[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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[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.

[Anonymous]

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

[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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