Careless Driving Is A Crime

daviesee

A careless driver is being done for driving through a puddle and splashing school kids.
Said driver is foolish enough to film it and post it, giving the police all the evidence they need.
Full story here

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-New ... h%2C_Devon

Fair enough.

But how come running cyclists off the road appears to be perfectly okay? :evil:

Pross

There was a case in Germany where a driver deliberately splashed a pedestrian who promptly tracked them down and murdered them. Not advocating it but might make people think twice. Shame they got imprisoned - seems justified to me!

downfader

Some pillock soaked me a couple of years back with stagnant waterm and I saw them getting stuck at a red, so ran at the car and shouted at the driver to tell him off (technically it was two vans that did it. His mate lept out and threatened me shouting a load of hogwash and I think the guy must have realised I was about to properly lose my s*** as he got back in the cab and locked the door. :twisted:

I then went to the first van that soaked me tapped on the window. The guy wound it down and immediately appologised and admitted he hadnt been paying full attention. I accepted his apology and walked off, smelly and wet to catch my bus. Now had the first driver done the same instead of letting monkey boy get in my face I might have left it at that.

I did hear of an old dear who died of pneumonia after some cretin soaked her, so I'm well up for these fools to be taken to task.

deptfordmarmoset

Careless driving? She seemed fully in control of the vehicle and actually took a lot of care to position her car to maximum effect. Surely that's reckless driving.

Now if only careless partnering were a crime. That bloke egging her on and doing a running commentary is precisely the kind of sickening bully I'd like to D-lock*.




*D-lock: to scrotally-pierce with a D-lock which is then locked around a lamp post. Next to a really big puddle. With the street light wired up to the lock.