LCC finds driver tweeting about knocking over Richmond Park cyclists - all a joke, he claims

What accident? Nobody has come forward to say they were involved in any collision. The evidence for there having been any sort of accident is a Twitter post which he has retracted. That's no evidence at all.

Even if it emerges he was the only one in his car, that's only evidence that he made the Twitter post. It's still easily possible for it to be a sick joke. Having poor taste in humour is not a crime.

Unless someone comes forward to say they were involved in a collision with this guy, there are no charges to be made.

Why is everyone taking this so seriously? 'They should throw the book at him' and comments like that are ridiculous. This was a flippant comment posted by one of his idiot friends. The cycling community is so unforgiving and quick to get on their high-horse. He cycles himself, lets cut him some slack.

Idiots come in all shapes and sizes !

Does this prat seriously believe that we believe his retractions ?

CPS and "old bill" have nothing better to do than track down this idiot

WRONG ! First priority for CPS & Police is to find and prosecute HARSHLY this miscreant and see that he not only is removed as a Driver but is detained at "her Majesty's pleasure " for a substantial period and after his free time is spent in a "Rehab unit" assisting victims of road accidents .

Why "martin the cook" was allowed to get away with his comments defies belief ! Wouter is the victim of his job BUT ordinary cyclists should not be the victim of "Stupidity or even careless drivers" !

The Roads photo journo at Torino Team Presentation saw me talking to Wouter and has yet to email the Photos ! Get on the computer TODAY , you promised they would be available tuesday ! Not seen them in the article either !

If I were picked for jury duty on this case I would be highly skeptical that a friend borrowed the 'phone and tweeted this "for a joke". I make inappropriate jokes from time to time (possibly due to Aspergers or maybe just because I'm tasteless) but I would never make jokes like that.

I am however highly skeptical that the police will do anything unless the media highlight the case.

Well having got in today to hear my Uncle and Aunt have witnessed a hit and run (and even persued the driver in their own car, as the old boy who had been flung 10 feet into the air from his own bike was being attended to)... I hope this Twitter-T*** gets a real understanding how how serious this is from the Police.

I doubt his mate was anywhere near his phone. My mates wouldnt let me near theirs. Perhaps he should go and visit someone who has been hit and is now struggling to rebuild their life, do some damn chores for them etc? Get to understand the personal gravitas.

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mr-andrew

Talking of epic twat, James Martin, did you see the BBC programme depicting his 'participation' in the historic rerun of the Mille Miglia last year? Fabulous event, marvellous machinery, spoiled only by Mr Martin's being in it. Proved himself to be a legendary, fat epic twat. First he stumped up several hundred grand for a beautiful pre-war Maserati (can't blame him there, if you've got the wonga why not) which he then slagged over the first day's motoring and broke while his co-driver (a WOMAN for chrissakes who one suspected was a far better driver than legendary epic twat but who never got a go 'cos James is a Yorkshire MAN and knows better), had to sit a tolerate his puerile antics. He cried on the side of the road because he'd broken his car. I suspect most viewers laughed their bollocks off. A man who knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing.

It appears the abuse has become too much and he's now deleted the account. Highly unlikely the Police will do anything to the idiot anyway. He only 'joked' about injuring two cyclists, not blowing up Nottingham Airport.

He's now deleted his Twitter account. Interesting.

What a complete idiot this Incillin is.

If his mate had used his phone to tweet that then why didn't he delete is straight away when he found it, and then why did he continue sending other ones talking about this?
Richmond Park has plenty of terrible drivers in it speeding and making dangerous overtakes.

I hope the Police make a home visit for him and take into account what he has written about this and his driving generally.

I thought nothing came of the James Martin thing because it turned out he'd made it up to make himself look big and clever in front of the bigger boys?

If this turns out to have really happened I'm pretty confident it'll come home to roost for him, in some way at least.

Reminds me of that epic twat James Martin who wrote something similar last year. "The look of sheer terror as they tottered into the hedge was the best thing I've ever seen in my rear-view mirror"( http://goo.gl/XhOzM )

Absolutely nothing came of that, so I have my doubts about this being taken too far either.

Very pleased to hear the matter is in the hands of the police. I hope they throw the book at him.

Obviously as he only drives an Astra he can not afford to get a lawyer to sort out a super injunction to prevent us reading about it . Sounds like a grade 1 idiot to me.

Perhaps one can be sceptical of his claim that a "friend" borrowed his phone, but if true then the "avid cyclist" is not the one "joking".

I hope it isn't true - there would be little consolation for the victims to know that he had been caught, cmpared with not being hit in the first place.

If I drove an Astra, I wouldn't tweet about it. In fact I'd deny it was mine.

Hilarious, I laughed and laughed.

He appears to be just the sort of idiot influenced by one Jeremy Clarkson, a person for whom I have declared my immense dislike elsewhere on this website.

An "avid" cyclist doesn't joke about knocking people off.

Largely because once you've lost an inch or two of skin, it's not funny.