Reader reaction: “Attempted murder with a blunt weapon”, interesting British Cycling and Shell takes, and how to solve congestion in Bath…
Understand the furore around Shell sponsoring British Cycling, but there is a degree of ‘don’t hate the player, hate the game’ to it. Carbon bike frames are made from oil and no one objects to those.“Don’t hate the player because some bike components are made using oil? Interesting take, and I totally don’t go along with that kind of whataboutery,” wrote Awavey.
“The Carbon Fibre argument doesn't work for me,” says IanMK. “Yes, composite materials will be made from by-products of the oil and gas industry but using those products to make long lasting items is effectively carbon capture and I would imagine relatively low energy, i.e. it's not directly contributing to global warming.
Leipreachan was even more blunt in their assessment, and argued that “the driver and the passenger should be taken to prison for an attempted murder with a blunt weapon.” Rendel Harris also pointed out the dubious use of language from the local Gardaí in relation to the incident: “Again with the language from official bodies, for heaven's sake; if the account of the video above is accurate then why on earth is it ‘Gardai are investigating a road traffic collision involving a cyclist and car’ and not ‘Gardai are investigating a serious assault on a cyclist by a car driver using their vehicle as a...