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Cyclist deliberately knocked off bike by laughing driver (Twitter)Shocking footage shows cyclist deliberately knocked off bike by laughing driver
Shocking footage has emerged on social media of what appears to be a driver deliberately ramming a cyclist off his bike.
The footage was first spotted by the Irish Mirror who shared news of the incident in Dundalk this weekend, with the Irish authorities since confirming that they are investigating and the cyclist was taken to hospital for treatment for "non-life threatening injuries".
In the short clip, which also appears to be recorded by the driver of the vehicle, a voice can be heard saying: "How heartless I am, see him on the bike, look."
The motorist then drives into the back of the cyclist, a loud thud can be heard, before laughing as the voice says: "LOL. LOL"
*Reader discretion is advised, the footage is shocking and distressing*
@GardaTraffic Castletown Road Dundalk .. Find Him ! pic.twitter.com/uDQDaWdBbU
— Curious Charlie VLC (@Curious_Eire) November 28, 2022
An Garda Síochána subsequently released a statement confirming that they are investigating a road traffic collision involving the driver of a car and a cyclist that happened on Castletown Road in Dundalk, County Louth, at around 3pm on Sunday 27 November.
"The cyclist was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for treatment of non-life threatening injuries," the statement explained. "Enquiries are ongoing."
Dan is the road.cc news editor and joined in 2020 having previously written about nearly every other sport under the sun for the Express, and the weird and wonderful world of non-league football for The Non-League Paper. Dan has been at road.cc for four years and mainly writes news and tech articles as well as the occasional feature. He has hopefully kept you entertained on the live blog too.
Never fast enough to take things on the bike too seriously, when he's not working you'll find him exploring the south of England by two wheels at a leisurely weekend pace, or enjoying his favourite Scottish roads when visiting family. Sometimes he'll even load up the bags and ride up the whole way, he's a bit strange like that.
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I think what's most worrying is that the driver carried out that assault and yet was happy to film it and put it out on the internet for public consumption. Whatever the Garda might say, the motorist was clearly pretty convinced that they would face no consequences for this action...
It's obvious that the driver is unsociable, uncivilised, immature and likely mentally challenged; such people don't even consider consequences..
This exact case should set a sea change in place - I hope they find him and the law goes for the jugular.
1) That driver should have his licence revoked and should never be allowed to get behind the wheel of a motor vehicle again.
2) That driver used his motor vehicle as a weapon and should be charged with intentionally inflicted GBH.
Agreed! Make this case the precedent that, "if you use your car as a weapon you spend significant time in prison and you never drive again."
Drivers should be scared to even seem to be using their car as a weapon in case they ruin their own lives.
It should but it won't.
The media will report this as a lone maniac with no bearing on the issue of whether such dangerous devices should be so readily available to the public, or whether motor traffic should continue to operate immune to violent crime laws.
Sadly agree. For the "in-group" there is no us - it's just some other idiot in a car. For the "out-group" it's "but you cyclists all..."
Sarcasm=on
Come on, don't be so cynical. The USA is a great example where a number of incidents (especially mass shootings at schools) has led to a massive crackdown on dangerous equipment (guns) being made available to anyone that wants them. I'm sure we can follow their beacon of shining light!
Sarcasm=off
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
https://www.theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-t...
Argh! Don't mention the war!
Amazing, the driver was perfectly capable of seeing the cyclist despite the lack of hi viz
Waiting on the local anti cycling trolls to turn up and claim it's the cyclists fault, somehow.
He should never be allowed behind the wheel again.
Needs to be removed from society. Also sounds drunk.
Sarcasm=on
Sounds fishy to me. It's not even vaguely plausible that a car driver would maliciously do something like that without substantial provocation.
Sarcasm=off
We are definitely only seeing one side of it.
I'm sure that when the people with radios and earpieces review the available CCTV, and see that the driver didn't drive into a single cyclist in the preceding 50m nor the following 50m, it will show that the car driver was outright incapable of hitting a cyclist.
And I'm pretty sure the cyclist was guilty of an offence under Section 5 of The Public Order Act, too. I'm not quite sure how yet, but I'd put £20 on it.
You joke, but we're just waiting for a certain individual to type it (and actually mean it).
You must have led a very sheltered life, it's totally plausible, and sufficient provocation for some drivers is that a cyclist exists and is on the road and many think their dangerous driving is a laugh
Sorry I was doing my impression of a complete idiot. I wish there was a way to tag sarcasm.
sarcasm=on ... sarcasm=off
[sarcasm] ... [/sarcasm]
Sorry, that was being a bit sarcastic...
Semaphore for "sarcasm"? Just post under the moniker "Flintshire Lad" (most of the time).
Part of me hates the way they use the full stops and line breaks, but honestly, it's a good time-saver. It regularly saves me time to realise the poster is complete idiot. I don't even need to look at the content of the post, nor the username of the poster. It's a win-win.
I like it. Wilco.
I can't believe these vigilante snitches posting this kind of footage of blood sport to stir up division and milk controversy for ad revenue. (Or is that something else?)
Damn it! Those snarky contrarians have drawn us down to their level! Maybe it's time to get that content-blocker going and just concentrate on the constructive?
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