White van man gets his come-uppance

10-23-2004, 01:53 AM

About this time last year I was cycling along a road in White City,
when a white van, unable to wait a few seconds for me to pass by a
traffic island, veered across to the right hand side of the road,
hooted at some children legitimately crossing the road from the
island, causing them to leap back onto said island, and then drove by
on the wrong side of the road, ignoring the keep left sign.

I took his number, got another witness and grassed him up to the local
plod. The wheels of justice immediately sprang into action, and this
week he was fined £300, and got six points on his licence. (His
statement to the court showed he considered he had done nothing wrong,
and that the children were at fault for having the effrontery to cross
the road when he wanted to drive across it the wrong way).

Just thought you'd like to know that just occasionally some impatient
plonker who endangers other road users gets what's coming to him.