[Secret_squirrel]

Another way to avoid justice for assaults on cyclists?

Reference this story 

https://road.cc/content/news/driver-rams-cyclist-and-crushes-bike-during-dispute-297379

Backgrounder here :

https://www.bindmans.com/knowledge-hub/blogs/what-are-community-resolutions/

Key Points.

1.  CR’s do not create a criminal record. (not recorded on the PNC, possibly on a local Met system)

2.  They are NOT legally binding.

So this crazed toerage can demolish someones bike, agree to a CR then backout pretty much consequence free.

I hope the victim gets a gold plated replacement from the drivers insurance company.

I also hope the Met explained all this to the victim so they had full possesion of the facts prior to agreeing to the CR.

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[brooksby]

Because the comments would go

Because the comments would go completely insane, and rapidly go off topic…

[wtjs]

Of course it’s a dodge! I don

Of course it’s a dodge! I don’t know why the police need to go to the trouble of inventing a new one, though, because there’s such a comprehensive list of non-penalty penalties available to them already. Having a word with’, a warning letter and the comedy course online are all worthless to the victim because there is no deterrent effect. One could argue that the victim does, at least, know what happens to the offender with the CR dodge; however, he also knows what happens when the police gives him a list of outcomes but declares that he won’t be told which one applies- that means the least of the outcomes on the list. In the case of Lancashire’s carefully worded list, that equals ‘no penalty at all’

[Kapelmuur]

It will be interesting to see

It will be interesting to see what happens if a cyclist deliberately damages a car.

[OnYerBike]

It certainly seems to me like

It certainly seems to me like the CR is a very light outcome given the crime – we don’t know what led up to the incident but it’s hard to imagine anything that justifies the driver’s actions.

However:

Other than a vague sense of “justice” (if that), a victim doesn’t get anything out of a court prosecution – in fact in can be a massive pain. The driver admitting fault and agreeing to compensation means the victim can move on with their life much faster.

Although the CR isn’t legally binding per se, if the offender does not comply then the door is still open for a formal prosecution – and indeed agreeing to the CR means admitting the offence, so any formal prosecution should have no significant barriers. 

[Hirsute]

Jury

Jury

[IanMSpencer]

My observation is that we don
My observation is that we don’t know what led up to the incident, so it might be that the cyclist was being a bell end and this influenced the police.

However, I reserve the right to be a bit of a dick about something and not be run over, and that cyclist was so nearly under the wheels of that car.

Also, were they influenced by the CyclingMickey case where the courts caved in to the deliberate pushing of CM with a car?

Definitely in the public interest to prosecute.

[Secret_squirrel]

PS.   Since this inicident

PS.   Since this inicident has been dealt with outside the formal justice system I see no reason we couldnt comment on the article.

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