Apparently deliberate (US)

[Alex321]

This appears to be a completely deliberate mowing down of cyclists in the US. Hopefully the driver will spend a few years inside, and much longer before any chance of getting a licence back.
Note - the cyclists survived, with fairly minor injuries.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVXoOHxOCjI

 

[ianrauk]

Horrific

 

[Cycleops]

Just hope the penalties there are a lot sterner than in the UK.

 

[sevenfourate]

I cant even click the play button.

Pretty sure i can imagine who / what won the argument though.....

 

[Cycleops]

Apparently drink driving or DUI as they call it is a big problem in the US:

"According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, about 1.5 million people were arrested in a given year for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. That means that one out of every 121 licensed drivers were arrested for drunk driving."

If you look at some of these channels on YouTube which feature body cam footage of DUI arrests it's staggering that the offenders think it no big deal. Not to mention being extremely annoying:


View: https://youtu.be/eVz8vY71-9s?si=Qpa8tDi5zSjthC04

 

[Slick]

I thought that the initial incident was horrific until I saw what happened to the second rider. Usually the yanks don't mess around the same way we do, so fingers crossed the driver is dealt with accordingly.

Obviously thoughts with both riders, and how they only sustained minor injuries must be some kind of miracle.

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

One rider was treated at the scene the second, the one that was ran over, was treated in hospital for a severe laceration to his leg. Six empty can of beer were found in the SUV and the driver is facing multiple charges.

 

[cyberknight]

I cant say how strongly i feel about the driver getting the maximum sentence he deserves without using swear words .

 

[T4tomo]

Its one of those occasion when you wish a yank had had a gun to hand.....

 

[Gillstay]

Terrible.

 

[marzjennings]

Just hope the penalties there are a lot sterner than in the UK.

If proven guilty the driver could see between 2 and 10 years in jail. Hopefully they get the maximum time as there is no excuse for what happened.