Prison sentence for driver.

[Beebo]

the driver received a 2 years prison sentence for deliberately knocking a cyclist off. It shows the benefit of a camera.
And the incident was over such a non event.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-49051772

 

[ianrauk]

Good result

 

[Slick]

And off the road for 3 years, excellent result.

 

[Cycleops]

What a nasty barsteward. He won't be doing that again in a hurry.

 

[midlife]

Just curious, what did the cyclist do wrong in the eyes of the convicted driver?

 

[Cycleops]

I read in another report he just shook his head at the driver. Unbelievable.

 

[Freds Dad]

Does the driving ban start when he is released from prison or does it start when sentenced.

 

[Pale Rider]

Just curious, what did the cyclist do wrong in the eyes of the convicted driver?

Perhaps I'm being dense, but the written description of them arriving at opposite ends of a junction doesn't seem to match the video.

Looks to me as if the driver slowed as if to turn right and the cyclist trundled up a large gap to pass on the nearside.

The driver appears to have taken against that, set off in pursuit, and knocked the cyclist off from behind.

 

[Stephenite]

Perhaps I'm being dense, but the written description of them arriving at opposite ends of a junction doesn't seem to match the video.

Looks to me as if the driver slowed as if to turn right and the cyclist trundled up a large gap to pass on the nearside.

The driver appears to have taken against that, set off in pursuit, and knocked the cyclist off from behind.

See the start of the video. Before the driver slows to allow the cyclist to get in front.

 

[Drago]

Just curious, what did the cyclist do wrong in the eyes of the convicted driver?

He existed, that was his crime in the eyes of the Cage Rager.

 

[Slick]

Doesn't really matter what if anything the cyclist did or didn't do, it was all about the mad behaviour of the driver who saw the cyclist at the opposite end of the junction then cut across him anyway, then brake checked him before pushing him off the road from the side. Disgusting behaviour from an obvious thug who thought he was untouchable so good on the courts. To be fair to the cyclist, he was back on his feet in double quick time, but I suppose you would in case the idiot came back for another bite.

 

[pawl]

And off the road for 3 years, excellent result.

Ban him for life and crush the car.

 

[Profpointy]

Ban him for life and crush the car.

Sell the car and crush the driver

 

[pjd57]

A life ban would have been appropriate

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Perhaps I'm being dense, but the written description of them arriving at opposite ends of a junction doesn't seem to match the video.
Looks to me as if the driver slowed as if to turn right and the cyclist trundled up a large gap to pass on the nearside.
The driver appears to have taken against that, set off in pursuit, and knocked the cyclist off from behind.

Something else was a play here that can't be seen in the video, the car driver was being ignorant & aggressive when he made his right turn in front of the cyclist. But to stop in an attempt to stop the cyclist once he was off the bridge for no reason seems strange to me (there is no right turn at this point), I suspect the cyclist was either shouting or gesticulating what he thought of the driver. Either way it is not an excuse to attack somebody with a car, as to the sentence, 24 months probation, anger management classes & a life ban on any motorised vehicle would have been more appropriate.