Girl hits cyclist then jokes about it on Twitter.

[shifty_uk]

Is it just me who thought the victims(cyclist) statement in some of the articles seemed a tad far fetched? He looks like the type who would over exaggerate...

 

[theleg]

Is it just me who thought the victims(cyclist) statement in some of the articles seemed a tad far fetched? He looks like the type who would over exaggerate...

I felt the opposite. That his comments didnt seem to be taking it seriously enough.

 

[manic111]

Ruin her life? She nearly took someone's life - seriously injuring them for all she knew. If she had killed the bloke would you be speaking differently? If it was your family member she was mocking on her twitter for colliding with, would you?

She LAUGHED at the fact that she hit someone in her car. She found potentially causing someone catastrophic injuries hilarious and worth boasting about.

...and you care if she loses her job? She deserves to be ridiculed in public and be penniless.

Personally, I love the internet witch hunt culture. It hits people far harder than a caution, sentence or fine ever would. It makes truly disgusting human beings genuinely miserable on account of their despicable actions. **** up her life a bit, she deserves it.

You know the law is in place for a reason? And has developed over literally hundreds of years to deal with wrongdoings? But no, a group of internet vigilantes should absolutely hunt people down, that didn't go at all wrong with the Boston bombings.

Ultimately, I believe she sounds like a bad, or at least very foolish, person. However, you have to judge the crime, not her personality. She drove dangerously, hit a cyclist, and drove off. If/when convicted, she will be punished accordingly.

She should not be punished for being a bad person or a fool until/unless she does something wrong (which she has). Nor should her punishment be increased due to her personality. There are a lot of people in this world I don't like, or who do mean things. It's not my place to blab about it to their employers.

 

[Deific]

You know the law is in place for a reason? And has developed over literally hundreds of years to deal with wrongdoings? But no, a group of internet vigilantes should absolutely hunt people down, that didn't go at all wrong with the Boston bombings.

Ultimately, I believe she sounds like a bad, or at least very foolish, person. However, you have to judge the crime, not her personality. She drove dangerously, hit a cyclist, and drove off. If/when convicted, she will be punished accordingly.

She should not be punished for being a bad person or a fool until/unless she does something wrong (which she has). Nor should her punishment be increased due to her personality. There are a lot of people in this world I don't like, or who do mean things. It's not my place to blab about it to their employers.

I see where you're coming from but honestly, I'm fed up of the shallow, greedy, materialistic, selfish, people of the world who think they are entitled to everything and owe nothing, caring not a jot what impact their actions have on others. I find this individual a disgusting human being, not only for her actions, but also for her perception of those actions. This is an individual who I could not care less if their life was ruined, because I feel the world would be a far better place without such a person.

To you, I probably sound like a bitter, hateful person and nothing more. In fact, I'm the exact opposite. I despise the bitter, hateful people of the world.

 

[bazaarboy]

if you remove the car driver / cyclist agendas from this discussion the only conclusion you can reach is that the girl is a truly awful person.
she knowingly abandoned the scene of an accident (that she was directly involved in), without attempting to help the injured person (let's face it, odds were very likely that the cyclist would be injured or worse after that sort of fall).
Then, she arrogantly announced what she did, half expecting a pat on the back with some sort of ill-conceived sense of righteousness

sorry but people like that need to be made an example of...

 

[Russinating]

Yawn, another driving v cycling thread.

Some drivers are idiots. Some cyclists are idiots. /end

 

[Admiral Huddy]

I'm fed up with cyclists and i don't even drive!! There moral supiorty is enough to ban them from the roads. They don't pay road tax, they reckless and when they get into an accident is automatically the drivers fault. If you saw how they act in central London you'd agree with me.

Zzzzzzzzzzz

I don't doubt that cyclists act inappropriately but i see just as many vehicle drivers act just as stupidly. The sooner everyone respects everyone else, the safer and better the roads will be for everyone but people are naturally aggressive and selfish when it comes to road usage and ownership which leads me to my next point.. It's vehicle tax.. not road tax.. Vehicles are taxed to use public roads to which we are all entitled to use.

Yawn, another driving v cycling thread.

Some drivers are idiots. Some cyclists are idiots. /end

 

[ci_newman]

Yawn, another driving v cycling thread.

Some drivers are idiots. Some cyclists are idiots. /end

This pretty much sums it up tbh.

 

[Cosimo]

Yawn, another driving v cycling thread.

Some drivers are idiots. Some cyclists are idiots. /end

I'll just add that some pedestrians are idiots as well.

 

[elmarko]

I'll just add that some pedestrians are idiots as well.

+1.

In short.

Most people are idiots.

I see terrible drivers, terrible cyclists & stupid pedestrians daily.

 

[Admiral Huddy]

I'll just add that some pedestrians are idiots as well.

ah yes.. I can't believe some people. Just walking to the road or cross whilst on their phones. What's up with people.

Too many distractions today.

 

[No1newts]

In your opinion. Many others disagree with you. She was open about her employer, mentioning them on the same page as her admitted crimes. I would imagine she even had some workmates on her twitter contacts so this might have even caused issues at the workplace.

This was posted in the comments section. It seems quite reasonable to me.



having said that, i wouldnt have done it...but i would imagine its cyclists who reported her and they obviously have more of a personal interest in such things.

Perhaps I have a different moral code as to what is and isn't acceptable. Have to leave it at that I guess.

There's no difference between her being publicly outed by people on the web and by the press. Truth is, rightly, a defence against prosecution.



She caused this. I have zero sympathy.

But what gives you the right to be the judge and prosecute her. You don't know all the facts and may have potentially destroyed someone's life on the basis of false assumptions or misinformation.

Ruin her life? She nearly took someone's life - seriously injuring them for all she knew. If she had killed the bloke would you be speaking differently? If it was your family member she was mocking on her twitter for colliding with, would you?

She LAUGHED at the fact that she hit someone in her car. She found potentially causing someone catastrophic injuries hilarious and worth boasting about.

...and you care if she loses her job? She deserves to be ridiculed in public and be penniless.

Personally, I love the internet witch hunt culture. It hits people far harder than a caution, sentence or fine ever would. It makes truly disgusting human beings genuinely miserable on account of their despicable actions. **** up her life a bit, she deserves it.

You know the law is in place for a reason? And has developed over literally hundreds of years to deal with wrongdoings? But no, a group of internet vigilantes should absolutely hunt people down, that didn't go at all wrong with the Boston bombings.

Ultimately, I believe she sounds like a bad, or at least very foolish, person. However, you have to judge the crime, not her personality. She drove dangerously, hit a cyclist, and drove off. If/when convicted, she will be punished accordingly.

She should not be punished for being a bad person or a fool until/unless she does something wrong (which she has). Nor should her punishment be increased due to her personality. There are a lot of people in this world I don't like, or who do mean things. It's not my place to blab about it to their employers.

This would have been my response. There is a legal system in place to deal with people, not the mob. Mobs are stupid and can wrongly blame someone and ruin their life without feeling the need to establish the facts.

I see where you're coming from but honestly, I'm fed up of the shallow, greedy, materialistic, selfish, people of the world who think they are entitled to everything and owe nothing, caring not a jot what impact their actions have on others. I find this individual a disgusting human being, not only for her actions, but also for her perception of those actions. This is an individual who I could not care less if their life was ruined, because I feel the world would be a far better place without such a person.

To you, I probably sound like a bitter, hateful person and nothing more. In fact, I'm the exact opposite. I despise the bitter, hateful people of the world.

It is not yours, or the internets place to ruin her life.

What you promote is mob justice and vigilantism. No legal system, no redress, just anarchy. What is to stop people twisting it to suit themselves? What is to stop the wrong person being ruined? What is to stop it going too far and people being physically hurt by the mob?

You promote anarchy and the breakdown of any decent society, if you want that move to Syria or Zimbabwe, that system has no place in any remotely developed society.

 

[Locky]

The fact a motorist openly admitted hitting a cyclist proves it did happen, whether the two people involved are the same is more difficult to prove

Edit: There are some douchey motorists and some douchy cyclists... As a pedestrian I notice them all the time, but then again there are some douchey pedestrians too! As a general rule of thumb, there the good, the bad, and the douchey in everything.

Edit2: These guys are the worst...

here hoping one of them is seriously injured or killed.

 

[Showboat]

here hoping one of them is seriously injured or killed.

Wow at that video, never thought i'd see anything as bad as that, and im a cyclist!
The start is pretty funny with them trying to get out of a car park Then one nearly clips a cop car!
Sad thing is they will wipe out a pedestrian

 

[grudas]

here hoping one of them is seriously injured or killed.

you should never say that they will get injured if they keep that up but hoping for some one to get killed on injured ? please..

i ride through those exact roads every day and im probably the crazy one, never seen anyone riding like that it clearly was done for the race and nothing else.

 

[Porceliamone]

...From the evidence she seems to be an odious woman who brags about causing potentially serious harm to other people. She should be out in the street selling pencils from a cup....

Genuine and prolonged LOL.

Pahahha!!!

 

[Kazz]

here hoping one of them is seriously injured or killed.

The bar's been set guys, can anyone come out with a more stupid comment?

Personally I'm going to wager yes, yes they can.

 

[Mr Jack]

But what gives you the right to be the judge and prosecute her. You don't know all the facts and may have potentially destroyed someone's life on the basis of false assumptions or misinformation.

Do you think the press should not publish stories about people that are detrimental to their lives?

 

[Locky]

The bar's been set guys, can anyone come out with a more stupid comment?

Personally I'm going to wager yes, yes they can.

It's ok when their stupid riding injurers or kills someone else.

Ride like that through the streets of London I would expect to be injured or killed.

If they killed one of your loved ones I bet you would be wishing the same fate on them?

 

[Locky]

you should never say that they will get injured if they keep that up but hoping for some one to get killed on injured ? please..

i ride through those exact roads every day and im probably the crazy one, never seen anyone riding like that it clearly was done for the race and nothing else.

makes it ok that it was done for a race?

So it's ok when idiots do street racing in cars and kill or injure them selves or someone else? was only a race after all.

But I have seen people post comments wishing death on chavs who drive like that but the protected cyclist is a no no.


ok the killed bit is a bit harsh, but an injury might change their ways.