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4x4 driver attacks bus driver in road rage incident in Matlock

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Monday, January 07, 2013
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Police are looking for a bearded man following a road rage incident in Matlock.

An M4 bus driver was driving along Willersley Lane in Matlock when a gold-coloured 4x4, with a 04 plate, approached from the opposite direction.

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The car was in the middle of the road, causing the bus to swerve.

A police spokesman said: "The driver of the 4x4 became verbally abusive and then grabbed the bus driver through the bus window and punched him in the mouth."

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The man was white, 5ft 7ins tall, 40-45 years old with short ginger hair and a short ginger beard. He was wearing a blue and red woolly hat.

The incident happened on December 4 at 7.50am.

Anyone with information is asked to contact PC Shaun Bott at Matlock Police Station using the non-emergency number 101.

To report crime anonymously call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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  • Profile image for vidalbaboon

    by vidalbaboon

    Tuesday, January 08 2013, 6:01AM

    “I have no problem with slapping the taste out of a bus drivers mouth, i err on the side of the motorist on this one. I've come across many a Matlock based bus driver that needs putting in his place through there own pig ignorant attitude. Roll on the red arrows!”

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    by Antony_Rol

    Monday, January 07 2013, 10:33PM

    “Not denying it then John LOL”

  • Profile image for Anony_Mouse

    by Anony_Mouse

    Monday, January 07 2013, 10:21PM

    “by stolen_ID
    "You have a very small peni5 don't you John?"



    Oh what a typical troll comment.
    I bet you've never had any complaints, just lots of hysterical laughter and pity.”

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    by coralsea

    Monday, January 07 2013, 8:42PM

    “surely someone must have got a reg number of this vehicle!!!!!!”

  • Profile image for stolen_ID

    by stolen_ID

    Monday, January 07 2013, 8:16PM

    “You have a very small peni5 don't you John?”

  • Profile image for OllyB1

    by OllyB1

    Monday, January 07 2013, 7:54PM

    “Not supprised, the two types of vehicle on the road whose drivers drive like everybody else is invisible!”

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    by Anony_Mouse

    Monday, January 07 2013, 7:10PM

    “by stolen_ID
    Never thought I'd hear it though, John advocating more 'bland eurobox' type cars on the road



    Toyotas and the like are all that the motoring dross deserve to drive. Decent cars should be lefrt to those with proven skills and ability. As previously stated there should be a minimum requirement of a advanced driving qualification AND a full track licence before anyone is allowed a car of over, say 1600cc.
    Those with such licences should be allowed to use 'bus lanes etcetera to save them being stuck behind the common oiks.”

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    by smshogun

    Monday, January 07 2013, 6:49PM

    “Oh dear we have another idiot, so all 4x4's should be banned should they; perhaps you should remove your head from your rectum and try establishing facts instead of the biased and bigoted tosh posted by other idiots with an agenda based on lies.

    New 4X4 sales for 2012 equated to less than 5% of all private and company cars sold so how do they equate to being responsible for 87% of the earths atmosphere as the drivel you posted a link to claims. In fact over their full lifecycle a 4X4 actually produces much less total emissions than a city car as 80% of emissions are produced in the manufacture and disposal of a car, the remaining 20% are produced by its actual running.
    In reality cows produce more emissions than all the worlds vehicles.

    In pedestrian V 4X4 accidents you are much more likely to be killed by a family saloon or small city car at 30MPH than you are by a 4X4 at 40MPH as the bluff front of a 4X4 throws you forwards, the aerodynamic saloon throws you into the air and inverts you. This means you land on your head and the close proximity of the engine to the bonnet means you land headfirst on a solid lump of metal, and this has been verified by both independent UK and European research as well as our own Government research.

    Next, my favourite, the 4' ruts lie, considering an average 4X4 has around 8" (200mm) of ground clearance, so if a rut is 8.5" deep a 4X4 trying to drive such terrain would be sat on its chassis with its wheels 0.5" clear of the ground, hardly rocket science is it.

    Now, if we factor all vehicles into the equation such as vans, lorries, and buses; they contribute much more to environmental pollution with an average fuel consumption of 3.89 for a 44 tonne articulated lorry, and often less for a bus with its constant stop start. This rather dispels the lies in the tosh you posted a link to.”

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    by davsl

    Monday, January 07 2013, 6:30PM

    “How do they know he had short ginger hair if he was wearing a red + blue hat?”

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    by stolen_ID

    Monday, January 07 2013, 6:03PM

    “....And those that need to 'watch the speedo' in order to estimate their speed be limited to a mobility scooter
    Never thought I'd hear it though, John advocating more 'bland eurobox' type cars on the road
    And as for thinking being a company rep makes you a good driver....”

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