Road Ragey Bus Driver Goes Full Mario Kart, Swerves Into Slow-Ass Cyclist “And THAT’S why you always wear a helmet.” —J. Walter Weatherman A bus driver in the United Kingdom has been jailed for 17 months for going full Mario Kart on the cyclist pedaling ahead of him. Accidents happen, right? Yeah, this was no accident. This is straight up assault. Fortunately, the judge thought so too. Driver Gavin Hill, 29, moving slowly behind cyclist Phillip Mead, rears suddenly to the right and then lurches left to strike the 43-year-old bike rider and send him flying into the road. Mead was left with “fractures to his left wrist and leg, which needed to be plated, and to his thumb,” says the Irish Times. </noscript> What are these “bike lanes” I hear everyone talking about? You mean all you’d have to do to make shit like this not happen is to paint the side of the road? Sign me up! And angry British drivers used to be so polite. </noscript> (via The Big Lead) PREVIOUS BIKE LANERY: • PR: Lithuanian Mayor in Armored Vehicle Rolls Over Mercedes Parked in Bike Lane • NYC’s Bike Lane Controversy: Funny Homemade PSA Questions Cycling Safety • “3-Way Street” Shows Dangerous Dance Between Cyclists, Cars and Pedestrians
theseanman66 19.02.12 @ 3:28 pm Bikes aren’t limited to bike specific lanes…they have as much a right to be on the road as any other vehicle. So long as they don’t impede traffic (have the ability to ride at the posted speed limit) or in the case where traffic is moving swiftly, they stay to the curb side of the slow lane. It goes without saying that they should also ride WITH traffic, not against it.
Pallal 22.02.12 @ 11:33 am Maybe if the dumbass didn’t ride in the middle of the road, then actually have the gaul to move right when being overtaken, the bus driver wouldn’t have put him in his place. Bus vs Bike, who will win? certainly not the idiot on the bike.