Bus driver jailed for attack on cyclist

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Bus driver jailed for attack on cyclist - video | UK news | guardian.co.uk


I had heard about it, but had not seen the video (in link) til now.

Bloody hell!

 

[Skitch it!]

Saw it yesterday, so he should be jailed indeed, that was nuts.

 

[Phil Smith]

Wow!

 

[colcifer]

***?

 

[PSPookie]

Dang! Yup, jail for sure.

 

[gttim]

Wow! I only wish he had gotten a longer sentence. I hope he loses his DL for ever!

 

[fraublugher]

Seen this kind of behaviour a lot , while this is certainly the bus driver's fault ,it's also the companies fault.
Shift work for driver's is reckless endangerment , and for what?

 

[macaroni tony]

***?

My sentiments exactly

And my mom has been a bus driver since before I was born...you get in touch with some crazy people driving a bus, but I think we can all agree that going into attack mode on a cyclist may be a tad overcooking it

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

My sentiments exactly

And my mom has been a bus driver since before I was born...you get in touch with some crazy people driving a bus, but I think we can all agree that going into attack mode on a cyclist may be a tad overcooking it

Tell her that I tip my hat to her! Met some very interesting characters on my bus trips around SoCal!

 

[Phil Smith]

My sentiments exactly

And my mom has been a bus driver since before I was born...you get in touch with some crazy people driving a bus, but I think we can all agree that going into attack mode on a cyclist may be a tad overcooking it

This the thing that some bus drivers probably think about, but to actually do something like this?...Wow!

 

[Morfman6]

Hmmmmm, intentionally hitting a cyclist with a vehicle (let alone a bus) is attempted manslaughter in my eyes. The result of his action, best case is serious bodily harm. I guess it could be argued that by not running him over (which I thought was going to happen at first) and only bumping him that it was not the intent of the driver to kill the cyclist. Really though, the outcome was far better than it could have been, had the cyclist been knocked into a nearby pole or not bounced upon impact we are looking at murder.

 

[JAUQO III-X]

Maybe the bicyclist made a threatening gesture towards the bus driver and he reacted only to protect himself.

 

[hover]

Truly reprehensible behaviour (the "u" added because the story is British) and I truly hope the driver gets jailed this and that, blah blah...but am I the only one whose immediate thought was

10 points! (20 if he'd stayed on the bike)?

Am I going to hell now?

 

[Phil Smith]

Maybe the bicyclist made a threatening gesture towards the bus driver and he reacted only to protect himself.

He seems to be behind the bus, when it slows and veers right before it attacks him like a killer whale.

 

[elgecko]

Wow...that's a "professional driver". Reason number 364 I don't like cycling in traffic.

 

[Phil Smith]

He would never had tagged a NYC bike messenger like that.

 

[JAUQO III-X]

He seems to be behind the bus, when it slows and veers right before it attacks him like a killer whale.

The bus did look like a killer whale.

 

[Munjibunga]

Seen this kind of behaviour a lot , while this is certainly the bus driver's fault ,it's also the companies fault.
Shift work for driver's is reckless endangerment , and for what?

Spoken like a true attorney. Of course it's the company's fault. They have a lot more money to win in a lawsuit.

 

[macaroni tony]

Tell her that I tip my hat to her! Met some very interesting characters on my bus trips around SoCal!

Bus drivers: The true unsung heroes of society

 

[Munjibunga]

He seems to be behind the bus, when it slows and veers right before it attacks him like a killer whale.

If you watch closely, he's riding in front of the bus, and the bus moves over to pass him, then slams into him.