Rider falls off moped in wet conditions

12:09pm Tuesday 10th July 2012 in News By Ben James

A man was lucky to escape with minor injuries after falling off his moped in slippery conditions this morning (July 10).

He was riding down Lewes Road when he came off outside Moulsecoomb Library at 10.35am.

An eyewitness said that the rider, who is in his 30s, had appeared to come off in the wet conditions.

A police spokeswoman added that the man escaped serious injuries and that no other vehicles were involved.

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Ligand Fields says...
12:15pm Tue 10 Jul 12

Ben Parsons, I want to ask you sincerely: is this story a joke?

Whatever the case, I hope it is the first in a series:
"Girl narrowly avoids tripping on loose paving stone"
"Boy, 7, trips on own shoelace"
"Women accidentally gets lemon juice in eye" and particularly "Man gets horribly splashed by puddle".

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Moodycow70 says...
12:25pm Tue 10 Jul 12

Typical sarcastic reply you expect on here. Ok its not the most world stopping news but as long as hes ok , isn't it nice to read that he escaped unhurt rather than killed which is what happens a lot to motorcyclists
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menowhere says...
12:29pm Tue 10 Jul 12

you will be competing with ditchling herald with a story like this. i fell off my scooter the other day. would you like me to call in with my story?

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mimseycal says...
12:29pm Tue 10 Jul 12

Then again, it is sad that he didn't take road conditions into account whilst using his moped. Sadly symptomatic of the less aware driver.

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Ligand Fields says...
12:33pm Tue 10 Jul 12

I suspect it's more symptomatic that Ben Parsons "Nose For Crime" has to submit a certain number of words of copy per week before he's allowed to slink off down the boozer.

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Beethoven says...
1:51pm Tue 10 Jul 12

One sympathises with the moped rider, but really! Does this "story" really justify column inches in a paper that is internationally owned and whose website is read around the world?

After all, who was he? What were his injuries? How do we know that it it happened?

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chilliman says...
3:23pm Tue 10 Jul 12

And was the scooter OK, or was it nicked while he was picking himself up?

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PETE OF QUEENS PARK says...
4:48pm Tue 10 Jul 12

Yes I saw the accident scene this morning but can the Argus please enlighten us to what all the other emergency vehicles were doing at the Brighton Unniversity it looked major by the amount involved,surely not all there for a moped

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Gordtheganjaman says...
5:03pm Tue 10 Jul 12

dont drive a moped in wet conditons not a hard one to work out

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Dr.Draconian says...
5:44pm Tue 10 Jul 12

It is a public interest piece because people will want to know why the emergency services were there.
Its the only excitement some people get...

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chilliman says...
8:46pm Tue 10 Jul 12

There were lots of emergency vehicles in Cheapside just before 9am this morning but no mention on the local radio stations and the Argus didn't provide any detail.

Were they having a practice for the Olympic Torch crowds?

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Helena Handcart says...
1:17am Tue 17 Jul 12

Ligand Fields wrote:
I suspect it's more symptomatic that Ben Parsons "Nose For Crime" has to submit a certain number of words of copy per week before he's allowed to slink off down the boozer.
With you on that 100 percent.

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