Driver Boasted About Hitting Cyclist

[ChillDoubt]

...on Twitter!

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/drivers-twitter-boast-hitting-cyclist-115031323.html#WA6SXnT

What this dumb blonde also failed to realise with her post is that NOBODY in the UK pays road tax.

I hope the Police prosecute to the letter of the law.

[MadMen]

What an idiot!!

It's morons like her, that force me to ride on the pavement.

[Baldric]

A Blonde, shooting herself in the foot,
And in Norfolk, how unusual !!!

[Mamyalynne]

MM I love cyclists on the pavement, my stick in the spokes is a great sport.

[humbersloop]

something about blondes baldric?

I heard that


how's your arm?

[baza]

in Norfolk it seems blondes do have more fun, tongue in cheek.

[craft1948]

I thought we did pay road tax, but I am occasionally blonde........

[Baldric]

I think their great sloopy, they get dirty quicker ;o)

It's still sore, back to fracture clinic later, hope I can keep f/glass sleeve thingy, don't want a plaster

[Answerprancer]

Simple answer - it's "assault with a deadly weapon" - jail the stupid tart for a few years and make an example of her.

[SpikeyBush]

Though I must say I find motorists in Northern Ireland the most cycle friendly out of the whole of the British Isles, especially at Sandyknowles Roundabout in the morning rush hour when I had to cycle to work when my motor was in the workshop. Normally for a car driver this is the sort of junction where you close your eyes, press your right foot down as far as it will go, and prey. But when I was trying to negotiate it on two wheels everyone in seemed to go out of their way to make my passage as easy as possible.

Courtesy works both ways.

[MadMen]

Lol Mamya. I do hope I never have a 'stick in the spokes' from someone as lovely as yourself.... they would find themselves in A&E.

[ChillDoubt]

From the link, for all Veronica Lake-esque AB'ers:

Road tax does not actually exist in the UK and roads are funded from general taxation.

It is commonly confused with Vehicle Excise Duty, which is a car tax paid on vehicles as a levy on emissions.

[Mamyalynne]

you would yes

[MadMen]

*they*

I know your eyesight is Sugar...

[ChillDoubt]

Better A&E than the mortuary, MadMen. Not even blondes drive on the pavement.

[Mamyalynne]

It is but my aim is true

[Answerprancer]

As a cyclist, I did not ask for 'taxable' roads to be between myself and my destination, I would be happy to use dirt tracks but if they're there, I'll have to use them - my bike does not pollute and causes very little wear and tear on the road so afaic "road tax" is out of the question. Just drinking the Devil's Advocaat there!

[MadMen]

Chill, I am neither blonde, nor ride on the... er.. roads :-/

[ChillDoubt]

I know MadMen, I was pointing out that you'll be safer on the pavement from the sort of cretin who made the news in the OP.

[MadMen]

Chill, I have used your video (the one where you nearly got run down) on my Facebook page SO many times now!

[FredPuli43]

Let's see , what have we got ? Failing to stop, failing to report, careless driving....Anything else ? Do you sometimes think that users of Twitter imagine that only a trustworthy friend or two reads what they put ?