Driver cuts off cyclist on roundabout and ends up with fines and costs totalling £1100

[Cycleops]

32 year old Lucy World nearly hit cyclist on a roundabout. Caught on cyclists cam.
Was issued with a fixed penalty notice and charged for driving without care and attention, failed to attend court after contesting the FP. Got five points on her licence and required to pay £1100 in fines and costs.

View: https://youtu.be/JpoKga13vWs

 

[Electric_Andy]

That's an amazing result. I've had ones like that about 3 times in my cycling life. Hooray for cameras

 

[figbat]

Here’s a better link.

And this one implies that she was tried in her absence (after pleading not guilty) rather than “failed to attend court”. Driving without due care and attention.

 

[Cycleops]

I think she'll think twice about trying something like that again.

 

[Milzy]

Lucy goes across roundabouts without a care in the world.

 

[alicat]

I wish the driver who hit me in the same circs had been served with a FP notice.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I reckon she is probably telling her frind that it is very unfair and that the cyclist had no right to be there

and probably that the cyclist is wearing the wrong colour clothes and no helmet - or that it was the wrong kind of helmet

doesn;t look like the sort of person who will admit to fault given the evidence was so clear and she still plead Not Guilty

 

[Arjimlad]

Waiting for the comments

How dare a cyclist snitch on the poor driver like this? What's the world coming to when we report each other to the authorities for these things?

 

[Cycleops]

Lucy goes across roundabouts without a care in the world.

What was that song? Lucy in the sky with diamonds

 

[DaveReading]

And this one implies that she was tried in her absence (after pleading not guilty) rather than “failed to attend court”. Driving without due care and attention.

If you plead not guilty then you will be tried in court and if you don't attend to defend yourself then you can hardly be surprised if you're convicted.

So "failed" to attend court" is a perfectly accurate statement.

 

[figbat]

If you plead not guilty then you will be tried in court and if you don't attend to defend yourself then you can hardly be surprised if you're convicted.

So "failed" to attend court" is a perfectly accurate statement.

“Failed to attend” implies a requirement of attendance. You can choose not to attend and be tried in your absence - with the consequences you mention. The media link goes for sensationalism, the police link goes for accuracy.

 

[Cycleops]

Pretty dumb to contest the fixed penalty notice with the obvious intent of attending and then not going. She could have out of there a hundred quid fine perhaps. Can't have had good advice or maybe just plain stupid, who knows.

 

[icowden]

Pretty dumb to contest the fixed penalty notice with the obvious intent of attending and then not going. She could have out of there a hundred quid fine perhaps. Can't have had good advice or maybe just plain stupid, who knows.

I'll go with stupid I think. It's quite likely that a very annoyed magistrate upped the points and fine for wasting Court time. They don't like people doing that. And then you have the attendant costs and victim surcharge which are pretty much a given if you lose.

If you really want to entertain yourself and can stand clicking on a Daily Fail link, the comments section is hilarious.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-driving-without-care-attention.html#comments

 

[sheddy]

Not important, but why was the video image reversed ?

 

[Badger_Boom]

If you really want to entertain yourself and can stand clicking on a Daily Fail link, the comments section is hilarious...

I gave up after the first few. I'd say they were more terrifying than hilarious if they reflect the standard of understanding held by typical Heil-reading motorists.