Article: SMASH COP BANNED; Victim in coma after PC overtook on blind bend.(News)

Article: Jail for taxi driver who hit cyclist on blind bend
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  September 15, 2007 ;     610 words ... ... from Newquay, overtook a lorry on a blind bend on a coastal road when his woman taxi ... The defendant overtook the lorry on a blind bend where the road narrows - as the defendant ... driver when he deliberately overtook on a blind bend. He said: "The consequences were grave ...

Article: Blind bend one-way? ; An Idea for a one way system ...
Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph;  December 18, 2008 ;     292 words ...An Idea for a one way system at a 'blind bend' has been mooted. A discussion broke out at Winterton Town Council after a resident referred to Chapel Lane in Winterton. It ...

Article: '50mph is not slow enough on blind bend'.
Spalding Guardian & Lincs Free Press (Spalding, England);  August 3, 2006 ;     560 words ...A WOMAN who is campaigning to lower the speed limit on a blind bend says plans to drop it by 10mph are not enough. Elaine Fyson ... t at least a 40mph zone - especially because we are on a blind bend." She has written to Lincolnshire County Council and collected ...

Article: Blind bend plea after canal deaths.(News)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  September 29, 2005 ;     435 words ... ... ruled. Nicholas Rheinberg called for immediate action after hearing how the vehicle flipped into the Bridgewater canal from a blind bend in a country lane. Mr Rheinberg heard how a taxi driver and two police officers freed 17-year-olds Gemma Biggin and Stephen ...

Article: Blind bend must be made safe; Calls for ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  June 13, 2009 ;     680 words ... ... Neighbour and mum of four Alexandra Anderton said: "There should be better warning signs or improvements to the road. "It is a blind bend where it happened and the cycle path crosses over the road. "My thoughts are with the family. We don't want this happening ...

Article: Teenager overtook car on blind bend
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  July 19, 2007 ;     401 words ...A Teenage driver who overtook on a blind bend in the centre of Keith was fined and banned from driving at Elgin Sheriff Court yesterday. Callum Wright, 18, was seen to overtake ...

Article: Crash concern; Residents call for action after smash on ...
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  April 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... challenge of travelling up and down this road." He said the road's camber made conditions even more challenging. "It's a blind bend and the camber is all wrong and you end up drifting onto the wrong side of the road. "People come speeding down here and ...