A driver who cut across a cyclist before ramming into him was described as a “decent individual” as he was handed a suspended prison sentence.Asif Laher, 55, was driving through Bayswater, London in February 2022 in his silver Mercedes when he turned and cut across Wadea Taibi. A verbal altercation ensued, with Laher “aggressively” banging ... Read more

A driver who cut across a cyclist before ramming into him was described as a “decent individual” as he was handed a suspended prison sentence.Asif Laher, 55, was driving through Bayswater, London in February 2022 in his silver Mercedes when he turned and cut across Wadea Taibi. A verbal altercation ensued, with Laher “aggressively” banging … Read more

  • JoshuaFalken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    2 days ago

    Reading this only to be recommended an article on a similar incident:

    Banned driver avoids jail after hitting 10-year-old cyclist while overtaking bus on wrong side of road in series of “spectacularly stupid, immature, and reckless decisions”

    Then reading that, only to be recommended another article on another incident:

    Suspended sentence for motorist who killed cyclist with “careless manoeuvre” before driving off and claiming he thought smashed windscreen was caused by falling tree branch

    All three incidents in the last three weeks. That’s enough internet for today I think.

    • Æ@piefed.socialEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      I think the only way I would be protected from death on a bicycle would be to wear a star of david. If there was even a wiff of anti semitism, they would be punished, but if I’m just a white brit… who gives a fuck.