Norwich cabbie Douglas Gow-Robinson cleared of hit and run on cyclist

[glenn forger]

and I have no idea why:

http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news...after_crash_with_cyclist_in_norwich_1_4277430

chairman of the bench Tim Thirst said: “It was obvious that visibility was restricted to both yourself and the cyclist due to the dangerous parking of the tractor on the cycle path, where it shouldn’t have been. We believe that you were driving at the standard of a reasonable driver.”

Mr Gow-Robinson was found not guilty of driving without due care and attention, failing to stop after a road accident and of failing to report a road accident to the police.

 

[LocalLad]

Not driving with due care, I could be convinced. But how does the tractor being there prevent him stopping at the scene and reporting to the police?!

 

[Tim Hall]

So we can take it from the Chairman of the Bench's remarks that "driving blindly and hope you don't hit anything" is the standard of a reasonable driver. Got it.

 

[Marshall]

Obviously tractors fault us cyclist can not blame others for our own lack of attention it looks like if it has gone to court then the taxi driver was blameless some of us cyclist need to smell the coffee or we will give each over bad vibes to the bigger population out their

 

[mjr]

it looks like if it has gone to court then the taxi driver was blameless

You've not seen much of Norwich magistrates before, then?

 

[DRM]

Comments have been disabled.....I wonder why, that magistrate should be put on a bike and rammed with a taxi

 

[Poacher]

Comments have been disabled.....I wonder why, that magistrate should be put on a bike and rammed with a taxi

Maybe because the report in the paper was more than five years ago?

 

[DRM]

This similar threads thing needs disabling, even I didn’t spot this was an old crusty thread, it’s a right pain having people replying to ye olde ancient threade 😡

 

[classic33]

This similar threads thing needs disabling, even I didn’t spot this was an old crusty thread, it’s a right pain having people replying to ye olde ancient threade 😡

Seems to be new posters, of late, resurrecting the old threads.

 

[Scoosh]

MOD NOTE: 5 year old thread being resurrected??

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