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  • February 2, 2023 at 10:35 am #32434
    Mungecrundle

    Q. Why is it that when a Police Officer is deliberately struck by a driver it is prosecuted as assault, but when it happens to cyclists it is called a momentary loss of concentration and a slap on the wrist due care and attention charge at best?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-64496303

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  • February 3, 2023 at 6:09 pm #1010445
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    Rendel Harris

    ChuckSneed wrote:

    ChuckSneed wrote:
    Because it is deliberate. Literally answered your own question.

    There was a case on here recently where a driver behind a cyclist at traffic lights hooted when the light turned green and then deliberately drove into them; the police refused to take any action on the grounds that he didn’t have a rear camera showing it, even though it was quite clear from the video that the driver had done it deliberately. So it’s not quite as black-and-white as you appear to believe.

    February 3, 2023 at 5:59 pm #1010443
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    Anonymous

    Because it is deliberate.
    Because it is deliberate. Literally answered your own question.

    February 2, 2023 at 10:32 pm #1010441
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    ShutTheFrontDawes

    “previously admitting 14
    “previously admitting 14 offences, including assault occasioning actual bodily harm, impersonating a police officer, dangerous driving and failing to stop for police.” – that might have something to do with it.

    To be fair, the collision is much clearer in the linked video than in the recent NMotD example of a driver reversing into a cyclist (https://road.cc/content/news/near-miss-day-846-298803), but they still wouldn’t have done anything about it.

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