You have a lawyer?? Why do you have a lawyer?
He thinks he is Hunter S. Thompson.
I have a lawyer. Good to err on the side of caution, cos you never know when you'll need one...
Have you ever needed him / her?
I have a lawyer. Good to err on the side of caution, cos you never know when you'll need one.
This could be said about almost anything
You have a lawyer?? Why do you have a lawyer?
I'm a rebel, living life by my own rules sticking it to the man.
Plus I like to get value from my legal insurance 😉
I'm a rebel, living life by my own rules sticking it to the man.
Plus I like to get value from my legal insurance
Well, it that insurance covers all cases, then you must be a...
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here it comes....
[b]Rebel Without a Clause[/b]
One of my team got knocked down at a red traffic light on Monday. Said he got dragged along the road after being struck. He broke a rib and had a bashed up knee, but still turned up for work as usual without hardly a mention of this!
We have been telling him to report it to the Police, but he refuses. It took him 24hrs to get to see a physician.
This reluctance is exasperating because some angry and /or incompetent driver is still at the wheel of his car, putting people's lives at risk and with complete impunity!
Surprised no-one googled this.
http://www.profusioncustoms.com/
"Based in west London, we are U.K.'s distributors of MagnaFlow Exhaust Products"
I'm glad she was caught, but I do find it odd that a non-police person is clearly going around following people to see if they commit a crime, then appear to commit several themselves. Regardless of the situation I think the legal situation would put you in the wrong for chasing the driver at dangerous speeds through urban roads just to get their number.
I'm glad she was caught, but I do find it odd that a non-police person is clearly going around following people to see if they commit a crime, then appear to commit several themselves.
This, they also seemed to be enjoying it a bit too much - when there is a near miss earlier they say 'that could have been a wicked one'.
Horrendous behaviour from the woman but the driving vigilantes are definitely a bit odd imo.
I think that a jury would not convict them of anything tbh and I doubt the CPS would have done anything.
Obviously they saw the video
when there is a near miss earlier they say 'that could have been a wicked one'.Horrendous behaviour from the woman but the driving vigilantes are definitely a bit odd imo.
Totally agree. I've considered a dash cam myself for evidence in a crash, but can't imagine the mentality that would make me go out hunting for accidents to film.
Surprised no-one googled this.
We did. Just didn't see much point in posting about it 😉
...now if they were selling cameras instead of exhausts....lordy!
'that could have been a wicked one'.
I don't think they meant wicked as in in awesome. I also do not think, when they say 'smash it', they mean what Richard Keys would think it means.
That should be a lifetime ban
Sadly a lifetime ban is not an option. Even though driving is a privilege not a right, you are not allowed to take away the possibility of a person ever driving again for anything other than medical reasons, not matter how shocking their driving is.
This reluctance is exasperating because some angry and /or incompetent driver is still at the wheel of his car, putting people's lives at risk and with complete impunity!
i've found this too!
I know two people, relatively new to cycling, who've been knocked off whilst commuting. One by someone who flung open a car door another got side swiped. Both cases resulted in injuries and damage but neither would report it despite me urging them too! WTF?? I actually saw the 2nd accident happen so reported it myself, the car left the scene and had no tax/insurance/mot so despite only being a witness the police are on the look out.
I don't think they meant wicked as in in awesome. I also do not think, when they say 'smash it', they mean what Richard Keys would think it means.
I'm not convinced, they sound pretty pleased with themselves and excited to see what might happen next. That would fall into the "awesome, a crash" mentality.
i've found this too!I know two people, relatively new to cycling, who've been knocked off whilst commuting. One by someone who flung open a car door another got side swiped. Both cases resulted in injuries and damage but neither would report it despite me urging them too! WTF?? I actually saw the 2nd accident happen so reported it myself, the car left the scene and had no tax/insurance/mot so despite only being a witness the police are on the look out.
I've run into the back of a car while cycling, I damaged the car and left a smear of blood over the roof. The driver, kindly, didn't whinge about my careless cycling and his damage and instead picked me up and helped me home, telling me to forget about the car. Maybe your friends were exaggerating? Maybe your friends realised they were easy mistakes to make and didn't think it worth reporting.
We did. Just didn't see much point in posting about it
Raspberries.
What a stupid $itch.
And then the Ejeets here asking if the guy had permission to film...they were not driving close to her and I'm glad their video proved useful in court.
Sorry Mod.
Sadly a lifetime ban is not an option
force them to drive a Passat for the rest of their life then...
Maybe your friends were exaggerating?
I saw the 2nd accident happen. The car swerved out of a queue to push to the front by using a bus lane that he was not supposed to be using. Friend knocked onto the floor. Car stopped (allowing me enough time to get my phone out of a pannier and note down the plate) looked in the rear view mirror, saw them lying on the floor underneath the bike, and drove off. This was not an honest mistake.
i'm not that happy about an uninsured, untaxed person driving around having previously left someone injured in the road so I reported it. If this appears as 'whinging', so be it.
also, they were driving an Audi.
Sadly a lifetime ban is not an option. Even though driving is a privilege not a right, you are not allowed to take away the possibility of a person ever driving again for anything other than medical reasons, not matter how shocking their driving is.
Actually a lifetime driving ban [i]is[/i] an option, albeit a rarely used one. There is a chap near me who has been banned for life more than once (he keeps ignoring it, and getting longer and longer prison sentences plus a lifetime ban each time).
Also a driver called Dennis Putz got one last year after he killed a cyclist.
also, they were driving an Audi.
Burn them.
Actually a lifetime driving ban is an option,
That's good to know, it wasn't possible at one time but that was 15 years ago now. Shame it isn't used more often, but sad that's it now necessary
force them to drive a Passat for the rest of their life then...
Become a STW member?
Shame it isn't used more often
Agreed.
CharlieMungus - MemberI have a lawyer. Good to err on the side of caution, cos you never know when you'll need one.
This could be said about almost anything
As the great Milligan said, use contraception at every conceivable opportunity.
I found this on that Piston Heads site...
It seems like the fashionable thing to do on PH these days to arbitrarily pick the OP to pieces in what appears to be a point scoring excercise.
What an unpleasant forum it sounds. Thank goodness that sort of thing never happens on STW.
Not stopping makes you utter scum. A friend was hit and killed about 15 years ago, at least the driver stopped in that case.
I'm amazed at the poor driving around town. Osbourne Rd is best avoided at all times if you cycle in Newcastle.
😯
But who were the guys doing the chasing?
Surely they report the bad driving and leave the Police to do their job? Wouldn't a good lawyer be able to defend her as an strange unmarked car was following/chasing her?
Doesn't excuse the not stopping. 👿
force them to drive a Passat for the rest of their life then...
Nowt wrong with Passats, what they [i]should[/i] be forced to drive for the rest of their natural is a W reg 1.8L Vectra. Seriously the most uncomfortable car it's ever been my misfortune to have to drive. Wooden park benches are more comfortable. Make them drive in traffic-clogged city streets for hours in a Vectra with no getting out for a rest. Purgatory, believe me.
I still don't get it 😳 - pedestrian is physically thrown by the car, but completely sideways, no forward component at all
(small screen notebook thingy here - am I missing [b]a LOT[/b] ?)
I still don't get it - pedestrian is physically thrown by the car, but completely sideways, no forward component at all
Currently the internet is 50/50 on whether the video is legit.
If someone I knew had been hit like that I'd be very thankful to the person that followed and stopped the driver/phoned the police/dropped someone off to check on the victim.
I still don't get it - pedestrian is physically thrown by the car, but completely sideways, no forward component at all
The pedestrian was hit by the side of the car, so effectively bounces of whilst spinning like a top. They tend to get knocked back in this case with little forward momentum. Like putting loads of spin on a cue ball except they don't fall backwards.
