to be said about today. 👀 #ThinBlueLine 🚨

Interesting position by Koke at the far left. If Raya parries, he's first there. The shot was always going to Raya's right.

@IanTheInventor @LancsPolice @RoyalMail My view is that the actual overtake took place on the crossing, not on the approach.

A clear overtake of a Moped in the zigzag area of a pedestrian crossing & @LancsPolice OpSnap fail to take action again, the zigzags are clearly visible as is the front & rear numberplate of the @RoyalMail vehicle. 😡

@Andy61932271700 @crepycidon @Bikery1966 @MrChilliTech Your choice, but it's normally an area with potholes and al the road crap ends up there.

@murf5573 @crepycidon @Bikery1966 @MrChilliTech There waa a good 3 inches of tarmac i was fine and safe. Cars could overtake me without crossing the centreline whilst leaving me a decent gap..We can all play nicely and share the roads safely if we ALL make the effort 😀

A notice of Intended prosecution is on its way to the driver of this Mazda MX 5 for driving without consideration for another road user. Please leave 1.5m when overtaking cyclists.

@ArtistCyclist All in TSRGD 2016. Sch 14 Pt 1.

When within the controlled area of a Zebra crossing, zigzags: Is it legal for a motorised vehicle to overtake a cyclist? Is it legal for a cyclist to overtake a motorised vehicle? Does nearest vehicle to the crossing include when past the crossing but still within the zigzags?

@Bikery1966 @MrChilliTech Why prosecute for that offence as opposed to due care? What else did the driver do? What did you do?

@Andy61932271700 @crepycidon @Bikery1966 @MrChilliTech Not the best of safest place to ve. The solid line denotes the edge of the carriageway. Your safest position is to its right.

@crepycidon @Bikery1966 @MrChilliTech Agreed, these cycling Nazis seem to think that no one on a car or motorbike rides a bicycle. I road a few miles on a very busy 'A' road last Sunday, Was able to stay to the left of the white line that's on the left for the whole distance .

@GarethM79 @Bikery1966 Sorry, Old School. 3(1) was due care 3(2) was consideration. Now all under 3ZA. But the fact it says 'or' separates the offences. Due care doesn't need another person involved. W/O reasonable consideration does. A close pass isn't enough for an offence. Needs inconvenience.

@murf5573 @Bikery1966 Where is "3(1)"? There's just section 3, no subsections that I can see.

This was a close pass and only a car brained magistrate would think otherwise. That said driving without consideration is the wrong charge for these offences it should be Careless Driving (drive without due care and attention).

@GarethM79 @Bikery1966 For 3(2) the cyclist MUST be inconvenienced. A close pass is not enough. A S.9 statement must be taken if it's going to Court. Quite simply a close pass is not enough and the wrong charge if its 3(1). This is not the fault of the Mags. The police submit the file.

@GarethM79 @Bikery1966 They are two different offences within the same section. Example of 3(1) A car enters a bend too fast, skids and mounts a kerb. Example of 3(2) a driver approaches another vehicle on full headlights and does not dip them causing the other driver to close his eyes to the glare.

@GarethM79 @Bikery1966 In 3(1) the driver has failed to appreciate the hazard. In 3(2) the offending drivers actions have caused another driver to take an action he doesn't want to do. Has he been inconvenienced? Now look at what S.3ZA(4). How does the Court know the cyclist has been inconvenienced?

@BettyBoochichi2 This 'approval' was initially S.19 Road Safety Act 2006. It was never signed off. Then in 2022 it was added to the Police,Crime and Evidence Act. Q. Who issues the licences? Q. Who approves the training schools? No one can tell me.

Mr Sandiford said there was a line of four vehicles in front of Mr Burrows' Golf and the A3. Mrs Smedley was third in the line, behind two white vans with a red car behind her. CCTV, the jury was told, showed the Audi 'flashing' past her car on the wrong side of the road ahead of the collision in what was described as a 'close shave'. Mr Sandiford said Mr Burrows had 'effectively followed' the Audi onto the wrong side of the road and they were catching up with the row of fours cars. He said: "The Audi A3 flashes past her car as she goes to turn right. She then turns right. He [Mr Burrows] has not seen her until it is too late. He was going too fast to stop. "The prosecution say the defendant failed to see or heed the movement of her vehicle. The prosecution say that the defendant failed to look for evidence that Mrs Smedley was aware of other vehicles. The prosecution say that Mrs Smedley was making what was a perfectly lawful right turn as the defendant travelled towards her at 80mph." The jury was told Mr Burrows braked 'as hard as he could', but Mrs Smedley's Peugeot was sent 'flipping' along the road. The officer, of Broadstone Hall Road South, Reddish, Stockport, denies causing death by dangerous driving and an alternative charge of causing death by careless driving. Link to the article: manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

A mum-of-three was killed in a high-speed collision with a police car being driven 'dangerously' by a specialist GMP officer during a chase with another motorist, a jury heard. PC Mark Burrows, 46, has gone on trial accused of causing the death of Heather Smedley, 53, by dangerous driving. He denies the charge. Mrs Smedley, Chester Crown Court was told on Tuesday (April 28) died at the scene of the crash - at Oldham Road's junction with Otmoor Way in Royton, Oldham - two days before Christmas in December, 2022. Mr Burrows, who was described as a serving police constable with Greater Manchester Police, was in pursuit of a suspected stolen Audi A3 at the time, jurors were told. He was on duty in a 'high-powered', unmarked Volkswagen Golf R and was a member of GMP's Tactical Vehicle Intercept Unit. Jonathan Sandiford KC, opening the case to the jury, said police driving guidelines reference the possibility of 'red mist' descending during pursuits. There is a risk, he said, of a police driver 'becoming so focused' on catching a target that they 'become blind and lose sight of the potential hazards and risks'. He said Mrs Smedley was 'making her way home' at the time and was turning right in a Peugeot 108 off Oldham Road into Otmoor Way at the time of the crash having used her indicators. Mr Sandiford said: "The prosecution say that during the course of that pursuit, the defendant drove his vehicle dangerously. The prosecution say that the way that the defendant drove fell far below what is to be expected of a competent and careful police officer who had undertaken driver training.” "It would have been obvious that driving in the way he did would be dangerous." Mr Sandiford alleged Mr Burrows' driving fell 'far below' that of what would have been expected of a 'careful and competent' constable. The jury was taken through Mr Burrows' police driver training course records. There was an 'advanced driver reassessment' completed just two months before the collision, jurors were told. Mr Sandiford said the courses were 'very relevant to the way in which his driving fell far below the standards expected of a careful and competent constable'. The jury was told members of the specialist GMP unit were sent to the Oldham area on December 23, 2022, after reports of a stolen car 'parked up'. Mr Burrows' police car was double crewed at the time. The jury was told the pursuit that began involved a different car - the Audi A3 - than the one the team had been tasked to find. "It was clearly seeking to evade a stop and makes off at some speed," Mr Sandiford said of the A3. A pursuit followed and Mr Sandiford said there was no criticism of the driving involved in the early part of it, or the decision to engage in the pursuit. The jury was told the Audi reached speeds of 76mph. And in the moments leading up to the crash, the court heard Mr Burrows' Golf reached speeds of between 80 and 82mph on the wrong side of the road. Mr Sandiford said: "The Crown say that when the defendant got onto Oldham Road, he began to disregard significant aspects of his prescribed driver training to avoid the risk of police officers causing a road traffic accident." The prosecutor alleged he drove in a way that 'created a serious risk of causing a fatal collision', which went on to happen. Mr Sandiford said drivers who see or hear blue lights and sirens of emergency services vehicles 'can take a second' to work out what to do and where they are coming from. "The training given to police officers reflects that experience," he said. "A police officer using his lights and sirens does not get right of way over other road users. The onus is on the police officer to ensure the driver to be overtaken is aware of their presence before it is overtaken." Continued…

@BettyBoochichi2 Interesteing that the driving standard being judged is that of a constable, not that of a competent person. First time I've seen that. It mentions he received training. The training has to be an approved course, by an approved trainer at an approved police driving school.

@Bikery1966 @VickersGm @SaferRoadsYorks Correct.

@VickersGm @SaferRoadsYorks Car brained magistrate (I’ve dealt with a couple) the main issue is police charging them with driving without consideration rather than careless driving which means you and the prosecutor have to prove you were inconvenienced or affected in some way by the pass.

The driver said he was 1.6m away from the bike when he passed. Magistrates at Sheffield Magistrates Court deemed his driving legal and found him not guilty of Inconsiderate Driving (or in other words it wasn't a close - pass!) I'm surprised. @SaferRoadsYorks @Bikery1966

@DarrenRJones British approach is that a smaller convoy is more difficult to disrupt and can move quicker if needed. I'm sure HM would have preferred even less cars.

Watching King Charles motorcade in the US. Dozens of vehicles. I was once in a cab at Trafalgar Square when The Queen pulled along side. 3 cars. Quite different.

@sunderlandafc11 "SOURCES"

Sunderland are planning to sit down and “review” the future of manager Regis Le Bris at the end of the season, sources have told Football Insider. Speculation has been swirling regarding the 50-year-old’s future in recent days, but it is understood that he still has plenty of credit in the bank at the Stadium of Light. The club hierarchy are aware of the Frenchman’s popularity among the fans, but sources say that their strong level of ambition is set to spark a review of their managerial situation regardless The Black Cats have struggled for form in recent weeks, and that culminated in their heaviest defeat of the season when they were beaten 5-0 by Nottingham Forest last time out. Le Bris has been under pressure at Sunderland of late, and the last few weeks of the season could potentially be crucial when it comes to deciding his long-term future. footballinsider247.com/sunderland-to-…

@SAFCFANSVIEW Your mistake is to include that last word.

Shambles that this happens when we have EVERY player back in our own box defending. #SAFC

@easygoingmaloy You need to take it to a chemist.

Hawa then autograph enthusiasts, help me out. My good wife won this at work for my stepson. I can make out Cirkin bottom left, Mayenda and Isidor but I’m stumped beyond them. If you know any, please screenshot in your replies 😁😁 #SAFC

@bennnn_08 We learn the hard way. That was a painful watch. There are always alternatives but we seem fixated with pushing the full backs foward and the CB's wide. Only Ballard is comfortable in that situation.

@murf5573 they played a narrow 442 with a high press from all 6 attackers, allowed xhaka no time on the ball at all due to hus natural position, someone had to take over the roll of trying to play out ( we never learn )

two singular positives from today’s game le fee n sadiki ran their fucking socks off the day only two players that looked arsed at turning that one around #SAFC