Friday News Roundup.

Last night FMFT went to the Lifecycle film screening, and will attempt to bring you some sort of review as soon as possible.

In the mean time today we have a quick news round up.

Firstly the most shocking news of the week is that a man convicted of killing a teenager who was riding a bike has started legal proceedings against his victim’s family. David Weaving has a history of drink driving arrests and was found guilty of manslaughter after he hit Matthew Kenney at 80mph while performing an illegal overtaking manoeuvre. He has now filed a lawsuit against Kenneys accusing them of “contributory negligence” for allowing Matthew to ride in the street without a helmet. We are happy to add our voice to the shock and disgust that Weaving could even consider this and hope that the US legal system treats his legal action with the contempt it deserves.

In better news Dublin has introduced a new scheme to distribute goods to businesses around the city centre using cargo-bikes, as opposed to lorries coming into the narrow streets causing congestion and damage to the roads. The plan is to allow HGVs to go as far as an out-of-town depot and then continue the journey by pedal power. If this works well it could be an ideal solution to many cities’ traffic problems, helping both to allow traffic to flow smoothly and removing the threat of cyclists being involved in fatal collisions with the vehicles.

Finally the BBC has suddenly realised that there are excellent mountain bike trails at Afan. This video isn’t as interesting for a number of reasons as the last Afan based video we featured, but maybe it’s a good pre-emptive strike against the possible loss of Forestry Commission owned mountain bike centres.

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