Poor cyclist gets drenched by Pratt driver.

[GrasB]

How many drivers have driven through puddles.

Lots but most times there are no peds/cyclists about. The legal stand point from what I can tell refers to not soaking by standars with water rather than actually not driving through a puddle.

How many drivers have ever checked if they have splashed someone.

Around here, a fair number actually. Most people the average motorists seems to have enough decency not do soak peds & cyclists as they pass. Further to this at some point most drivers have gone through a puddle at speed deeper than expected & felt the car 'twist' as one side of the car meets far more resistance than the other side. This means they're aware that that to do this has a high risk of directly causing damage to their vehicle or indirectly via losing control & crashing.

How many drivers knew it is an offense to splash someone.

Ignorance is no defence in law, it's up to the driver to know what are the bounds of their conditional licence to drive on the road. If one didn't see the puddle then they're driving without due car & attention, if they did see the puddle & didn't take avoiding action they're driving dangerously because driving through a puddle in such a way means there's a high probability of the vehicle aquaplaning & them losing control of the vehicle (with a full 8mm of tread depth tyres you can aquaplane in around 2mm of standing water!). Either way they're not driving with due consideration to other road users.

How many drivers would stop and give there details.

The examiner was possibly going a little far on this one but again common decency says if ou realise you've just done that you at least check your victim is okay.

 

[ufkacbln]

Unfortunately this muppet and the driver along with the comments and then placed it on YouTube!

They were charged with the "reasonable consideration" charge.

There was however a blitz on the Facebook pages of both Kerry Callard the driver and Alec Goff and their names became known internationally!

 

[downfader]

I got splashed walking to a bus stop a few years back. The drains had backed up and I stank of s*** by the time I sat down on the bus (surprised the driver let me on, tbh). Wasnt best pleased and had it out with the flatbed driver's mate, as I left I said to the driver "Is he foot-operated or something?"

They sat there laughing as I walked up so felt it was deliberate. Guy at the bus stop turned to me and said "I agree with you, its 3 points on the licence,too"

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Dozy cow can't even see what she did wrong:


View: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6pgcs_puddle-costs-woman-her-driving-lice_news

4th time lucky! by the sounds of it she had time to either slow down or check her mirrors and pull round safely but it never occurred to her to do either. I'll be happy if she never passes her test, there's enough idiots out there already. I wonder if she'd see it in the same way if someone strolled up in the street and threw a bucket of water over her.

 

[Sandra6]

I think it's considered driving without due care and attention - not just because you soak passers by but because driving through puddles at speed is dangerous because of the risk of losing control of the vehicle.
These videos just make me more inclined to be a fair weather cyclist!

 

[al78]

Couldn't resist.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0IrFskpA3g

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0IrFskpA3g