johnstoke
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About 12 years ago, a young child, probably about 8 years old, engrossed with his gameboy , or similar, walked straight off the pavement on his way home from school, on a very busy road (campbell rd, by the old stoke city ground), straight into my path. I could not avoid him. Luckily for him, I had chosen to cycle to work that day, it hurt me more than him. Best of it was that his mother was the other side of the road, shouted and screamed at me for hitting her child. Firstly, I was in pain, the bars had gone into my groin and chest, secondly why the hell didn't she collect him from school and cross the very busy road with him, it is less than 100 yards. Thankfully for him, I was on my bike, my car at the time was a cavalier V6, I wouldnt have been speeding (never do in built up areas), but as I had a reasonably quick car, I would have assumed to have been speeding.......
I had a go at the lad's mother about her irresponsibility/laziness, all I got was a mouth of abuse......
I had a go at the lad's mother about her irresponsibility/laziness, all I got was a mouth of abuse......