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Old February 19th 20, 11:57 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Simon Mason[_6_]
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Default Drunk driver who crashed into traffic island blamed cyclist

An original wriggle for a change. Beats the low flying Sun one.
QUOTE:
A drunk-driver who crashed into a traffic island blamed a cyclist for the incident, a court has heard.

Daniel Ronald Thomas, aged 35, pleaded guilty at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court to driving while over the limit for alcohol, reports The Shields Gazette (link is external).

The former Army chef crashed into the bollard on a traffic island on North Road in Boldon, Tyne & Wear on 25 August last year.

When breathalysed, he was found to be exactly double the permitted limit of 35 microgrammes in 100 millilitres of breath.

He told police that a cyclist had “shot off the pavement,” forcing him to crash into the traffic island.

Lorna Rimell, prosecuting, said: “Police were called to the site of an RTA because the defendant had crashed into an island on North Road.

“He co-operated with the police. He failed the breath test.” In mitigation, Val Bell said that after leaving the Army after 14 years’ service due to cardiomyopathy, Thomas had been unable to find permanent work, but was coming back from a trial shift when the crash took place.

She told the court: “He does accept the reading. He is absolutely adamant he had not had a great deal to drink that night and can’t understand why the reading was as high as it was

“It may be because he hadn’t eaten that day,” she added.

Thomas was fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £32 victim surcharge.

He was also banned from driving for 20 months.

https://road.cc/content/news/271275-...blamed-cyclist
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Old February 19th 20, 02:17 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Simon Mason[_6_]
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Default Drunk driver who crashed into traffic island blamed cyclist

On Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 10:57:09 AM UTC, Simon Mason wrote:
An original wriggle for a change. Beats the low flying Sun one.
QUOTE:
A drunk-driver who crashed into a traffic island blamed a cyclist for the incident, a court has heard.

Daniel Ronald Thomas, aged 35, pleaded guilty at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court to driving while over the limit for alcohol, reports The Shields Gazette (link is external).

The former Army chef crashed into the bollard on a traffic island on North Road in Boldon, Tyne & Wear on 25 August last year.

When breathalysed, he was found to be exactly double the permitted limit of 35 microgrammes in 100 millilitres of breath.

He told police that a cyclist had “shot off the pavement,” forcing him to crash into the traffic island.

Lorna Rimell, prosecuting, said: “Police were called to the site of an RTA because the defendant had crashed into an island on North Road.

“He co-operated with the police. He failed the breath test.” In mitigation, Val Bell said that after leaving the Army after 14 years’ service due to cardiomyopathy, Thomas had been unable to find permanent work, but was coming back from a trial shift when the crash took place.

She told the court: “He does accept the reading. He is absolutely adamant he had not had a great deal to drink that night and can’t understand why the reading was as high as it was

“It may be because he hadn’t eaten that day,” she added.

Thomas was fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £32 victim surcharge.

He was also banned from driving for 20 months.

https://road.cc/content/news/271275-...blamed-cyclist


QUOTE:

In mitigation, Val Bell said that after leaving the Army after 14 years’ service due to cardiomyopathy, Thomas had been unable to find permanent work, but was coming back from a trial shift when the crash took place.
ENDS

What sort of trial shift do you turn up for work drunk?
The mind boggles.
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Old February 19th 20, 04:46 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Drunk driver who crashed into traffic island blamed cyclist

On 19/02/2020 13:17, Simon Mason wrote:
On Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 10:57:09 AM UTC, Simon Mason wrote:
An original wriggle for a change. Beats the low flying Sun one.
QUOTE:
A drunk-driver who crashed into a traffic island blamed a cyclist for the incident, a court has heard.

Daniel Ronald Thomas, aged 35, pleaded guilty at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court to driving while over the limit for alcohol, reports The Shields Gazette (link is external).

The former Army chef crashed into the bollard on a traffic island on North Road in Boldon, Tyne & Wear on 25 August last year.

When breathalysed, he was found to be exactly double the permitted limit of 35 microgrammes in 100 millilitres of breath.

He told police that a cyclist had “shot off the pavement,” forcing him to crash into the traffic island.

Lorna Rimell, prosecuting, said: “Police were called to the site of an RTA because the defendant had crashed into an island on North Road.

“He co-operated with the police. He failed the breath test.” In mitigation, Val Bell said that after leaving the Army after 14 years’ service due to cardiomyopathy, Thomas had been unable to find permanent work, but was coming back from a trial shift when the crash took place.

She told the court: “He does accept the reading. He is absolutely adamant he had not had a great deal to drink that night and can’t understand why the reading was as high as it was

“It may be because he hadn’t eaten that day,” she added.

Thomas was fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £32 victim surcharge.

He was also banned from driving for 20 months.

https://road.cc/content/news/271275-...blamed-cyclist


QUOTE:

In mitigation, Val Bell said that after leaving the Army after 14 years’ service due to cardiomyopathy, Thomas had been unable to find permanent work, but was coming back from a trial shift when the crash took place.
ENDS

What sort of trial shift do you turn up for work drunk?
The mind boggles.


Working as a chef?

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Old February 19th 20, 05:02 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Drunk driver who crashed into traffic island blamed cyclist

On 19/02/2020 15:46, JNugent wrote:
On 19/02/2020 13:17, Simon Mason wrote:
On Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 10:57:09 AM UTC, Simon Mason wrote:
An original wriggle for a change. Beats the low flying Sun one.
QUOTE:
A drunk-driver who crashed into a traffic island blamed a cyclist for
the incident, a court has heard.

Daniel Ronald Thomas, aged 35, pleaded guilty at South Tyneside
Magistrates’ Court to driving while over the limit for alcohol,
reports The Shields Gazette (link is external).

The former Army chef crashed into the bollard on a traffic island on
North Road in Boldon, Tyne & Wear on 25 August last year.

When breathalysed, he was found to be exactly double the permitted
limit of 35 microgrammes in 100 millilitres of breath.

He told police that a cyclist had “shot off the pavement,” forcing
him to crash into the traffic island.

Lorna Rimell, prosecuting, said: “Police were called to the site of
an RTA because the defendant had crashed into an island on North Road.

“He co-operated with the police. He failed the breath test.” In
mitigation, Val Bell said that after leaving the Army after 14 years’
service due to cardiomyopathy, Thomas had been unable to find
permanent work, but was coming back from a trial shift when the crash
took place.

She told the court: “He does accept the reading. He is absolutely
adamant he had not had a great deal to drink that night and can’t
understand why the reading was as high as it was

“It may be because he hadn’t eaten that day,” she added.

Thomas was fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £32
victim surcharge.

He was also banned from driving for 20 months.

https://road.cc/content/news/271275-...blamed-cyclist


QUOTE:

In mitigation, Val Bell said that after leaving the Army after 14
years’ service due to cardiomyopathy, Thomas had been unable to find
permanent work, but was coming back from a trial shift when the crash
took place.
ENDS

What sort of trial shift do you turn up for work drunk?
The mind boggles.


Working as a chef?


so a cyclist making an illegal and dangerous manouevre has spoilt
someone's chance of a new job, well done.
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Old February 19th 20, 05:25 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
jnugent
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Default Drunk driver who crashed into traffic island blamed cyclist

On 19/02/2020 16:02, MrCheerful wrote:

On 19/02/2020 15:46, JNugent wrote:
On 19/02/2020 13:17, Simon Mason wrote:
On Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 10:57:09 AM UTC, Simon Mason wrote:


An original wriggle for a change. Beats the low flying Sun one.
QUOTE:
A drunk-driver who crashed into a traffic island blamed a cyclist
for the incident, a court has heard.
Daniel Ronald Thomas, aged 35, pleaded guilty at South Tyneside
Magistrates’ Court to driving while over the limit for alcohol,
reports The Shields Gazette (link is external).
The former Army chef crashed into the bollard on a traffic island on
North Road in Boldon, Tyne & Wear on 25 August last year.
When breathalysed, he was found to be exactly double the permitted
limit of 35 microgrammes in 100 millilitres of breath.
He told police that a cyclist had “shot off the pavement,” forcing
him to crash into the traffic island.
Lorna Rimell, prosecuting, said: “Police were called to the site of
an RTA because the defendant had crashed into an island on North Road.
“He co-operated with the police. He failed the breath test.” In
mitigation, Val Bell said that after leaving the Army after 14
years’ service due to cardiomyopathy, Thomas had been unable to find
permanent work, but was coming back from a trial shift when the
crash took place.
She told the court: “He does accept the reading. He is absolutely
adamant he had not had a great deal to drink that night and can’t
understand why the reading was as high as it was
“It may be because he hadn’t eaten that day,” she added.
Thomas was fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £32
victim surcharge.
He was also banned from driving for 20 months.
https://road.cc/content/news/271275-...blamed-cyclist


QUOTE:


In mitigation, Val Bell said that after leaving the Army after 14
years’ service due to cardiomyopathy, Thomas had been unable to find
permanent work, but was coming back from a trial shift when the crash
took place.
ENDS


What sort of trial shift do you turn up for work drunk?
The mind boggles.


Working as a chef?


so a cyclist making an illegal and dangerous manouevre has spoilt
someone's chance of a new job, well done.


Well... to be fair, only if it's true.

There's also the famous dog so beloved of veteran insurance report
readers. The one that appears right in front of the insured vehicle and
caused the driver to swerve and hit a lamp, then disappears, only to
reappear in some other town and do the same thing. Perhaps it teleports
from a previous century when the location of the road was a farmyard.

To be double fair, sometimes that dog appears in front of a cyclist and
causes him or her to hit a drystone wall, sometimes with fatal
consequences. Then it disappears back whence it came.

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Old February 19th 20, 11:00 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Drunk driver who crashed into traffic island blamed cyclist

On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:02:27 GMT, MrCheerful
wrote:

On 19/02/2020 15:46, JNugent wrote:
On 19/02/2020 13:17, Simon Mason wrote:
On Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 10:57:09 AM UTC, Simon Mason
wrote:
An original wriggle for a change. Beats the low flying Sun one.
QUOTE:
A drunk-driver who crashed into a traffic island blamed a cyclist
for the incident, a court has heard.

Daniel Ronald Thomas, aged 35, pleaded guilty at South Tyneside
Magistrates’ Court to driving while over the limit for alcohol,
reports The Shields Gazette (link is external).

The former Army chef crashed into the bollard on a traffic island
on North Road in Boldon, Tyne & Wear on 25 August last year.

When breathalysed, he was found to be exactly double the permitted
limit of 35 microgrammes in 100 millilitres of breath.

He told police that a cyclist had “shot off the pavement,”
forcing him to crash into the traffic island.

Lorna Rimell, prosecuting, said: “Police were called to the site
of an RTA because the defendant had crashed into an island on North
Road.

“He co-operated with the police. He failed the breath test.” In
mitigation, Val Bell said that after leaving the Army after 14
years’ service due to cardiomyopathy, Thomas had been unable to
find permanent work, but was coming back from a trial shift when
the crash took place.

She told the court: “He does accept the reading. He is absolutely
adamant he had not had a great deal to drink that night and can’t
understand why the reading was as high as it was

“It may be because he hadn’t eaten that day,” she added.

Thomas was fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £32
victim surcharge.

He was also banned from driving for 20 months.

https://road.cc/content/news/271275-...r-who-crashed-

traffic
-island-blamed-cyclist


QUOTE:

In mitigation, Val Bell said that after leaving the Army after 14
years’ service due to cardiomyopathy, Thomas had been unable to
find permanent work, but was coming back from a trial shift when the
crash took place.
ENDS

What sort of trial shift do you turn up for work drunk?
The mind boggles.


Working as a chef?


so a cyclist making an illegal and dangerous manouevre has spoilt
someone's chance of a new job, well done.

He forced the booze down the driver's neck??!!


--
Bah, and indeed, Humbug.
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Old February 20th 20, 01:42 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Drunk driver who crashed into traffic island blamed cyclist

On 19/02/2020 22:00, Kerr-Mudd,John wrote:
On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:02:27 GMT, MrCheerful
wrote:

On 19/02/2020 15:46, JNugent wrote:
On 19/02/2020 13:17, Simon Mason wrote:
On Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 10:57:09 AM UTC, Simon Mason
wrote:
An original wriggle for a change. Beats the low flying Sun one.
QUOTE:
A drunk-driver who crashed into a traffic island blamed a cyclist
for the incident, a court has heard.

Daniel Ronald Thomas, aged 35, pleaded guilty at South Tyneside
Magistrates’ Court to driving while over the limit for alcohol,
reports The Shields Gazette (link is external).

The former Army chef crashed into the bollard on a traffic island
on North Road in Boldon, Tyne & Wear on 25 August last year.

When breathalysed, he was found to be exactly double the permitted
limit of 35 microgrammes in 100 millilitres of breath.

He told police that a cyclist had “shot off the pavement,”
forcing him to crash into the traffic island.

Lorna Rimell, prosecuting, said: “Police were called to the site
of an RTA because the defendant had crashed into an island on North
Road.

“He co-operated with the police. He failed the breath test.” In
mitigation, Val Bell said that after leaving the Army after 14
years’ service due to cardiomyopathy, Thomas had been unable to
find permanent work, but was coming back from a trial shift when
the crash took place.

She told the court: “He does accept the reading. He is absolutely
adamant he had not had a great deal to drink that night and can’t
understand why the reading was as high as it was

“It may be because he hadn’t eaten that day,” she added.

Thomas was fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £32
victim surcharge.

He was also banned from driving for 20 months.

https://road.cc/content/news/271275-...r-who-crashed-

traffic
-island-blamed-cyclist


QUOTE:

In mitigation, Val Bell said that after leaving the Army after 14
years’ service due to cardiomyopathy, Thomas had been unable to
find permanent work, but was coming back from a trial shift when the
crash took place.
ENDS

What sort of trial shift do you turn up for work drunk?
The mind boggles.

Working as a chef?


so a cyclist making an illegal and dangerous manouevre has spoilt
someone's chance of a new job, well done.

He forced the booze down the driver's neck??!!



Drink didn't cause him to swerve, the cyclist did.
 




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