Bristol bus driver who drove into cyclist jailed

Alan B'Stard

Alan B'Stard

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This is shocking to watch.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-17066798

A bus driver who deliberately knocked a cyclist down in Bristol using his bus "as a weapon" has been jailed.

Gavin Hill, 29, of Frome, was convicted of dangerous driving and causing grievous bodily harm.

Bristol Crown Court heard that after an altercation, Hill deliberately knocked Phillip Mead off his bike by swerving the bus into his path.

Sentencing Hill to 17 months in jail, Judge Mark Horton said his action "was not an accident".

Hill was told he would serve half his sentence before being considered for release on licence.
 
henryscat

henryscat

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17 months and gets out in 9? FFS. I utterly fail to understand the pathetic punishments for criminal driving. I would guess if he'd committed attempted murder / manslaughter using something other than a vehicle as his weapon he'd be away for longer.
 
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Edd209

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delibratly driving at a vunurable/ unprotected human being with 4/5 tonnes of vehicle..........
not attempted murder?
id have sent him down for longer.
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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Edd209 said:
delibratly driving at a vunurable/ unprotected human being with 4/5 tonnes of vehicle..........
not attempted murder?
id have sent him down for longer.
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It was only a cyclist.
 
gdavies

gdavies

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Gramaisc said:
It was only a cyclist.
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That's the general consensus, but a cyclist is still a human being and the way that driver took at the cyclist i would of called attempted murder an threw the book at him
 
gdavies

gdavies

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I have been knocked off before not a nice feeling not much better getting knocked off a motorbike either
 
Nicedave

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Gramaisc said:
Nicedave said:
Gramaisc said:
Indeed, I was just being facetious - having been knocked off by a bus driver myself, amongst a selection of other road-users...
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Oh Matron
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:) - NHS van included in the list..
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Are you the link??

As they say I have never been involved in a car crash but I have seen hundreds
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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Nicedave said:
Gramaisc said:
Nicedave said:
Oh Matron
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:) - NHS van included in the list..
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Are you the link??

As they say I have never been involved in a car crash but I have seen hundreds
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Yes. I have always been there when I've been involved in a collision. From now on, I'm going to try to be somewhere else. Good observation.
 
gdavies

gdavies

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I agree I always try my dam best to be elsewhere when there is a collision just to be on the safe side
 
Glam

Glam

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Gramaisc said:
Nicedave said:
Gramaisc said:
Indeed, I was just being facetious - having been knocked off by a bus driver myself, amongst a selection of other road-users...
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Oh Matron
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:) - NHS van included in the list..
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Was not me drivin the van! I am allowed out on the roads at times with 1,but i'm always careful..
 
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