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Re:Interview with GoCardless CEO Hiroki Takeuchi after paral... by DanBC on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @07:56AM (#15283791)
this case is a bit unusual. It wasn't a normal accidental death.

He modified his bike which made it illegal to use on English roads.

He had a pattern of dangerous riding.

He blamed the victim, and he lied about the accident and her afterwards.

It's a pretty toxic combination.

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Re:Interview with GoCardless CEO Hiroki Takeuchi after paral... by nailer on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @09:24AM (#15284342)
Specifically, he removed the brakes from his bike and was proud of doing so.
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Re:Interview with GoCardless CEO Hiroki Takeuchi after paral... by dvdcxn on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @08:29AM (#15292945)
The press haven't been completely honest in their description of his bike. He had a fixie. Which is illegal, and is dangerous, but you can slow / stop the bike by simply not pedaling. People are acting as if he was cycling a runaway train.

They're quite common in the US and not illegal there.

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Re:Interview with GoCardless CEO Hiroki Takeuchi after paral... by nailer on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @04:54AM (#15337180)
This discussion is outdated but just wanted you're right, I think I was misled here: it's standard pedal-back-and-skid brakes. The newspapers here really did make it sound like he had no capacity to brake at all.
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