Disgraceful behaviour by Discovery driver

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Originally Posted by MrLandy

Oh, just very poor driving? Oh well that's ok then, according to Eevo, who can magically turn any mountain into a molehill. ...Pfffttttt.

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i didnt say it was ok. he should lose his licence and have to redo it.

there was no ill intent in what he did which is very different to what the "news" article portrays.

So what can we learn from all this?

• Reversing is something that needs to be done with care.
• Driving is an activity that needs all of your attention all of the time.
• Making judgements about people's motivation on the basis of limited information is unwise.
• The media, including social media are very fond of sensational headlines.
• Headlines can be delineratley used to mislead.
• Video evidence is easily edited to change the message.

cant argue with that

There is also a touch of irony in the fact that so many of us assumed that it might be useful to see the video footage of the moments preceding the original footage.

It was mentioned a few times that footage of what led up to the incident might help understand why it happened.

However, it turned out that it was the moments after the originally published footage that made it clear why it had happened.

So we were wrong about that too. :p

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Originally Posted by vnx205

However, it turned out that it was the moments after the originally published footage that made it clear why it had happened.

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for sure.
anything cropped can change the context.

however, i still like to believe its the cyclists fault. [FishSlap]

Wise words vnx. But the fact remains that the most vulnerable road users, cyclists, are too often in the blind spot of self centred drivers and too quickly vilified for doing nothing other than legally riding on the road. As a cyclist I'm tired of hearing excuses from bad and selfish drivers who think they own the road.

.....here we go.....

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Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

.....here we go.....

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.........again.......:zzz:

there's a song isn't there...

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Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

there's a song isn't there...

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There's a song for everything.