I expect you've all seen this. Driver tweets about a collision.

[machew]

Just watched the BBC interview, it is now the fault of the cyclist. He was on the wrong side of the road, I did stop and look at the cyclist in my rear view mirror and as he was fine I drove on

 

[threebikesmcginty]

one that was posted earlier, but was then taken down...

 

[Cycling Dan]

This CP. All too common. People believe they can act with impunity up until the point they are faced with being caught/hard evidence etc. My favourite example is where on several occasions I have drawn up alongside people at traffic lights where they have been using their mobile phone whilst driving. The inevitable exchange goes like this.
Me "Excuse me, can you put your phone down please?"
Reply "What the f*ck has it got to do with you? F*ck off."
Me "I'm a police officer, and you're breaking the law." (Shows warrant card.)
Reply "Sorry, didn't realise you're a policeman."
Me " It shouldn't matter who I am, you're endangering me and other road users. "

There is a very real perception amongst young people that I come across time and time again, and that is as long as you can get away with it you haven't done anything wrong. If anyone sees you doing wrong only people in authority can do anything about it, and if anyone in authority sees you doing wrong they must prove that you have done wrong to absolutely everybody, beyond all doubt. If you tell your parents and friends that you did nothing wrong they will side with you and then you can then continue to claim innocence whilst drawing everybody's attention to what a b****** that person in authority is.

I see that unfolding with this particularly unpleasant woman in this incident.

One of the reasons the home sec wants cops to have cameras on their helmets or shoulder

 

[postman]

The more i see this interview the angrier i get.What she said and now is unable to remember was seen and read by many people.How she can sit there and repeat the garbage she has been spoon fed by her advisors makes me want to puke.
She is sorry for a few things,one her job could go tits up,and she is sorry that the twitter was seen.This interview is a 'car crash' in it's self.
I would like to see her questioned by a real hard lawyer.
If she gets off with this it will be open day to ride all of us off the road.
End of rant.

 

[Archie_tect]

Bobbycam... enough space in the helmet for a camera and their sandwiches!

 

[EltonFrog]

I'm starting to feel sorry for Emma now, her attempts and PR and trying to take control of the situation seem to be making her look more foolish, I'm sure that she isn't that daft, just naive. After this debacle, if I was her, I would ever go on a social media site again.

 

[Boris Bajic]

I'm starting to feel sorry for Emma now, her attempts and PR and trying to take control of the situation seem to be making her look more foolish, I'm sure that she isn't that daft, just naive. After this debacle, if I was her, I would ever go on a social media site again.

It's working then... (Evil laugh that goes sort of Mua-ha-ha-haaaa).

End.

 

[Archie_tect]

In the bigger picture it's not important, [edit: but the Police and CPS have to deal with it somehow in the face of all this publicity, while] her continued media exposure is making her look more foolish.

 

[Spinney]

I'm starting to feel sorry for Emma now, her attempts and PR and trying to take control of the situation seem to be making her look more foolish, I'm sure that she isn't that daft, just naive. After this debacle, if I was her, I would ever go on a social media site again.

She's 21.
She could legally be bringing up a 5 year old child, and teaching it all her attitudes. How bloody long does it take to grow up?

Edit: OK, so none of us grow up completely, including me, but in some areas of our lives we do. And one of the main lessons that should be learned is that once you are in a hole, stop digging.

 

[nilling]

Now immortalised in song


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ka2yhNQjLg

 

[007fair]

I have a horrible feeling she'll be on Big Brother or I'm a celeb get me out of here ..

 

[EltonFrog]

Now immortalised in song


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ka2yhNQjLg

It's a blumen awful song too. Poor girl, she has been virtually pilloried and now and forevermore she has going to have to live with a dreadful song written about her. I feel sorry for her family, they must be very embarrassed.

 

[Archie_tect]

...or the Geordie Shore, 'Way like!

 

[Cheddar George]

Time will pass and people will forget and soon she will be consigned to history along with the "cat in the bin" lady.

 

[Crackle]

I'm starting to feel sorry for Emma now, her attempts and PR and trying to take control of the situation seem to be making her look more foolish, I'm sure that she isn't that daft, just naive. After this debacle, if I was her, I would ever go on a social media site again.

Well she's learnt her lesson. From now on she won't use social media and will keep her indiscretions private, just like the rest of us.