what an idiot. so sorry you and cubette had to deal with such a w****r about 5 years ago i had a moped. i was trying to turn right across 2 lanes of traffic. these 2 guys in a bmw stopped to let me across the first lane, but i had to stop in front of them before crossing the second. they then proceeded to inch forwards until they were just pushing me. i had to choose between taking a chance trying toget across or letting the moped crush my leg. anyway, i got out of it alright, but they were laughing and waving. bastards.
Deliberate collision
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Liddington
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I think the police are often unfairly accused of 'lack of action' when a 'cut and dried' case doesn't get to court. As an ex-plod I know that PCs can put a shedload of work into gathering evidence, statements etc to build up a case file, only for it to be rejected when it gets considered by the CPS - very frustrating for the police! I think the CPS must have a quota of cases that they are allowed to pursue due to considerations of budgets and court time, whatever, and cases like a lot of motoring offences which are perhaps seen as not such a high priority, don't make the cut. The problem is that I don't think these things are properly communicated to the victims of the offence who are left feeling short changed. In the case where a person uses a vehicle to hit a cyclist such as with cubist, my view is that it should not be treated as a motoring offence (careless driving for that is b*ll*cks) but the offender should be charged with attempted ABH/GBH which should ensure that it receives a higher rating at the CPS when deciding which cases to proceed to prosecute.
Crankarm
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I would have paid good money to have seen his face if you had been able to take out your warrant card when he pinned his car against you....
So sorry to read of your story. I too have predictable police inaction stories, but they are not important here. This is the first case where I have heard of a motorist being brought to book for his aggressive driving and so quickly. I make no judgement only welcome it. One thing you could do once it is over and hopefully he is prosecuted and convicted, is to tell the story of this incident in your internal police magazine with the slant being that the more police officers who take up cycling the better not only for improving the cycling public’s perception of road traffic enforcement, but for surprising these types of drivers. Given the amount of abuse and intimidation cyclists seem to experience most drivers seem to think there is little or no prospect of them being caught so the more officers who cycle the better as they will be well placed to tackle this type of behaviour IMHO.
I hope your daughter quickly regains confidence and forgets about it and enjoys her cycling. If anything it is most important for her and other children’s safety that this idiot is prosecuted. If on conviction he isn't disqualified he might just drive uninsured as no insurer would continue cover on the same terms after an incident as before I would have thought and certainly not without wanting more cash to cover the increased risk he presents. Originally he was insured wasn’t he?
Crush his car. Even better put him on a bike and you drive at him like he did at you and your daughter, see what colour his underpants become.
I hope you get the result we all want.
So sorry to read of your story. I too have predictable police inaction stories, but they are not important here. This is the first case where I have heard of a motorist being brought to book for his aggressive driving and so quickly. I make no judgement only welcome it. One thing you could do once it is over and hopefully he is prosecuted and convicted, is to tell the story of this incident in your internal police magazine with the slant being that the more police officers who take up cycling the better not only for improving the cycling public’s perception of road traffic enforcement, but for surprising these types of drivers. Given the amount of abuse and intimidation cyclists seem to experience most drivers seem to think there is little or no prospect of them being caught so the more officers who cycle the better as they will be well placed to tackle this type of behaviour IMHO.
I hope your daughter quickly regains confidence and forgets about it and enjoys her cycling. If anything it is most important for her and other children’s safety that this idiot is prosecuted. If on conviction he isn't disqualified he might just drive uninsured as no insurer would continue cover on the same terms after an incident as before I would have thought and certainly not without wanting more cash to cover the increased risk he presents. Originally he was insured wasn’t he?
Crush his car. Even better put him on a bike and you drive at him like he did at you and your daughter, see what colour his underpants become.
I hope you get the result we all want.