Girl hits cyclist then jokes about it on Twitter.

Glaucus said:
I'm alsoabit confused about the work thing, own time, personal twitter, own car (presumably).
But then again as soon as the employees name is mentioned, it's bringing the name of the employer into disrepute.

He's she been arrested yet?
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I don't blame the employer for acting when they have been dragged into it, it's people bringing them into it in the first place that is reprehensible

It's nasty, spiteful with the clear intent to wreck someone's life. Hopefully if this wrecks her career the law will allow some form of legal redress against those who have caused it.

Before anyone jumps down my throat, her act was completely out of order and she needs punished but this had nothing to do with her career.
 
No1newts said:
So that makes it right for people to hunt down her employer and potentially ruin her life and career and then glory about it on the net?
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Depends how you look at it. If she's signed a contract where her she admits that her social network account may be representing the interests of the company, and then she tweets about how she mowed down a cyclist, then I wouldn't be surprised if she lost her job. To some extent i agree its vindictive of people to go out of their way to do that to her, however i think its just as bad if she was allowed to get away with it.
 
StriderX said:
A cycle is simply a flimsy connection of hollow metal rods, a car is usually a tonne monstrosity and you want equality in law over it, no...just no.
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So blame for a accident should be assigned to the party that did, or is capable of doing more damage regardless of who was actually responsible?

Interesting.
 
VaderDSL said:
Surely she initiated that by posting about it on Twitter? I don't condone the vigilantism, it should always be dealt with by the authorities.
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Posting about it on the net is moronic, it compounds her initial idiocy and thankfully makes it easier for the police to catch her but why is it then ok to attempt to destroy her career?
 
Yeah i agree with the witch hunt comments but she didnt even stop to make sure he was okay, she cant say she didnt notice he flew through an hedge after tweeting it either. This is what annoys me the most.
 
No1newts said:
I don't blame the employer for acting when they have been dragged into it, it's people bringing them into it in the first place that is reprehensible

It's nasty, spiteful with the clear intent to wreck someone's life. Hopefully if this wrecks her career the law will allow some form of legal redress against those who have caused it.

Before anyone jumps down my throat, her act was completely out of order and she needs punished but this had nothing to do with her career.
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You dont think her employer has a right to know if their employee is publicly posting about their crimes?
 
Technically if she says she had right of way didn't the cyclist hit her?

Also is there any actual proof this happened? other than a cyclist in the same county being hit by a blonde driver during the same week?
 
Car drivers do not pay road tax either, they pay vehicle emissions tax so cyclists pay the same amount as a zero emissions car, nothing.

I enjoy cycling and work in London and watching the amount of cyclists jump red lights etc does make me mad however if you think that deliberately knocking someone off their bike taking photos at 95 mph and then bragging about it in the public domain is acceptable then there is something seriously wrong.

In this case she deserves everything she gets.
 
The fact this is reported on a cyclist-propaganda website called ipayroadtax.com makes me wonder if this actually happened.
 
ubersonic said:
Technically if she says she had right of way didn't the cyclist hit her?

Also is there any actual proof this happened? other than a cyclist in the same county being hit by a blonde driver during the same week?
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I imagine the police will be looking into it further.
 
ubersonic said:
Technically if she says she had right of way didn't the cyclist hit her?

Also is there any actual proof this happened? other than a cyclist in the same county being hit by a blonde driver during the same week?
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Even if that's the case there's failing to stop/failing to report.
 
There has been a sharp increase in cyclists over the past few years and apparently people weren't ready for it. It seems a lot of motorists simply don't know the rules when dealing with another road user that doesn't weigh a tonne. Fortunately, I've started seeing billboards up here that state you should leave as much room for a bike as you would a car.. this is a good start, because drivers don't seem to understand a cyclist has as much right to cycle in the middle of the lane as they do to drive in the same position. For all intents and purposes of the law, a bike is the same width as a car.

Hopefully she'll be dealt with properly by the police and the Reddit users will have learnt their lesson about witch-hunts from the whole Boston bomber fiasco. Unfortunately i doubt this will be the case.
 
ubersonic said:
Technically if she says she had right of way didn't the cyclist hit her?
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If the cyclists account is correct, then no, she didn't have right of way.

Cyclist said:
A car came tearing round the blind corner and narrowly missed a cyclist in front of me. She came on to my side of the road, I took the wing mirror off and I went flying off my bike into a hedge.
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The "tearing round the corner" corresponds with her earlier bragging of 95mph driving.
 
No1newts said:
Posting about it on the net is moronic, it compounds her initial idiocy and thankfully makes it easier for the police to catch her but why is it then ok to attempt to destroy her career?
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Agreed! People need to realise that there are such things as consequences to what you say, out loud and on the internet. And I believe the people going after her themselves are just as bad and should be dealt with also.
 
It's like a perfect OCUK storm of vaguely bangable girl, female driving standards and how much everyone hates cyclists all in one thread with a sprinkle of "I think vigilante justice is terrible".
 
ubersonic said:
"Road tax" is a phrase commonly used to refer to VED, a tax that has to be paid by car owners in order to use the road.
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Indeed it is, however if you drive a zero emissions car you do not pay any 'road tax' to use the road. I don't want to derail the thread but thought it was worth clarifying this point as lots of people mistakenly bring out this argument whenever they want to have a go at cyclists.
 
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