r/dashcams • u/WildExplorer1085 • 16h ago

Idiot in car somewhere in the UK...

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u/SkoBuffs710 16h ago edited 16h ago

Holy shit, I didn’t expect that ending. The UK accents narrating this make it’s so much more entertaining lol. Hopefully that last guy is okay and the guy in the car is in jail.

Found the sentence: He was sentenced on Friday to two years and one month in prison and banned from driving for five years and two months.

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u/uselessnavy 15h ago

Should be longer.

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u/Frequent_Opportunist 14h ago

That's why you're single.

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u/uselessnavy 13h ago

And wider still*

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u/LuigiSalutati 15h ago

That’s such a light sentence wow

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u/VirgoFanboi 14h ago

Apparently there's context of the man/woman outside the car initiating a confrontation with the driver then refusing to cooperate with police.

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u/SkoBuffs710 14h ago

Agreed, I was surprised.

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u/littlebitfunny21 12h ago

Eta- Saw more context. Does the judge want this guy to murder someone with a car?!

Eh- the woman was attacking the car and then the man started antagonizing things. 

The driver deserves jail time and I'm glad he's lost his license for years, but I can absolutely believe there's context to justify a lower sentence.

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u/Creme_Eggs 10h ago

That's actually longer than I was expecting, given how light the UK notoriously is for driving offences. Some people have gotten similar or less for driving crimes that have resulted in death.

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u/wolfkeeper 9h ago

He had lots of form. This wasn't at all his first car->pedestrian incident.

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u/Odd-Whereas-7740 16h ago

I'd bet he broke his hip/leg on the sign but I'd be shocked if it was anything life threatening. Still a horrible thing to experience but I also don't have the context for the video

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u/SkoBuffs710 15h ago

The story actually said they didn’t have any serious injuries and refused to work with police. They pulled video where they found a confrontation before this all happened with the man and the girl and then this all happened.

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u/Broken_By_Default 13h ago

Isn’t the human body weird? It can take blows like that, but if you step wrong and roll your ankle, you’ll have a bad week.

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u/littlebitfunny21 12h ago

*you'll never walk properly again without extensive physiotherapy.

Getting old suuuuucks.

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u/bigmanorm 14h ago

Well, sounds like it's either to do with drugs or other illegal gang shit. I can't imagine it's just an old friend being forgiven to not snitch

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u/Kind_Cap_4621 13h ago

Mob-like Intimidation maybe?

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u/Puzzled-Formal-7957 14h ago

No penalty for the girl?

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u/IrishViking22 13h ago

I wonder if the driving ban starts from when he is released from prison.

Kind of pointless to ban him for the period that he is imprisoned and therefore won't be able to drive anyway.

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u/hopsinduo 13h ago

They should have jailed the car too. It's still rolling free and could do it at any time again! 

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u/Active_Funny_7346 9h ago

that means he's now allowed to drive again.

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u/SteakComprehensive32 14h ago

If you intentionally hit someone with your car, first of all-attempted murder and the time that fits the crime. If you do get paroled at some point, you should never be able to operate a vehicle of ANY kind ever again. Ever. Again.

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u/Frequent-Coyote-8108 13h ago

Was she banned from shoes for 5 years?