Bus 'used as weapon'

[Machu Picchu]

Video footage here

A bus driver who knocked a cyclist off his bike in Bristol using his bus "as a weapon" has been jailed for 17 months.

The court was told the bus driver deliberately knocked the cyclist down after the pair had an altercation. The cyclist suffered a broken leg.

Another reminder of the complete f***ing idiots out there and why it's important not to put yourself in such a position

 

[Machu Picchu]

 

[Swifty's Cakes]

Horrifying, and good to see a severe penalty handed down rather than a derisory fine for some poxy charge like driving without due care and attention.

 

[ClipIn]

Horrifying, and good to see a severe penalty handed down rather than a derisory fine for some poxy charge like driving without due care and attention.

Completely agree.

 

[Fiemme]

Horrifying, and good to see a severe penalty handed down rather than a derisory fine for some poxy charge like driving without due care and attention.

I wouldn't call 17 months a severe penalty. The Bus driver deliberately ran the cyclist off the road. I would consider this attempted murder. 5-10 years would be a severe penalty.

 

[AntonioRossi]

I wouldn't call 17 months a severe penalty. The Bus driver deliberately ran the cyclist off the road. I would consider this attempted murder. 5-10 years would be a severe penalty.

Exactly. The bus driver deserves much more time than a mere 17 months in jail.

 

[ElChingon]

Yes, its bad but you don't need to go to those lengths to get a weapon.

Get this the latest excuse used to totally side step the law and run over a cyclist and mane them.

"I saw a fast approaching truck behind me and wanted to avoid him so I moved off the road.", this was on a two lane road (in one direction) . Driver runs over a cyclist (literally) and then rams car into a tree. No one F-ing charge and no word if even a ticket. You'd think at the very least reckless driving but no, nothing. Meanwhile, cyclist is fighting for their life in a hospital...

Ref: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jan/19/cyclist-hit-vehicle-sorrento-valley/

Another story with comments: http://www.10news.com/news/30256623/detail.html

 

[fat and frantic]

17 months? Remember, this is England, he'll be out in 6!

 

[User Guide]

"road wars" just on the telly, a guy stole a tom tom sat nav and got 16 months........ 1 extra month for attempted murder with a freakin bus, you couldnt make this &*&* up.

 

[Swifty's Cakes]

In the UK 17 months for driver is a long scentence. You can get convicted of death by dangerous driving and be given a shorter tariff. By the standards of the UK justice system 17 months for a driving related crime is a severe scentence.

 

[ElChingon]

In the UK 17 months for driver is a long scentence. You can get convicted of death by dangerous driving and be given a shorter tariff. By the standards of the UK justice system 17 months for a driving related crime is a severe scentence.

No its not, 17 years might be, maybe.

Dare you be caught with a recrational drug though and you'll never be seen again.

 

[Swifty's Cakes]

No its not, 17 years might be, maybe.

Dare you be caught with a recrational drug though and you'll never be seen again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causing_death_by_dangerous_driving#Sentencing

Minimum scentence in the UK for Death by Dangerous driving is 12 months. Being inside a metal box makes you exempt from the usual laws.

 

[Boeing]

17 months for attempted murder and assault with deadly weapon in the UK. In China if you raise capital for private sector avoiding national banks you get a death sentence

 

[Swifty's Cakes]

17 months for attempted murder and assault with deadly weapon in the UK. In China if you raise capital for private sector avoiding national banks you get a death sentence

lets not aspire to the standards of the chinese justice system.

I get that people think the scentence should have been more, but remember that bad driving in the UK usually gets a fine and an endorsement on the license. 17 months is a big scentence for a driving offense.

 

[palmerq]

lets not aspire to the standards of the chinese justice system.

I get that people think the scentence should have been more, but remember that bad driving in the UK usually gets a fine and an endorsement on the license. 17 months is a big scentence for a driving offense.

to be fair its not really bad driving more like assault with a deadky weapon :S 17 months is pretty good for the driver he's pretty much attacked the guy with a lump of metal weighing however many thousand kgs a bus weighs ...

 

[Fiemme]

All this talk about 17 months being a long sentence in the UK begs me to wonder, What do you get for beating the s**t our of an innocent bystander with a metal pole.

 

[palmerq]

All this talk about 17 months being a long sentence in the UK begs me to wonder, What do you get for beating the s**t our of an innocent bystander with a metal pole.

less than you would if you scam some money from the government or insurance companies :S

 

[The Hitch]

Shouldnt this be linked with the thread on the same issue in Le Cafe?

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=16622

 

[straydog]

Shouldnt this be linked with the thread on the same issue in Le Cafe?

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=16622

exactly my thoughts....

 

[Boeing]

Shouldnt this be linked with the thread on the same issue in Le Cafe?

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=16622

I wonder what kind of fitness you would have if you spent as much time on the bike and you do here.

 

[The Hitch]

I wonder what kind of fitness you would have if you spent as much time on the bike and you do here.

Not much higher than it is now. i play a sport pretty much every day.