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Eyeballs emoji.pngDriver crashes as he ogles female cyclist – then asks for compensation
A Leicestershire driver asked for compensation after he clipped a post box while ogling a female cyclist. The motorist sought out Vicky Young’s parents after seeing her riding in a short skirt and bikini top and demanded cash to fix his broken wing mirror.
Show jumper Vicky Young, 40 – the daughter of former Scotland, Spurs, Arsenal and Nottingham Forest defender, Willie Young, and his wife Lynda – told The Sun that she had been running some errands on a sunny day when the incident took place.
Afterwards, the man paid a visit to the dog kennels run by Lynda and Willie asking for money for the repairs to his car. He claimed that Vicky had been wearing “a bra and belt”.
Vicky said that her mum had “told him where to go.”
“It’s been hot so why not wear a bikini and skirt? I wanted to get a bit of colour. I’m quite flattered someone crashed looking at me. But it’s ridiculous he wanted compensation. It might even cost the driver a divorce when his wife finds out how he damaged the car.”
Vicky said she assumed the driver was local because he knew where to find her parents – although Lynda said she’d never seen him before.
In 2005, Guardian columnist Zoe Williams advocated wearing eye-catching outfits on a bike as a safety precaution, claiming that cycling attire didn’t come much higher-vis than fishnet stockings.
“I do find that wearing fishnets on a bike significantly reduces your chances of being killed. Not because everyone wants to protect your fabulous legs, just because people notice you're there, if only because they're thinking, ‘What's that idiot doing in fishnets? She'll only catch them on her gear set.’ Drivers who've noticed you rarely try deliberately to kill you.”
Alex has written for more cricket publications than the rest of the road.cc team combined. Despite the apparent evidence of this picture, he doesn't especially like cake.
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An opportunity missed - a recent new driving offence "Driving while distracted" or somesuch - by the driver's own admission. Perhaps he should have been invited to make a complaint to the police?
Vicky was easy on the eye, I've not seen her for 20 years but Bramcote Manor was her dads pub , I spent quite a bit of time in there and had a few dances with Vicky!
edit just checked the link, still easy on the eye.
I might start wearing my mankini when out on the bike.
A different take on the meaning of 'Hi Viz' clothing, but hopefully not one that too many of the Road CC community will adopt.
awaiting the prosecution for dangerous/careless driving.
Driver hit a postbox with his car, presumably this was not deliberate. Also seems near certain the postbox was on the pavement not carriageway.
Therefore drive could just as easily have hit a human being.
Cycling on the pavement seems to attract a fine (and rightly so) so why is unintentional pavement driving never punished? Eveery instance of rioad furniture ont he pavement being crushed should be investiaged for dangerous/careless. If they can hit lamp posts, road signs or railings then they could be injuring or killing people.
Or me, pushing my grandson along in his pram
Should have gone to specsavers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bboRGylo_Ts
Obviously someone not too clued up on his 1970s/80s football - I used to watch Big Willie week in, week out from the Clock End, proper hard man and one of Scotland's infamous "Copenhagen Five." You'd have to be nuts to turn up at his place moaning about his daughter
I've just had a nightmare vision of Chris Froome's legs in fishnets.
Different cultures have different attitudes to dress. What is legal in this country is illegal in Saudi Arabia, and now compulsory on French beaches. But nowhere would such claims for compensation get any other response than laughter.
Well its the GF's fishnets on Mondays commute.
Like every other commute aye?
Is that the Rocky Horror school of safety clothing?
I hope they're neon yellow hi-viz ones!
Ah yes... the good old neon fishnet ,when you're never sure if your 'Rave' will end in a robbery...
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He's a lech and would appear that he thinks bikes shouldn't be on the road. He probably had his cock in his hand at the time lol
Whilst driving a car, nothing is your fault. Everything is someone elses fault. Simples
He wants compensation because he's been a lech?