When a driver refuses a Driver Awareness Course

[Glow worm]

Is that what the video showed? I'm afraid it was tl;dw. The way to avoid being knocked off is to avoid being a nobber.

Looked like it to me. That driver is clearly a seriously nasty piece of work. Sorry don't know what tl:dw means.

 

[srw]

It's like tl;dr but for videos.

 

[Hip Priest]

There's no excuse for knocking someone off their bike. He should've taken the course and been grateful.

 

[Flying Dodo]

It's like tl;dr but for videos.

And now in helpful translation mode = Too long - Didn't Watch.

 

[Glow worm]

And now in helpful translation mode = Too long - Didn't Watch.

Ah -cheers
I'd made the dumb mistake of thinking it might have been something worthwhile!

 

[glenn forger]

I think if a cabbie gets done for assault he loses his badge, the PCO kick them out. So good job that driver wasn't charged with assault.

 

[glenn forger]

I complained and they said they only accept complaints from passengers. I asked what happens to the complaints from non-passengers. Binned.

 

[glenn forger]

"I waited 3 months after the attempted assault [for] a decision to prosecute," he said.

"it was decided that it would be best for the driver to undergo [a] Driver Safety course offered by

the police.

"The taxi driver refused to attend. The police called to advise they will now press charges of driving without due care.

"A hearing followed where the driver pleaded not guilty.

"9 months later I attended court for trial as a witness.

"The driver foolishly defended himself - and the verdict?

"Guilty.

"He received 6 points on his licence and £700 in fines and court costs."

- See more at: http://road.cc/content/news/172911-...rately-runs-cyclist-road#sthash.cdAk2oAb.dpuf

 

[Globalti]

If it's any consolation, Parisian taxi drivers are just as rude and aggressive. We made the mistake of taking one about a km from Porte Maillot to Neuilly once and were staggered at the violence of his rudeness.

 

[glenn forger]

I am massively consoled by that fact.

 

[liambauckham]

oh my fark! i hope my vids are more entertaining than that!

 

[winjim]

Piss poor cycling with entirely predictable consequences.

 

[outlash]

I complained and they said they only accept complaints from passengers. I asked what happens to the complaints from non-passengers. Binned.

They have a point. Why would they accept complaints from someone who wasn't there, doesn't use black cabs and not even a resident of London? You're complaining based on watching an edited video on the internet by someone who's certifiable.

 

[Dommo]

Ok... so it's Droid... but I don't understand how that is anything other than dangerous driving. Driving without due care surely suggests a lack of attention? This was quite clearly a deliberate attempt to take him out.

 

[winjim]

Ok... so it's Droid... but I don't understand how that is anything other than dangerous driving. Driving without due care surely suggests a lack of attention? This was quite clearly a deliberate attempt to take him out.

Or it was a move to the left to allow space for oncoming traffic with the assumption that the cyclist on the nearside would do the same.