Unbelievable

trigger118

Apologies if this has already been posted

https://twitter.com/roadcc/status/363759781426638848

The Real Radioactiveman

wtf is it April 1st.

Send the cretin to the chokey

rockmonkeysc

I ride a road bike through a city every day to get to work. It's not that surprising and to be fair, more considerate than most bus drivers.

trigger118

RockmonkeySC wrote:

more considerate than most bus drivers.

What is? Deliberately running a cyclist off the road and admitting drink driving?

You have some pretty nasty bus drivers round your way! :shock:

foy

trigger 118 this needs reporting to the police asap as this fucking bitch wants hanging from the nearest streetlamp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

capoz77

foy wrote:

trigger 118 this needs reporting to the police asap as this ******* ***** wants hanging from the nearest streetlamp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

this

trigger118

It has been reported to the police already, sussex police have replied to a few people that sent it on to them.

I don't have twitter myself but a friend on facebook forwarded this link which is how I know of it.

Kowalski675

Dumb bitch.

schmako

Its people like this that make me wish humanity didn't exist.

Woodmonkey

Have notified the daily mail , should be in the press today

foy

Just read the daily mail and the moron has been charged with driving without due care and attention, failing to stop after an accident, and failing to report an accident. YES GOOD RESULT.

DanDax1990

What about assault?...

foy

no mention of any assault, the story is in the dail mail if you want to read it. she has been a very stupid girl as her premiums will go up now.

rapid_donkey

Some of the comments, and how much they have been 'liked' on the Daily Mail website about the incident are a bit disappointing.
Apparently cyclists have never taken exams and have no clue of the laws of the road, besides the fact that most cyclists probably drive and enjoy cycling as a sport/hobby. Its also funny that alot of cyclists on the road probably have bikes worth more money than the cars overtaking them too.

cooldad

foy wrote:

Just read the daily mail and the moron has been charged with driving without due care and attention, failing to stop after an accident, and failing to report an accident. YES GOOD RESULT.

That was the previous mong Emma Way. Your powers of comprehension are a bit vague.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... clist.html

cooldad

Although to be fair most DM articles read as if they're written by morons.

rockmonkeysc

cooldad wrote:

Although to be fair all DM articles written by morons.

Corrected for you.

Kowalski675

cooldad wrote:

Although to be fair most DM articles read as if they're written by morons.

And for morons.

capoz77

Tried to find the dailymail story and found this!

WTF

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... probe.html



what I hate about none cycling motorists, is they forget most of us drive a car too! LOL

capoz77

Ah found the latest story.

She's certainly getting some stick on here twitter account!

https://twitter.com/daisymerollinnn

lbalony

rapid_donkey wrote:

Some of the comments, and how much they have been 'liked' on the Daily Mail website about the incident are a bit disappointing.
Apparently cyclists have never taken exams and have no clue of the laws of the road, besides the fact that most cyclists probably drive and enjoy cycling as a sport/hobby. Its also funny that alot of cyclists on the road probably have bikes worth more money than the cars overtaking them too.

It was the same with the last stupid little girl! I cannot believe the idiocy of the comments. The road tax issue is always a funny one. No one told them their is no such thing? Some people are sub human scum

rapid_donkey

People moaning about cyclists not paying road tax is particularly idiotic.
Road tax is based on the harmful emissions a vehicle emits, some cars with low emissions and stop start technology pay no tax, so why on earth should cyclists?

Kowalski675

rapid_donkey wrote:

Road tax is based on the harmful emissions a vehicle emits,

Only in recent years (since 2000), and that's completely ar*e about face too, since it's based purely on the current ridiculous obsession with carbon emmissions, so diesels pay less road tax than a comparable petrol engined car, despite the diesels being far worse polluters. The change to emmisssions based road tax was meant to punish drivers of "gas guzzlers", but did nothing of the sort. The people who drive Range Rovers, Bentleys (or whatever) don't give a toss that their road tax went up, but the people it really punished were drivers of regular family cars, who now pay far more than they used to under the old system - it was just yet another way of f*****g over the majority for yet more tax, while dressing it up in a wafer thin veneer of eco warrior tree hugging shite.

cooldad

I suggest a strongly worded letter to the Daily Mail.
Harrumph.

YeehaaMcgee

Kowalski675 wrote:

rapid_donkey wrote:

Road tax is based on the harmful emissions a vehicle emits,

Only in recent years (since 2000), and that's completely ar*e about face too, since it's based purely on the current ridiculous obsession with carbon emmissions, so diesels pay less road tax than a comparable petrol engined car, despite the diesels being far worse polluters. The change to emmisssions based road tax was meant to punish drivers of "gas guzzlers", but did nothing of the sort. The people who drive Range Rovers, Bentleys (or whatever) don't give a toss that their road tax went up, but the people it really punished were drivers of regular family cars, who now pay far more than they used to under the old system - it was just yet another way of f*****g over the majority for yet more tax, while dressing it up in a wafer thin veneer of eco warrior tree hugging shite.

Oi, shush. Oi, OI. HEY. Shut up. Oi. Listen.
Stop ranting for a momen.... There, that's better.

How does any of that actually matter in this context?

nicklouse

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

Kowalski675 wrote:

rapid_donkey wrote:

Road tax is based on the harmful emissions a vehicle emits,

Only in recent years (since 2000), and that's completely ar*e about face too, since it's based purely on the current ridiculous obsession with carbon emmissions, so diesels pay less road tax than a comparable petrol engined car, despite the diesels being far worse polluters. The change to emmisssions based road tax was meant to punish drivers of "gas guzzlers", but did nothing of the sort. The people who drive Range Rovers, Bentleys (or whatever) don't give a toss that their road tax went up, but the people it really punished were drivers of regular family cars, who now pay far more than they used to under the old system - it was just yet another way of f*****g over the majority for yet more tax, while dressing it up in a wafer thin veneer of eco warrior tree hugging shite.

Oi, shush. Oi, OI. HEY. Shut up. Oi. Listen.
Stop ranting for a momen.... There, that's better.

How does any of that actually matter in this context?

there is not a Tax called "Road Tax" it is the V.E.D. it has nothing to do with the roads.

Kowalski675

nicklouse wrote:

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

Kowalski675 wrote:

rapid_donkey wrote:

Road tax is based on the harmful emissions a vehicle emits,

Only in recent years (since 2000), and that's completely ar*e about face too, since it's based purely on the current ridiculous obsession with carbon emmissions, so diesels pay less road tax than a comparable petrol engined car, despite the diesels being far worse polluters. The change to emmisssions based road tax was meant to punish drivers of "gas guzzlers", but did nothing of the sort. The people who drive Range Rovers, Bentleys (or whatever) don't give a toss that their road tax went up, but the people it really punished were drivers of regular family cars, who now pay far more than they used to under the old system - it was just yet another way of f*****g over the majority for yet more tax, while dressing it up in a wafer thin veneer of eco warrior tree hugging shite.

Oi, shush. Oi, OI. HEY. Shut up. Oi. Listen.
Stop ranting for a momen.... There, that's better.

How does any of that actually matter in this context?

there is not a Tax called "Road Tax" it is the V.E.D. it has nothing to do with the roads.

But everybody knows it as "road tax", since you're paying to use the roads (the third world state of which is testament to the fact that only approximately 4% of the revenue raised from "road tax" is spent on their upkeep).

Kowalski675

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

Kowalski675 wrote:

rapid_donkey wrote:

Road tax is based on the harmful emissions a vehicle emits,

Only in recent years (since 2000), and that's completely ar*e about face too, since it's based purely on the current ridiculous obsession with carbon emmissions, so diesels pay less road tax than a comparable petrol engined car, despite the diesels being far worse polluters. The change to emmisssions based road tax was meant to punish drivers of "gas guzzlers", but did nothing of the sort. The people who drive Range Rovers, Bentleys (or whatever) don't give a toss that their road tax went up, but the people it really punished were drivers of regular family cars, who now pay far more than they used to under the old system - it was just yet another way of f*****g over the majority for yet more tax, while dressing it up in a wafer thin veneer of eco warrior tree hugging shite.

Oi, shush. Oi, OI. HEY. Shut up. Oi. Listen.
Stop ranting for a momen.... There, that's better.

How does any of that actually matter in this context?

It was a relevant observation re the quoted post.

YeehaaMcgee

No, not really. Cyclists pay tax too, which goes towards road maintenance. Cyclists who don't have a car, simply don't pay vehicle excise duty.

Clank

Kowalski675 wrote:

But everybody knows it as "road tax".

Dude, that is the weakest justification, and you know it!

What everyone calls it, isn't what it is. Koala's ain't bears, ladybirds ain't birds, and 50% aren't ladies, and 'road tax' ain't the same as VED. VED doesn't pay for roads and upkeep, that's what taxes are for (and everyone pays those).

But I suspect you already knew that.

Kowalski675

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

No, not really. Cyclists pay tax too, which goes towards road maintenance. Cyclists who don't have a car, simply don't pay vehicle excise duty.

Whatever.