the deceased's family. I would like to see some formal repsonse, perhaps from CTC or British Cycling, that condemns what happens and sympathises with the bereaved family." Forum, Bikeradar.com

"It beggars belief that the maximum penalty for this offence is only a £2,000 fine. I fail to understand why he was not

charged with manslaughter or at the very least with assault?" Jailhouselawyer blog

"How can he get fined for killing a teenager after he ran her over. Why didn't he get a prison sentence. It's murder even if it's on a bike, you've taken a life so you should have a suitable punishment." Forum, unrealitytv.com

"I think that this made the national news because it's such a rare event, but no doubt the anti-cycling brigade will try to give us all [cyclists] a caning over it, so here we go with yet another round of 'cyclists should' ranting in the press. CTC forum
Lydia Dunn