WTF! Seventeen months in jail is way too light a sentence for this. This isn’t reckless driving, it’s attempted homicide.
ETA: Link to story in UK paper
2012-02-17 20:14:33
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Bus v. bicycle, from England (bike loses)
Scary video from England. (less than a minute long)
2012-02-17 20:11:10
@marko82 WTF! Seventeen months in jail is way too light a sentence for this.
Your article says:
Hill was told he would serve half his sentence before being considered for release on licence...
OTOH, if it had not been for the placement of the camera? He could have said the magic words and maybe gone free.
2012-02-17 21:36:46
Wow, that's crazy. Lock him up and throw away the key, seriously. Dude's lucky to have only suffered a broken leg and fractured wrist.
2012-02-17 22:39:59
From the thread subject I assumed this was one of those timed commuter races -- who gets there fastest, by what mode. But no one second thought I think I won't click on that link.
2012-02-18 12:09:29
The crazy thing about it and the comments about "traffic flow" is that you can see that they were approaching a red light and there is traffic flowing at the intersection. Even if the cyclist wasn't there, he woud have to wait at the light!
2012-02-18 14:25:14
Perhaps now there should be campaign for the early release of the driver, led possibly by the cyclist who will have the results of his provocation weighing heavily on his conscience for the rest of his life.
11 months with potential for early release for leaving him there.
2012-02-18 14:28:57
@rsprake Perhaps now there should be campaign for the early release of the driver
Where is that quote from?
2012-02-20 16:22:25
Comments on the article. Read at your own risk.
2012-02-20 17:01:12
2012-02-20 17:12:04
Ha ha. There is so much bad behavior in that video.
2012-02-20 17:17:38