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The clip opened with two cars lined up side by side, lights were flickering on both cars. The wrecked one couldn't contain his excitement. There is every chance they were.
 
Driver who fled crash called it 'karma' for cyclist he injured

A driver who showed "no remorse" after causing a crash that left a cyclist requiring surgery has received a suspended prison sentence.
Ms Fidler had been cycling along Bridge Road in Chertsey on August 5, 2018, avoiding potholes on her nearside, when Keemer, driving his car behind her, became impatient, honking his horn at her several times.

Rather than pulling out and overtaking, he then pulled alongside Ms Fidler, verbally abusing and then steering towards her, braking sharply as his front wheel struck the kerb.

Ms Fidler too was forced to brake hard, an action which sent her flying over her handlebars, landing on her head and shoulder and suffering injuries that police described as "GBH level". Keemer drove on.
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Having pleaded guilty on March 25 to causing serious injury by dangerous driving, failing to stop at the scene of a collision, failing to report a collision and driving a vehicle without an MOT, Keemer was sentenced to 14 months in prison, suspended for two years
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At the very least she should have been ordered to pay for his medical treatment. That should always be ordered in cases where a driver is found guilty, in addition to any jail sentence or community service or what not, particularly if the courts are going to stay feeble and pathetic regarding bans,
 
mojo pixy said:
At the very least she should have been ordered to pay for his medical treatment. That should always be ordered in cases where a driver is found guilty, in addition to any jail sentence or community service or what not, particularly if the courts are going to stay feeble and pathetic regarding bans,
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That would be part of the insurance claim which would be separate from the criminal action. Compensation in situations like this will likely run into the millions (not that any money can make amends for the damage), but it will be footed by the insurer so whether the pay out is £1000 or £100,000,000 it doesn't make much difference to the driver.

A one year ban is astonishingly low. You'd likely get a longer ban for being slightly over the drink drive limit but not actually crashed or anything. Its madness.
 
Teaboy said:
That would be part of the insurance claim which would be separate from the criminal action. Compensation in situations like this will likely run into the millions (not that any money can make amends for the damage), but it will be footed by the insurer so whether the pay out is £1000 or £100,000,000 it doesn't make much difference to the driver.
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I was on about should though, not is. Insurers could help by only offering "black box" policies to drivers found guilty of driving offences .. better still make it a question of law, not affordability. ie. if found guilty of any motoring offence but.not banned (or after a ban) you can only buy car insurance if you have a black box, for say 5 years.
 
I'm not convinced by the black box technology. Better to simply say if you kill or permanently injure someone while driving, you'll be banned from driving forever. No extenuating circumstances, no excuses, game over. Then we'll see if driving standards improve.
 
The technology is virtually out there for a car to read the speed limit of any road and limit the speed of the car. That would be a start.
 
Outrageous. That road has a 20mph limit yet he was going so fast that he couldn’t stay on the correct side of the road. Five years + 10 year ban needed. As BigTom says, probably get a fine.
 
So far, the police appear to have done little...the poor guy sorted out the CCTV and the police meekly say they are trying to work out who was driving.
its a horrible image. Now I've seen it, I can't lose it.
 
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