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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 57 points 5 days ago (5 children)

He smacked the cyclist with his car, twice, on purpose, while in a bike labe he drove into, also on purpose.

If this was Denmark he'd lose his car and the license to even own one.

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[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Kinda hilarious someone blurred out his license plate but the cyclist reads it out and that was left in.

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[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wild seeing police do anything constructive.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (3 children)

They're not US police. That's probably why the video didn't end in everyone getting shot.

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[–] recursive_recursion@piefed.ca 149 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Fuck these entitled twats.

Power to this dude and the fellow cyclist for standing up to this bullshit💪🍀

[–] lemonySplit@lemmy.ca 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wish he hadn't said no to pressing assault with a deadly weapon charges when the officer offered though

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[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 86 points 6 days ago (3 children)

There's no justifiable reason for the driver to still be allowed to drive, the only reasonable consequence for these actions is the permanent loss of their drivers license

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 49 points 5 days ago (5 children)

According to the original video posted elsewhere on this thread, he got fined a whopping £140.

£50 for driving like a twat, and £90 for trying to run the cameraman over.

Being drunk at the wheel is about the only sure fire way to lose your license in the UK.

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[–] spechter@feddit.org 31 points 5 days ago (4 children)

You would actually lose your license in germany over such behaviour. You may get it back, but you need to convince a psychologist beforehaned that you've got your temper under control.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 52 points 5 days ago (2 children)

In Germany you can go 122km/h in a 50km/h zone, kill three people while doing so and permanently cripple a fourth one, and still you get your driver's license back just like that, because you claim that you need a car for work: https://www.tz.de/muenchen/stadt/rentner-fuhr-drei-franzosen-tot-doch-kriegt-fuehrerschein-zurueck-zr-91815963.html

In the same article it references a guy who tried to escape the police while being high on cocaine and alcohol and killed a 14yo by running him over. He was sentenced for murder, but also got his license back after 5 years.

You can run a red light in a 40 ton truck and kill a pedestrian right in front of his wife, and you can just keep your driver's license without restrictions, because "nobody would benefit from putting the truck driver out of work": https://archive.is/W59hd

Germany is certainly not a good example for that kind of stuff. Germany is the carbrain capitol of Europe.

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[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 27 points 5 days ago (4 children)

He doesn't need a ticket. They should seize his car and sell it and take his license forever.

[–] 4shtonButcher@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 4 days ago

This. Maybe only take the license for a few months and make him do a new test. The fact he argues shows his disregard for the rules he agreed to follow by operating the a ~~dangerous weapon~~ vehicle

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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 44 points 5 days ago

To the UK's credit, police will prosecute drivers using video evidence, so "CyclingMikey" does this stuff all day long.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 128 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Here's the original video on CyclingMikey's YouTube channel!

I love his calm and simple approach to calling out dangerous behaviour from motorists.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 37 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Man, I wouldn't have been able to stay that calm. That comes from years of practice in dealing with these knobs. I would have been sorely tempted to grab that door and yank it forwards, which would only make matters worse.

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[–] MrSmith@lemmy.world 47 points 5 days ago (1 children)

But... He has to go to work, you guys. SMH my fucking head.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 20 points 5 days ago (25 children)

You're shaking your head your fucking head?

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[–] PhoenixAlpha@lemmy.ca 106 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

“How am I meant to hit you?”
-A person who has just hit someone...twice.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 57 points 5 days ago

A Mercedes driver being a cunt? Wow, never seen that before 🤣
At least he used his indicators, which is a minor miracle.

[–] x0x7@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

This is bad design. If a bike path is large enough for a car to get on it and it is next to a road with bad traffic design that holds up cars you should be able to anticipate someone will create a problem. So you should add some vertical columns in the center. Not very many of them because that's a nucence. Obviously a clear trail is preferable. But two or three polls will make this a non-issue.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 72 points 6 days ago

Dude is being really chill when the driver basically committed attempted murder.

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 84 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Pretty sure in my country the police would have just tased the cyclist 😢

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 71 points 6 days ago

Then the news would report you as a protester, because running over protesters is now socially acceptable in this land of freedom.

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 40 points 5 days ago (25 children)

This wasn't even a one off. This guys video channel was just him waiting for this to happen and it happened very frequently. I do remember seeing several where the police weren't really that supportive (probably as, though it made a point it was basically planned confrontation for video views).

This guys video channel was just him waiting for this to happen

Good.

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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I don't understand why he didn't get a U-lock in the teeth. Honestly, though, he's attacking cyclists with his car, and he got to leave completely uninjured and with no damage to his vehicle.

[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Then the cyclist gets hit with an assault charge. Police response looked prompt and legally correct from the video, so absolutely the right call to handle it completely legally.

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[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago

I was hoping the cyclist would lose his balance and fall on the hood of the car when he was rammed. Not that I want the cyclist injured, of course, but damage to the precious car? I'm all for that.

I had a road rage incident while I was out riding yesterday - I was in the middle of the lane passing some pedestrians. Note, this is a country road, and there's no sidewalk or even shoulder. It's a pretty popular cycling route, but it's the first time I've seen people walking there (I'm not even sure where they were going). Some jackass rolled up right behind me and blew the horn, as I was next to the pedestrians. I gave the "what the hell" gesture, then after I passed the pedestrians, I moved closer to the right edge of the lane, and he swerved over to run me off the road.

Set a few PRs after that incident. lol Later, the rear derailleur cable broke, and I got rained on, so the end of the ride was less great than the rest of it (which was a pretty good ride aside from those incidents).

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 48 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I applaud the dude for doing this, really, but I honestly wouldn't be ready to throw my life away that easily. Imagine the situation if this was in the US instead of the UK and someone was carrying.

[–] Brainsploosh@lemmy.world 68 points 6 days ago

This is one of the reasons Europeans claim to have freedoms USAmericans don't.

But yeah, context matters.

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[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 46 points 6 days ago

Police show up

"Sir, this is a bike lane."

[–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 45 points 6 days ago

This was satisfying to watch

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