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[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/6716199.stm]BBC[/url] said:A road on which four members of Rhyl Cycling Club were killed in a collision was not gritted on the morning of the tragedy, an inquest jury has heard...
...Motorist, from Abergele, was fined £180 with £35 costs last August and given six points on his licence after admitting having defective tyres.
The court heard that the defective tyres were not a factor in the accident...
...In April, another preliminary inquest hearing was told that the council and the motorist's insurance company had agreed a deal which could pave the way for compensation for the families...
...a police investigation found that Mr Harris's defective tyres - the front pair and rear nearside - were not the cause of the crash.
She said: "The crown took the decision that in the circumstances, tyre tread is there to displace liquid debris from the road to give a better grip.
"In this situation, the examination has found there was no liquid there - it was black ice, consequently the defective tyres couldn't have been a contributory factor to the collision."...
Interesting... I guessed the car should not have been on the road, in unroadworthy condition...