Please tell me this guy is going to jail???

Hitchy

I've heard from an aquaintance who was there...road is 3 lanes wide & a breakdown lane where the incident happened. No traffic was held up before the incident. said Bogan apparently drove up behind the bunch blowing his horn (despite there being 2 other lanes to choose from) then drove around them in one of the free lanes, ducked back into the cyclists lane & slammed on the brakes. very few actually hit the car, but the evasive action of the other cyclists brought many of the pack down. Damage is superficial despite Benny K crapping on about it being $50K. Abuse was copped from other motorists AFTER the incident as police , ambulance (not needed) & assorted media arrived & proceeded to create 'rubberneck wonderland', slowing the passing traffic. Mate reckons the offender was in a shitbox Ford whose value could be guaged by how much petrol it had....doesn't reckon there's a chance in hell that he'll be insured!

roshea

I'd be very surprised if his insurance company (assuming for a moment that there is one) would pay up over a deliberate illegal action like this!

46kgToDate

correctamundo they would decline indemnity to him
but that's not a reason not to get an order and bankrupt the stupid lying p[r]ick

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Hitchy

Absolutely, the insurance won't cover him if it is *proven* that it was adeliberate act....knowing it & proving it are 2 different things.
Filing a bankruptcy notice will cost ya $4K, give or take.....lotta money to prove a point, 'specially if he hasn't got anything for the trustee to 'liquidate'....far better someone publishes his name & address. I'm sure there are plenty of 'tech' savvy cyclists that could make his life a misery for the next 50 years!

Aussie Steve

A few months ago in Perth, some riders were run over by a car- who deliberately reversed over their bikes, broke one guy's ankle... the law will never punish (adequately) some moron motorist, it's far too soft and they dont care about our rights

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mikesbytes

Yet to be charged

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roshea

Any new info floating around in Sydney this week? I don't know which forums are likely to be frequented by those in the know.

cfsmtb

Apparently 'Jas' has done a runner.

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886014

I hope for his sake the Ford is a little more reliable than it apparently was on Thursday. Though, at least the brakes work! How far does a falcon run on a tank of gas anyway? :P

mikesbytes

Can't be that good, he has to put it in park to change over.... yeh sure.

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886014

Not yet charged but at least he's in the courts.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegra...5001028,00.html
Fairly lame charge and hopefully the police enquiries will lead to further charges being laid if the media reports regarding the occurrence of events are accurate.

mikesbytes

Retainer charge, the real ones are yet to come I assume.

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simpsonc

Here's hoping.

Has anyone heard anything about the peleton taking class action if the cops don't do the job? I know it's a lot to ask, but the cycling + car culture has to change in Australia, and maybe if nutters like this are held to account for their ludicrous behaviour, we might get there.

I've spent a bit of time trawling the comments on various news sites on this incident - and it seems like (no surprise) there are an awful lot of people who are leaping to the driver's defense, even before the miserable explanation of their actions on radio.

I just don't want to believe that so many people are so small minded. But after 15 years of road cycling, maybe I should know better?

886014

They could of course be the vocal minority, the "haters" who hate everything. Today it's cyclists, tomorrow it will be immigrants, the following day someone else.

Sadly though, purely my personal opinion is that people like this tend to come from jobs and upbringings where they have no power or control over their lives. Being told what to do all day in dead end jobs they hate. Turn the key of their car and how things change. See a defenceless cyclist or even a bunch and it's game on, who has the power now?

On a brighter note, a survey run by news.com had roughly 60:40 in favour of cyclists' right to do what we do. Maybe there's hope?