In a moment of schadenfreude that most of us who have been doused by car or van driver, driving into the puddle next to you, will really enjoy, a van driver in the Canadian city of Ottawa has been sacked after he was filmed repeatedly dousing pedestrians.
A rear facing dash-cam recorded a 45 second clip of the van driver veering into the kerb on a rainy day, to drench pedestrians at least three times. The video of the anti-social behaviour went viral, and was viewed over 750,000 times.
The company they work with were identified as the company's logo is clearly seen on the side of the vehicle and later Black and McDonald said in a Facebook post that they wanted to "apologise to everyone impacted by the recent incident in Ottawa of unacceptable driving by one of our van drivers... This is an isolated incident and the individual is no longer employed with Black & McDonald." They were co-operating with the police over the incident, however the driver will apparently not face any criminal charges, with police considering the driver's sacking being punishment enough.
"We consider the file now closed," police Sgt. Mark Gatien told the press. "The outcome from the employer we feel is enough of a lesson learned for him and your readers and viewers."
But drivers in the UK shouldn't smirk too much. Under section three of the Road Traffic Act 1988, it is an offence to drive "without reasonable consideration for other persons" and according to the Crown Prosecution Service, this includes an instance of "driving through a puddle causing pedestrians to be splashed".
So UK drivers should be concerned if they are caught splashing a pedestrian with their vehicle, as it can attract fines and punishments, with up to £5,000 in fines, and or up to nine penalty points against their driving licences.
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A rear facing dash-cam recorded a 45 second clip of the van driver veering into the kerb on a rainy day, to drench pedestrians at least three times. The video of the anti-social behaviour went viral, and was viewed over 750,000 times.
The company they work with were identified as the company's logo is clearly seen on the side of the vehicle and later Black and McDonald said in a Facebook post that they wanted to "apologise to everyone impacted by the recent incident in Ottawa of unacceptable driving by one of our van drivers... This is an isolated incident and the individual is no longer employed with Black & McDonald." They were co-operating with the police over the incident, however the driver will apparently not face any criminal charges, with police considering the driver's sacking being punishment enough.
"We consider the file now closed," police Sgt. Mark Gatien told the press. "The outcome from the employer we feel is enough of a lesson learned for him and your readers and viewers."
But drivers in the UK shouldn't smirk too much. Under section three of the Road Traffic Act 1988, it is an offence to drive "without reasonable consideration for other persons" and according to the Crown Prosecution Service, this includes an instance of "driving through a puddle causing pedestrians to be splashed".
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| Driving Without Reasonable Consideration For Other Persons Is An Offence. |
So UK drivers should be concerned if they are caught splashing a pedestrian with their vehicle, as it can attract fines and punishments, with up to £5,000 in fines, and or up to nine penalty points against their driving licences.
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