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As a car driver mostly, and a cyclist about every two days, (knees recovering from ligament
injuries) I've stood up for car drivers rights a tad recently. I make no apologies for that.
However, the following really hammered home to me just how vulnerable a cyclist is. As a car driver
and a lover of all things (I admit I'm a petrol head) motoring I'm happy to say I don't think this
man deserves to drive again.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2725329.stm
Frankly I'm appalled that anyone can do this and for this animal to then have the temerity to say he
hadn't realised there was a child in the trailer really strikes home. So what ? Child or no child he
still reversed into a someone deliberately.
Sentencing is adjourned, but I hope the ******* gets life.
For those who may not get to the link, the following is the article in full ..
"A driver had admitted deliberately reversing his Range Rover over a four-year-old girl and her
father in a road rage attack. Carl Baxter, 36, smashed into Emily Kerwin and her father, Stephen,
who were on a bike and trailer, after Mr Kerwin remonstrated with him for driving too close to them,
Hull Crown Court heard.
Emily lost five teeth and suffered fractures to her face and palate, in the incident on the A1034 at
Newbald, East Yorkshire. Stephen Kerwin, 52, suffered a broken leg and pelvis and still has a metal
leg brace.
Baxter, a chemical engineer, of Shipton Road, Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, stopped his car and
reversed 200 yards at high speed after Mr Kerwin shook his fist at him, the court was told. The
trailer was crushed under the rear wheels of the vehicle and Emily was found by paramedics hanging
upside down by the straps in her buggy. Baxter fled the scene, but later returned as police and
ambulance services helped the father and daughter.
Prosecuting, Simon Keely told the court: "He used the car as a weapon to cause injury. This is what
is commonly known as a road rage attack." Baxter pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, two charges of
causing grievous bodily harm, and one count of leaving the scene of an accident. Sentencing was
adjourned pending a report from Humberside probation service. Speaking outside the court after the
hearing, Baxter said he had not realised there was a child in the trailer. "I would give anything
for it not to have happened. I want to apologise to the family."
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injuries) I've stood up for car drivers rights a tad recently. I make no apologies for that.
However, the following really hammered home to me just how vulnerable a cyclist is. As a car driver
and a lover of all things (I admit I'm a petrol head) motoring I'm happy to say I don't think this
man deserves to drive again.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2725329.stm
Frankly I'm appalled that anyone can do this and for this animal to then have the temerity to say he
hadn't realised there was a child in the trailer really strikes home. So what ? Child or no child he
still reversed into a someone deliberately.
Sentencing is adjourned, but I hope the ******* gets life.
For those who may not get to the link, the following is the article in full ..
"A driver had admitted deliberately reversing his Range Rover over a four-year-old girl and her
father in a road rage attack. Carl Baxter, 36, smashed into Emily Kerwin and her father, Stephen,
who were on a bike and trailer, after Mr Kerwin remonstrated with him for driving too close to them,
Hull Crown Court heard.
Emily lost five teeth and suffered fractures to her face and palate, in the incident on the A1034 at
Newbald, East Yorkshire. Stephen Kerwin, 52, suffered a broken leg and pelvis and still has a metal
leg brace.
Baxter, a chemical engineer, of Shipton Road, Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, stopped his car and
reversed 200 yards at high speed after Mr Kerwin shook his fist at him, the court was told. The
trailer was crushed under the rear wheels of the vehicle and Emily was found by paramedics hanging
upside down by the straps in her buggy. Baxter fled the scene, but later returned as police and
ambulance services helped the father and daughter.
Prosecuting, Simon Keely told the court: "He used the car as a weapon to cause injury. This is what
is commonly known as a road rage attack." Baxter pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, two charges of
causing grievous bodily harm, and one count of leaving the scene of an accident. Sentencing was
adjourned pending a report from Humberside probation service. Speaking outside the court after the
hearing, Baxter said he had not realised there was a child in the trailer. "I would give anything
for it not to have happened. I want to apologise to the family."
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...................................Paul-*** Seti 1391 wu in 9942 hours
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/