If society tolerates people doing mean things to kids you have to ask yourself where do you draw the line. Not funny and I hope they is fined for endangering others with this driving.
Driver Charged For Splashing School Kids 9:44am UK, Wednesday October 14, 2009
Alex Watts, Sky News Online
A female motorist is facing court action for deliberately driving through a puddle and splashing a group of school children.
Police received a number of complaints after a 24-second clip of the incident was posted on YouTube.
In the footage, her partner gives a commentary as she motors down a road in Plymouth, Devon.
"Puddle at the bottom of the hill coming up, kids at the bottom of the hill - come on!" he shouts with glee.
The clip, filmed from inside the car, shows the vehicle splashing several children standing at a bus stop.
Officers said the 29-year-old woman had voluntarily contacted them and was interviewed on Sunday.
She has been reported for careless driving and a file is being sent to the Crown Prosecution Service.
A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police told Sky News Online: "Deliberately splashing people by driving through a big puddle could mean that the motorist was driving without reasonable consideration for other road users.
"There is also the real danger that by driving through standing water this could cause the driver of the vehicle to lose control and could result in a road traffic collision.
"People involved in this practice could find themselves prosecuted and points put on their licence."
Driving through a puddle to splash bystanders is an offence of "careless, and inconsiderate, driving" under the Road Traffic Act section 3 and carries a fine of up to £2,500.
Four years ago, a driver who admitted soaking a workman by driving through a puddle was fined £150 and given three penalty points by magistrates in Yeovil.
the hill's long enough, it's not like the kids didn't have any warning, considering he honked his horn right before he hit the puddle - so the haters should relax a little, it's a free character building lesson for the kiddies!
How bad is it being soaked with a big splash of water while waiting for a bus in a rain-storm and the bus you'll be going on will be filthier than the water you just got soaked with? Not that bad.
dude I am a kid who spent 6 years waiting at a bus stop. If that had happened to me i would have laughed my head off. at least its something exciting that would have happened on a cold boring wet day at the bus stop. oh no, they're wet. they're just going to sit in a chair for 6 hours anyway
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They could have hydroplaned and killed someone. Glad they got caught by the Cornwall Police
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If society tolerates people doing mean things to kids you have to ask yourself where do you draw the line. Not funny and I hope they is fined for endangering others with this driving.
the kids are going to school to learn.Their first lesson starts before the bus gets there.If they are splashed twice the second one is their fault
Driver Charged For Splashing School Kids
9:44am UK, Wednesday October 14, 2009
Alex Watts, Sky News Online
A female motorist is facing court action for deliberately driving through a puddle and splashing a group of school children.
Police received a number of complaints after a 24-second clip of the incident was posted on YouTube.
In the footage, her partner g... more >
the hill's long enough, it's not like the kids didn't have any warning, considering he honked his horn right before he hit the puddle - so the haters should relax a little, it's a free character building lesson for the kiddies!
That is horrible. Karma will get you, you evil bastard!
How bad is it being soaked with a big splash of water while waiting for a bus in a rain-storm and the bus you'll be going on will be filthier than the water you just got soaked with? Not that bad.
It might have been funnier with a casualty, Randy.
100% AMAZING. YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE AND I'VE LOVE TO BUY YOU A BEER.