Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Fatal Road Accident adjacent to St Mary's Tower, Hornsey High Street
From Metpol - "Police were called at approximately 17:10hrs on Thursday, 27 December to reports of a van in collision with a pedestrian on High Street in Hornsey.The woman, 55, was taken to an east London hospital for treatment but she died there on Saturday, 29 December. Detectives from the Roads and Transport Policing Command would like to speak with anyone who witnessed the collision or who may have dash cam footage. Anyone with information is asked to call the Serious Collision Investigation Unit at Alperton on 020 8991 9555.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Thank you for posting this
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Permalink Reply by Tina S on
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I knew about this prior to this report as my friend knows Tracey and was very shocked about the news. On 31s there was no indication that the driver of the van had any more fault than the pedestrian. It was believed to be a ‘freak accident’. One shouldn’t bash the driver just because the person was in a vehicle.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Why not? Pedestrians never kill drivers but drivers kill pedestrians all the time.
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Uninformed nonsense John.
You don’t think cars have ever swerved off the road to avoid pedestrians? Truth is you know nothing about this but it won’t stop you - nay indulging - in speculation to further your own prejudice.
its entirely possible that the person responsible did nothing wrong and has this on their conscience.
have a read of this before being such a jerk
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A classic ad-hominem attack from an anonymous HoL account in favour of careless motorists. How typical.
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A false equivalence. I’m not in favour of careless driving and nothing I’ve stated implies anything of the sort.
Im simply stating that you made an easily disproved, grossly over simplified generalisation and are commenting on a case where you are not informed of even the basics of the case.
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You called me a jerk.
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John, I myself have been nocked off a bike by a pedestrian walking carelessly on the road. Similar happened to my dad when a woman with dementia walked in front of his car. The van in question was a kind of van I’d think would drive very careful (I can’t reveal details of what their business was here). Plus people are not guilty until proven otherwise.
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'A kind of van I’d think would drive very careful'.
I'm intrigued.
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You're comparing an incident in 1970s rural America on a road with a speed limit of '45 or 50mph', to 2018 London where the speed limit is 20?
The whole point of 21st century urban speed limits is that no one should ever be killed on the roads. The onus is supposed to be on the motorist (and cyclist for that matter) to proceed in a manner which means they can avoid hitting pedestrians in the road under all but the most extreme circumstances.
Unfortunately the overwhelming majority of people consider driving 'safely' to simply mean not breaking the speed limit (and even that appears very open to interpretation) regardless of the circumstances.
As for the suggestion that this debate shouldn't happen out of respect for the victim, that smacks of the 'now's not the time to talk about gun control' whenever there's a mass shooting in the US.
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Permalink Reply by michaela rourke on
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Maybe stop using this lovely lady's death to rattle your old chains - have some respect.
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