Audi driver blasts court for costing him £4500 for passing cyclist too close.

[Sallar55]

If his car was a Q8 the fine probably didn't matter, more annoyed being found out to be in the wrong. Fixed penalty fines should be replaced with one based on your income. Did some high flyer in Finland get fined a fortune, think that they have a percentage of income system.

 

[Arjimlad]

No doubt in my mind that was a close pass. You just have to look at how little roadspace was left for the cyclist. What a berk.

 

[a.twiddler]

I think all OAP’s should have to pass a driving test every 2 years to continue to keep their license. Most people I know in their 70’s are blind as a bat.

Could you print that a bit bigger? I'm having trouble seeing poorly thought out nonsense and sweeping generalisations, at my age.

 

[cougie uk]

The UK licence finishes at 70 and then has to be renewed, I renewed mine last November, I'm not as blind as a bat and nor are most of my fellow pensioners.

My pals were in their 20s and thought their eyes were fine.
Until they tried mine on.
They got their own glasses soon after.

Strangely I don't need glasses for distance any more - just reading but I am old now.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

My pals were in their 20s and thought their eyes were fine.
Until they tried mine on.
They got their own glasses soon after.

Strangely I don't need glasses for distance any more - just reading but I am old now.

The latter is a regular byproduct of advancing years I understand.

 

[a.twiddler]

"Drivers are increasingly being targeted by cyclists who record their journeys via GoPro cameras and film unsuspecting motorists."

Diddums. If there wasn't anything to record, they wouldn't be recorded.

 

[MontyVeda]

I think all OAP’s should have to pass a driving test every 2 years to continue to keep their license. Most people I know in their 70’s are blind as a bat.

i think all drivers should have to retake their tests every few years; driving and theory.

 

[rogerzilla]

The bar is set really low. I filled in form V1 when I had Fuch's dystrophy, which makes driving at night near-impossible due to glare, and tricky in the morning because of fogging. DVLA wrote back and said fine, keep on driving.

 

[harlechjoe]

Wow - I've just read this article about a motorist being fined well over a thousand pounds for passing too close to a cyclist. Lets hope the fine generates lots of publicity

 

[ColinJ]

It is amazing that the driver admits that he overtook closer than the legal minimum distance but still says that he did nothing wrong, and thinks that he can appeal.

The only reason that he got such a big fine is that he refused to cooperate... He could have gone on an awareness course but refused to. Presumably because he is such an amazingly safe driver, and it is the rest of the world that is wrong...

 

[Cycleops]

I’ll bet next time he gets the offer of an awareness course he’ll jump at it. Twat.

Bet he doesn’t. That type never learn, too arrogant.

 

[a.twiddler]

I see that's appeared on Yahoo news now claiming it's £1800. It just happens that Yahoo news and others appear on my email server mostly as click bait regarding celebs and royals which I usually ignore. Yahoo news and its clones are not exactly fountains of balanced, factual information.

I looked at this one as it seemed familiar. Probably attracts the DM demographic judging by the number of foaming-at-the-mouth-don't-pay-road-tax-or-insurance-riding-on-the pavement-selfishly-riding-2-feet-out-from-the-kerb-riding-2-abreast-don't-use-cycle-tracks-like-they-ought-to-instead-of blocking-the-roads displays from the uninformed in the comments section. There were even a couple of I'm-a-cyclist-and-it-didn't look-that-close-to-me comments which led me to wonder how many of the other comments were genuine, or just to encourage the lowest common denominators to join in. Almost like incitement to hate crimes against a minority, if you're given to extreme views.

A bit sad that these are the drivers, hopefully a minority, who could feel quite justified in bringing a close pass to a road (too) near you, as a punishment for the above perceived crimes that "all" cyclists supposedly commit.

 

[Electric_Andy]

I don't think eyesight has much to do with it. He clearly saw the cyclist but did not leave enough room. If eyesight was an issue, he would have not seen the cyclist at all. it's just a case of lack of respect, laziness and superiority complex, like a lot of close passes. The fact that he kicked up so much of a stink because it's only a cyclist, says a lot about hos probable attitude towards cyclists anyway

 

[Alex321]

I see that's appeared on Yahoo news now claiming it's £1800. It just happens that Yahoo news and others appear on my email server mostly as click bait regarding celebs and royals which I usually ignore. Yahoo news and its clones are not exactly fountains of balanced, factual information.

I looked at this one as it seemed familiar. Probably attracts the DM demographic judging by the number of foaming-at-the-mouth-don't-pay-road-tax-or-insurance-riding-on-the pavement-selfishly-riding-2-feet-out-from-the-kerb-riding-2-abreast-don't-use-cycle-tracks-like-they-ought-to-instead-of blocking-the-roads displays from the uninformed in the comments section. There were even a couple of I'm-a-cyclist-and-it-didn't look-that-close-to-me comments which led me to wonder how many of the other comments were genuine, or just to encourage the lowest common denominators to join in. Almost like incitement to hate crimes against a minority, if you're given to extreme views.

A bit sad that these are the drivers, hopefully a minority, who could feel quite justified in bringing a close pass to a road (too) near you, as a punishment for the above perceived crimes that "all" cyclists supposedly commit.

The £1887 was the final amount of the fines and court costs. The rest was his legal costs.

 

[Gwylan]

Most people I know in their 70’s are blind as a bat.

I had expected better here. Especially from a "guru"