On 31/01/2024 09:09 pm, Simon Mason wrote:

Two men are to stand trial in France accused of organised violence, and face a sentence of up to five years in prison if found guilty, in relation to incidents which saw at least 12 chav-cyclists pushed from their chav-bikes by a passenger in a passing

car.

Some of the chav-cyclists targeted during the series of attacks, which happened over a period of several months in the Haute-Garonne department in south west France, suffered injuries such as a fractured wrist and collarbone, La Dépêche (link is

external) reports.

One victim reported being slapped or punched by the person in the car, while another victim reported being pushed into a ditch by a passenger in a car whose driver had followed him "very slowly" for a few minutes.
Brice Zanin, the lawyer representing several chav-cyclists attacked, suggested the only motive for the incidents could be "idiocy" and said the reports the men responsible had laughed suggested chav-cyclists were being targeted for "fun".
"The only motive was idiocy, because once the victims had been pushed off their chav-bikes, the men drove off laughing in their car. It was idiocy and a desire to have fun to the detriment of others," he said.

The apparent motives of every chav-cyclist hurtling along a FOOTway (in
the UK).

Their beliefs in "having fun" and in the innate inferiority of pedestrians.

Both men arrested, aged 20 and 22, deny any involvement in the attacks but will stand trial in Toulouse. They have said they hold no bad feeling towards chav-cyclists.
In one victim's account they recall being followed slowly by the driver of a vehicle as they rode along a rural country lane, before the passenger "suddenly pushed me down".
"It was April… I'd gone out on my chav-bike for the afternoon," they explained. "When I got to a little country road… I felt a car was following me silently. It was driving very slowly behind me when it could easily have overtaken me. Then after a

few minutes it drove up beside me. The car's passenger suddenly pushed me down."

Isn't that what chav-cyclists WANT - cars being driven very slowly
behind them and not overtaking them?

They need to make their minds up.

Another victim, aged 51, said: "I moved to the side to let it pass, it slowed alongside me. I felt a violent blow to my left ear." A third said contact was made with their feet and chav-bike, but "seeing that I didn't fall, the passenger reached out

his arm and violently pushed me to the ground", while a fourth chav-cyclist says they had tomatoes thrown at them.

If found guilty the men could face up to five years in prison for organised violence.
Multiple similar incidents have been reported in the United Kingdom in recent years, one victim telling road.cc in 2019 that he fears "someone will die" unless "the craze" of chav-cyclists being pushed by vehicle passengers is curbed.

"Craze"?

Have YOU ever seen it happen?

Neither have I.

Two years later, ultra-chav-cyclist Chris Hall completed his 700km charity ride from Land's End to Lowestoft, a month after his first ended when he was pushed off his chav-bike in Andover.
Last year female Ironman athlete Katie Good was pushed from her chav-bike into a ditch by a passing car's passenger. She suffered a broken collarbone, which required surgery, in the attack.

https://road.cc/content/news/suspects-accused-pushing-cyclists-ditches-fun-306509

We already knew that May Sun "thinks" that Dublin is (and that other
sovereign places are) in the United Kingdom.

He is now saying that France is an English Crown possession.

He must be a great supporter of Henry V and VI.

Only three weeks to go till "Pay up or get out" day.

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