Dangerous driver who deliberately hit cyclist jailed...
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Hmmm? Seems the judicial system sometimes actually does work then...
http://road.cc/content/news/229239-dangerous-drive...
...two months jail time and a driving ban of over two years. Seems fair, in the circumstances. Hopefully the cyclist who he hit made a full recovery.
http://road.cc/content/news/229239-dangerous-drive...
...two months jail time and a driving ban of over two years. Seems fair, in the circumstances. Hopefully the cyclist who he hit made a full recovery.
i live close to there, the roads are great but there are so many car drivers who don't know how to handle a bunch of cyclists. I also think the cyclists when not bunched up into groups can cause it harder to overtake cleanly, though not condoning the accidents, it is something i see all the time on the country roads.
Dr Murdoch said:
I don’t agree with what this guy did but cyclists are sometimes asking for it
No they're not. Not ever.Yes there's a few idiots but they are small minority.
I'm a high mileage driver and an occasional cyclist, and the way many motorists treat cyclists on the road is appalling. I'm sorry, but it has to be said. I see far more of that behaviour than I do bad behaviour from cyclists.
zarjaz1991 said:
Dr Murdoch said:
I don’t agree with what this guy did but cyclists are sometimes asking for it
No they're not. Not ever.Yes there's a few idiots but they are small minority.
I'm a high mileage driver and an occasional cyclist, and the way many motorists treat cyclists on the road is appalling. I'm sorry, but it has to be said. I see far more of that behaviour than I do bad behaviour from cyclists.
I bet he/she’s not even a real doctor.
He really did lose the plot
3 seconds 3 minutes?
article said:
A local cycling club, CC Giro, were riding two abreast when Rafferty drove up behind.
Peter Bettany, prosecuting, told Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court: "The defendant started to sound his horn for long periods, tried to pull past them and swerved into them on three occasions, deliberately squirting his screen wash as he did so and showering the cyclist.
Hopeless statement - we want to know for how long Peter Bettany, prosecuting, told Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court: "The defendant started to sound his horn for long periods, tried to pull past them and swerved into them on three occasions, deliberately squirting his screen wash as he did so and showering the cyclist.
3 seconds 3 minutes?
saaby93 said:
He really did lose the plot
3 seconds 3 minutes?
Twenty miles.article said:
A local cycling club, CC Giro, were riding two abreast when Rafferty drove up behind.
Peter Bettany, prosecuting, told Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court: "The defendant started to sound his horn for long periods, tried to pull past them and swerved into them on three occasions, deliberately squirting his screen wash as he did so and showering the cyclist.
Hopeless statement - we want to know for how long Peter Bettany, prosecuting, told Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court: "The defendant started to sound his horn for long periods, tried to pull past them and swerved into them on three occasions, deliberately squirting his screen wash as he did so and showering the cyclist.
3 seconds 3 minutes?
zarjaz1991 said:
No they're not. Not ever.
Yes there's a few idiots but they are small minority.
I'm a high mileage driver and an occasional cyclist, and the way many motorists treat cyclists on the road is appalling. I'm sorry, but it has to be said. I see far more of that behaviour than I do bad behaviour from cyclists.
Yes there's a few idiots but they are small minority.
I'm a high mileage driver and an occasional cyclist, and the way many motorists treat cyclists on the road is appalling. I'm sorry, but it has to be said. I see far more of that behaviour than I do bad behaviour from cyclists.
Dr Murdoch said:
One out of two 
Some folks should really read the thread before posting
God Lord, chaps! As Doc M says, follow the thread please...Some folks should really read the thread before posting
Edited by Dr Murdoch on Wednesday 13th September 23:25
El stovey said:
Someone will be along to blame the cyclist in a minute,
It will be a “I don’t agree with what this guy did but cyclists are sometimes asking for it” type comment.
It will be a “I don’t agree with what this guy did but cyclists are sometimes asking for it” type comment.
Dr Murdoch said:
I don’t agree with what this guy did but cyclists are sometimes asking for it
El stovey said:
This...
JPJPJP said:
doesn't seem to be getting as much publicity as the fixie rider
...is what worries me most.That Fixie riding knobhead killed that poor woman, but ultimately that was an accident. An avoidable one, and a disgraceful attitude from the cyclist in that case, but perhaps no different to some knobhead driver using "the sun was in my eyes" to excuse them "ploughing into" a cyclist and killing them as they "raced along" a dual carriageway at 70 mph.
This though, is a case where a driver deliberately aimed his car repeatedly at riders in an intimidatory fashion, and eventually made contact with a rider. The contact was made AFTER he had passed the group too. So instead of getting a move on after passing, it sounds to me like this man who was, after all, in such a terrible hurry to get past, hung around to be caught by one of the group. You would assume that the oh-so-righteous journalists at the Daily Mail would pounce on this story and call for the head of the driver to be displayed on a spike outside The Tower. But no.
This story needs to be brought to the attention of the wider public. The driver's behaviour is typical of many I've encountered on the roads, where some inept halfwit who probably ought not to be allowed to drive a motor vehicle makes a meal out of passing me (solo, not even a group) yet when they get a chance to pass cleanly, instead of just getting on with it they draw up alongside and give me a critique on my riding. I mean seriously? There they are telling me how I'm some kind of pervert for wearing Lycra, casting aspersions on my parentage, and generally abusing me for "holding them up". Then they hold themselves up by hanging around alongside me when the road ahead is clear...
It's why I'm often not very charitable to cyclist hating brain dead morons on a lot of PH threads. As for these inept drivers, the only thing I could realistically do differently is to not ride my bike on the roads. But that's not going to be a choice I'm willing to make anytime soon.
Bumping the thread a bit but yesterday really pissed me off.
On two occasions my mate and myself had drivers miss us by inches whilst blasting their horns. Both times they had loads of road space to pass us and a good 300 yards or so of quiet country road visibility. The usual coffee bean shake was given as well just in case.
I'm waiting for one to have the actual b
ks to stop and get out their car - I actually wish one would to be honest but deep down you know they're pussies. Just venting, there's not much to add apart from the obvious that there are some right dheads out there and this isn't news but some people should be sent to the front with nothing but a high viz bulls eye Tee Shirt to help the enemy do us a favour.
rant over.
On two occasions my mate and myself had drivers miss us by inches whilst blasting their horns. Both times they had loads of road space to pass us and a good 300 yards or so of quiet country road visibility. The usual coffee bean shake was given as well just in case.
I'm waiting for one to have the actual b
ks to stop and get out their car - I actually wish one would to be honest but deep down you know they're pussies. Just venting, there's not much to add apart from the obvious that there are some right dheads out there and this isn't news but some people should be sent to the front with nothing but a high viz bulls eye Tee Shirt to help the enemy do us a favour.rant over.
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