Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: john m on June 23, 2021, 08:08:38 pm
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WED, 23 JUN, 2021 - 17:26
LIAM HEYLIN
A taxi driver was cleared on the charge of careless driving causing serious bodily harm to a young man travelling on an electric scooter wearing dark clothes – and the jury called for new legislation on hi-vis jackets and insurance for people using the scooters.
The jury at Cork Circuit Criminal Court reached a unanimous not guilty verdict in the case and brought it to the attention of Judge Brian O’Callaghan that they had attached a note to the verdict. The judge invited the foreperson to read it.
“We recommend that the legislation be updated in regard to all road users to include electric scooters and the legal requirement to wear a high visibility vest and to have insurance to drive on the road. The full responsibility and due care should not fall solely on car users,” the foreperson said.
Judge O’Callaghan told the taxi driver Jonathan Anayochukwu of Highfield Park, Ballincollig, Cork, that he was free to go as there was no further charge against him.
The judge assured the six men and six women of the jury that their recommendation would be brought to the attention of the relevant authorities.
The charge on the indictment had alleged that on July 28, 2020, at Summerhill North, Cork, the defendant did drive without due care and attention thereby causing serious bodily harm to Bojan Vucak.
The injured party was travelling on an electric scooter at the time of the incident which gave rise to the charge being brought.
Mr Vucak said he had come from Croatia to live in Cork three-and-a-half years ago and was working at the fitness centre at the River Lee hotel that night.
He said he left work at 11pm on his e-scooter wearing a black leather jacket, dark blue jeans and shoes. He had a hood up because it was raining heavily. He was not wearing a helmet. There was a backlight on the scooter and reflectors on the front wheel, he said.
“Approximately 100 metres before coming home, going up the hill I got hit. I thought it was a bus.
Before I know what is happening I was on the floor, blood pouring down my face.
"The ambulance took quite a while but they arrived,” Mr Vucak said.
Prosecution barrister, Ray Boland, said at the opening of the trial that the injured party sustained a skull fracture and fractures to his facial bones and other injuries.
Mr Vucak told Emmet Boyle, defending, he was much better now apart from some numbness to the left side of his face.
Mr Boyle put it to the front-seat passenger in the taxi, Sam Daly, that he had said in his statement to gardaí that it was darker where the accident occurred on Summerhill North due to the presence of trees. Mr Daly, from Montenotte, agreed that it was slightly darker.
Mr Daly said he did not see the moment of the collision because he was looking at his phone.
Pedestrian Alina Skoryk was walking by at the time and similarly she did not see the moment of the collision because she was also looking at her phone.
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The back light on them scooters are practically on the ground and reflectors on a front wheel are just as fukin useless....the jury were correct to attach that note to the verdict...but no doubt the insurance paid out on the claim ...but scooterboy admitting he made little effort to make himself visible.
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They are using the same road space as we are on motorised vehicles with no crash helmet,insurance ,lights,licence....what could possibly go wrong??...
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And the govt still drag their heels on legislation.
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They're designed to run at 29KPH to avoid legislation. My neighbour tells me his yoke can be chipped to go much faster. It's like talking to a brick wall!! 8)
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What does a fat lady and an electric scooter have in common?........
They're both fun to ride until your friends find out ::fuck
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What does a fat lady and an electric scooter have in common?........
They're both fun to ride until your friends find out ::fuck
lol
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What does a fat lady and an electric scooter have in common?........
They're both fun to ride until your friends find out ::fuck
lol
Or you're seen out in public with one.
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90% of folk die when hit by a vehicle travelling at 60 Kilos per hour
50% of folk die when hit by a vehicle travelling at 50 Kilos per hour
10% of folk die when hit by a vehicle travelling at 30 Kilos per hour
Motorcyclists account for 1 in 12 road deaths yet only 1 in 50 vehicles on the road are motorcycles
Reducing speed limits to 30 kilos per hour in built up areas and provision of dedicated lanes with substanyially lower spped limits for cyclists, scooterers and motorcyclists where permitted outside of built up areas seems to be a no-brainer. However, without enforcement there's no point.
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Speed Kills I remember Brother Brophy clattering me for running in the Corridor he told me to slow down .
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Funny thing is taxi drivers are always first to complain about lowered speed limits... while complaining that there's no work to rush around for... while seeking subsidies to get more men back to work because there's no work...
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Speed Kills I remember Brother Brophy clattering me for running in the Corridor he told me to slow down .
Was that in Armagh Road?