A video posted to Instagram shows a driver deliberately knocking a cyclist from their bike, all for the sake of likes – and is said to have taken place in the same town in Surrey where a similar incident that left a cyclist with a broken leg in September was the subject of a police witness appeal.
The footage, and mirror copies of it, have been deleted by the photo- and video-sharing network since being posted at the weekend following complaints from users, according to Mail Online.
However, that hasn’t prevented the website from itself posting the footage, which was reportedly filmed in Ewell, near Epsom in Surrey.
The motorist, driving a Volkswagen, tails the cyclist along a line of cars parked to the left while a passenger films.
He then shouts, “Oi!” and knocks the cyclist from his bike, onto the car bonnet from where he falls to the ground.
The cyclist shouts, “What are you f*ck*ng doing, you pr*ck?” while the car occupants continue laughing before the driver makes off.
It is unclear when the footage was shot, but road.cc can reveal that in September, Surrey Police issued an appeal for witnesses after a cyclist in Ewell sustained a broken leg when he was knocked from his bike, apparently on purpose, with the driver failing to stop.
That incident took place on 10 September at 9.20pm, two hours after sunset.
The police appeal, under crime reference number PR/45180097393, said:
It is believed that the cyclist, believed to be a man in his 40s, was knocked deliberately from his bike, causing him to sustain a compound fracture to his right leg. The car failed to stop following the incident, which took place in Gadesden Road at the junction with Scotts Farm Road. The car was described as a black 4x4, possibly a Vauxhall with roof bars, although enquiries remain ongoing to establish this.
The cyclist was taken to hospital where he remains in a serious but stable condition.
Officers are investigating whether the collision is linked to a knifepoint robbery at the Epsom Downs Viewpoint, off Grandstand Road, which took place earlier that evening around 8.55pm.
We have asked Surrey Police whether they are investigating the incident shown in the Instagram video, and also whether they believe it may be linked to the one in September.
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Probably aligns with his pro-Israeli freedom fighting?
Seems odd to randomly try and kill people because a cyclist gets knocked off. Could be one of us driving the car for ultimate irony.
Because violence works.
You're welcome.
At a point in the day when I think humans can't get any more stupid, I read this. Well done @Legs_Eleven_Worcester. You may be proof that natural selection doesn't always get it right.
ROFL!
Your Mum's calling you sonny. Your crispy pancakes are out and you've not to play with your internet friends until you've finished all of your beans.
Are they cheese or minced beef and onion?
If we're going to do random violence, can we at least target kittens? Cats are evil buggers.
NOOOOOOO!!! One of my favourite fellow road.cc-ers, the honourable member for all things squirrel related, doesn't like cats .
Maybe it's because they catch squirrels ? Mine doesn't. Mind you, if it's mice you're after (usually in bits) he's definitely the cat to talk to...
I'm much more of a dog person (and squirrels obviously).
Cats are manipulative, violent, they bully small creatures and if they decide that they don't want to be petted anymore will likely attempt to bite/scratch harm you for the terrible crime of trying to be nice to them. If a dog bites you, it gets destroyed, whereas if a cat bites/scratches you then it seems to be completely accepted. And, what kind of monstrous creature doesn't like cake?
Also, they use biological weapons: toxoplasma gondii.
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To be fair, I think the guy has a point... the only thing that will ensure our streets are more effectively policed is if more of society feel that the only asnwer is to take the law into their own hands.
Now, randomly attacking motorists is a strange way to retaliate I grant you, however you could argue that it effectively mirrors the way these knuckle dusters are attacking cyclists seemingly at random.
I suppose the difference is that these knuckle dusters don't see knocking off cyclists as an attack, they see it as adminstering justice
Which is all well and good until you find yourself as the innocent victim of a revenge attack on account of you happen to be wearing the same kind of shoes as some complete stranger who did something horrid to another complete stranger or some other random reason such as your choice of transport for a given journey.
I hate to think of all the reasons why I might be targeted in retaliation for the misdeameanors of middle aged white guys.
If you think that violence is the answer, then why not start with your own friends and family? Maybe they will be more understanding of your grievance and the necessity of you having to maim them. Or at the very least put them up front for being first in line for having the paving slab dropped on them.
I always have a point. As do thick twats like 'ConcordeCX' or whatever he's called. Except in his case, it's on top of his head.
Violence works. Whether you use it or not, is no skin off my nose. I've had enough, and am leaving Britain within a month to go and live in Amsterdam with my wife and daughter. You lot can keep being the punchbags of the British motorist, and maybe one day, you'll get off your knees and stop pleading, 'Please, Mr Driver? Please be nice to me? Please don't hurt me! If I get off the road and start cycling only on the footway, will you please not hurt me? Oh, you're a nice driver, Mr Driver! Would you like to come over here and I'll show you my appreciation, whilst I'm on my knees and all?'
Do your wife and/or daughter ever ride in cars? You'd be ok if I (randomly) dropped a paving slab on top of them if they do?
Of course I wouldn't be 'OK' with it. I would regard it as a very sad - but ultimately necessary - instance of 'collateral damage'. Just as happens in every war.
This is a good bit of trolling I'll give you that but if there was really a 'war' between cyclists and motorists I'd think it would end up a bit like the army going to war against squirrels. Chances of getting any decent strikes in agains the motorist whilst cycling around from bridge to bridge with a backpack full of paving slabs is pretty much nil.
Why stop at slabs? You could blow up petrol stations. Take away the fuel and they'd be in trouble. Get to it lad.
My plan is to strap a convincing looking bomb with wires visible to the supports of the local motorway bridge. It's pretty much chaos on a normal day, but the entire region would grind to a halt if it happened. If anyone tries this, could they let me know how it went please? Asking for a friend.
Most clearly aren't worth sharing, better to remain silent and be thought a fool than post online and prove yourself a twat!
Is he a unicorn, that's an interesting piece of information.
Wont somebody think of the children?! And the poor poor lady that must rely on you financially.
I think you'll like Amsterdam, you're obsessed.
You really are a warm and loving, caring father and husband!
Go on then. Can you give us an example of when violence worked for you? Perhaps you could give us the context, action and result? Remember that throwing your paperbag away becuase you were tired does not count as violence.
It has 'worked' for me every single time that I have (with a heavy heart) had to use it.
It's entirely possible that the next time I have to do so, I'll lose and get my face kicked in. But I would rather that, than allow some entitled cumstain in a Audi, to bully me into submission.
That is evidently not a determination shared by most others on road.cc.
So that's a no then. One extra fish finger for the brave Keyboard Warrior tonight!
Ooh I take it all back. You're so "big" and "hard"! I bet you really showed everyone when you "kicked off" all those times. I bet you got "sent down" for all that "GBH" you did! Probably "shivved" a load of "lags" whilst "doing time".
I'm sure you never lose a fight and I'm sure you'll never "get your face kicked in"!
I think we can all learn from your example. I know others doubt the veracity of your claims but I know that everything you, and others like you, is true. People never lie on forum like this.
My own research as Professor of Internet Stuff at Oxford has confirmed this.
Genuine LOL.
Has your wife upped her cooking & cleaning skills since?
His mum now knows to not bother bringing down milk and cookies when he has a "friend" round (she was so excited too).
LOL .. oh, wow. This explains so much.
that is what I'm called. My mum and dad christened me that. It's on my passport and everything. Anyone who thinks otherwise, I'll drop a nuclear bomb on their testicles.
If I can find them.
Drop a nuclear bomb on some random testicles anyway. It's the best way to learn others, or something.
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