London jogger pushes woman in front of bus

alchemist33

When I saw the headline I thought it might have been an accident but the footage made me gasp. What a complete scumbag this is. I've rarely hoped more that someone is caught, shamed, and jailed for attempted murder.

https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2017/0808/895897-london-jogger-bus/

Hector Savage

JEsus!!!!
That's a f*cking disgrace, inches away from being killed, what a total asshole .

Patser

And he ran back past her 15 minutes later but ignored it all

razorblunt

Wow, I thought the headline might have exaggerated things.
She did very well to hold her upper body up out of the road too. Great reactions from the driver, hope he's ok following it too.

It didn't even look like they did that "move left, whoops, move right, whoops" dance beforehand that some people get annoyed at. Obviously that doesn't come near to justifying that reaction.

Pinch Flat

What a knob and a bully. Passed a big bloke seconds before. Hope he's caught. A self absorbed pi!ck.

sonic85

I read this story earlier and was wondering if there was more to it? That path was huge! Five people could fit on that abreast with no problems yet he managed to hit her with a full on shoulder and had no problem avoiding the man just seconds earlier. Seems a bit strange.

Whatever the reason he's an absolute scumbag and I hope he gets done and sees jail - that woman was so lucky. What the hell is wrong with people

Cantona's Collars

Just because the woman didn't move out of his way a millisecond quicker for him,he pushes her into the road.Only for the reactions of the bus driver she'd have been killed.
Hope he gets caught and has the book thrown at him.
You can just imagine the prick moaning about not setting a PB because some stupid woman got in his way.

The_Valeyard

An absolute c*nt

sonic85

zerks wrote: »

Just because the woman didn't move out of his way a millisecond quicker for him,he pushes her into the road.Only for the reactions of the bus driver she'd have been killed.
Hope he gets caught and has the book thrown at him.
You can just imagine the prick moaning about not setting a PB because some stupid woman got in his way.

I dont know about that if you look at the slow motion part of the video it looked like she was drifting a bit to the left and he seemed to go for her. The path was huge with nobody else on it so to avoid her he would barely have had to move

The_Kew_Tour

And you can see by path she was totally away from him.

Wonder does he know him. Does not justify the scumbag act in any way.

I guess if she did know him there be no pictures of him. Crazy and scary. Hope he gets nice sentence when found

Cantona's Collars

sonic85 wrote: »

I dont know about that if you look at the slow motion part of the video it looked like she was drifting a bit to the left and he seemed to go for her. The path was huge with nobody else on it so to avoid her he would barely have had to move

He was headed for her,probably too self absorbed in his running to adjust and pushed her.
I saw a guy I know do similar one day as he ran up behind 2 pedestrians, he pushed one out of the way and cursed them out of it.I just thought it was dickish by him.God help anyone who gets in the way of achieving a PB.

BBDBB

Finally! Proof that exercise is bad for ye

Bambi985

What an absolute scumbag.

Joggers that decide to get in their 5 miles during rush hour in central London can be some of the most arrogant d1ckheads you could hope to meet. More than once I've been rammed into or pushed out of the way abruptly or had a runner yell at me when I've been keeping to myself trying to weave through the crowds and get to my tube stop. WTF are you on like, running at 10 miles an hour when there's absolutely no space on the footpath to walk let alone run and there's herds of people walking out of buildings and around corners and out of tube stations and bus stops. Fcuk right off.

Hitman3000

Happened in May and just released info today to trace the jogger. Speedy.

mzungu

What a thug. Hope the police catch him.

Biggest lickspittle on boardz

That looks like a deliberate premeditated murder attempt that was designed to look like an accident.

theteal

Not a shadow of a doubt this vermin will be caught, social media is actually good for something on occasion. I'll just be interested to see the severity of his sentence.

I have issues with city joggers - it doesn't make sense to me, there are plenty of parks around with cleaner air to be breathing. I don't care if his excuse is she was in his way, she was using the path appropriately, he was the one jogging, he should the one making the effort to get out of other pedestrians way.

redcup342

I hope someone pushes him accidentally while jogging past onto a Penis in Prison.

Lollipops23

theteal wrote: »

I have issues with city joggers - it doesn't make sense to me, there are plenty of parks around with cleaner air to be breathing.

It always irritates me when I see them jogging around the IFSC/Dame St in Dublin at rush hour times- it's a densely populated area at the best of times, we don't need you trying to crash through the crowds!

It looks almost like the guy swatted her face/shoulder area- even if he didn't mean to shove her in front of traffic, he meant to hurt her. I have every confidence he will be identified and I hope he does time over it. Particularly after he didn't even stop to see if she was ok.

blueser

zerks wrote: »

Just because the woman didn't move out of his way a millisecond quicker for him,he pushes her into the road.Only for the reactions of the bus driver she'd have been killed.
Hope he gets caught and has the book thrown at him.
You can just imagine the prick moaning about not setting a PB because some stupid woman got in his way.

She wasn't in his way. Watch the video;
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/shocking-moment-jogger-barges-unknown-woman-into-path-of-oncoming-bus-on-putney-bridge-a3606216.html
Now, compare the line she's taking to the shadow on the footpath (which is pretty parallel to the kerb). If anything, she veers slightly to her left, away from the line the jogger should be taking. Whereas he seems to intentionally veer over to his right, to (seemingly) initiate the collision. There's only one party to blame there, and it isn't the woman. And fair play to the bus driver on his quick reactions.

If I was him, I'd give the jogging a rest for a week or 2, buy new gear, and pick a new route...

BorneTobyWilde

She totally walked to his right and was not in his way. That guy will pay for his this big time, he just became viral and for all the wrong raisins . It was certain death had the bus rolled over her, the driver deserves a medal.
How is this just coming to light now when it happened few months ago.

andekwarhola

Great reflexes from the driver.

TallGlass

Some posters are saying he pushes her to me it looks like he full on intentionally grabbed her and pushed her right out towards the road. What a lunatic.

Still amazing that not one person managed to see him do it and stop him. I suppose, if you did see that you wouldn't believe your eyes.

bodice ripper

BorneTobyWilde wrote:

She totally walked to his right and was not in his way. That guy will pay for his this big time, he just became viral and for all the wrong raisins . It was certain death had the bus rolled over her, the driver deserves a medal. How is this just coming to light now when it happened few months ago.

I used to play bass for All The Wrong Raisins...

andekwarhola

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

That guy will pay for his this big time, he just became viral and for all the wrong raisins

Pity the video isn't more currant though.

RasTa

He pushed her out of the way, not into a bus

GLaDOS

RasTa wrote: »

He pushed her out of the way, not into a bus

Out of the way, towards a busy road. Even if it's not intentional, it's still incredible dangerous.

Why he felt the need to push her when there was ample room to run by her is a different issue.

BorneTobyWilde

RasTa wrote: »

He pushed her out of the way, not into a bus

So assault while jigging is ok .
She was not in his way, or looking to stand her ground.

RasTa

He pushed her because he is a prick, he actually moves towards her. Should be done for assault but the headline is misleading

kylith

Bambi985 wrote: »

What an absolute scumbag.

Joggers that decide to get in their 5 miles during rush hour in central London can be some of the most arrogant d1ckheads you could hope to meet. More than once I've been rammed into or pushed out of the way abruptly or had a runner yell at me when I've been keeping to myself trying to weave through the crowds and get to my tube stop. WTF are you on like, running at 10 miles an hour when there's absolutely no space on the footpath to walk let alone run and there's herds of people walking out of buildings and around corners and out of tube stations and bus stops. Fcuk right off.

Ever come across them running on the actual road? And people think cyclists are bad.

GLaDOS wrote: »

Out of the way, towards a busy road. Even if it's not intentional, it's still incredible dangerous.

Why he felt the need to push her when there was ample room to run by her is a different issue.

Some men believe it's a woman's/the other person's job to get out of their way. I've done some wee real-world tests of this myself and a lot of men will keep walking until they walk into you.

suicide_circus

Luckily the bus was only moving about 12mph

iguana

blueser wrote: »

She wasn't in his way. Watch the video;
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/shocking-moment-jogger-barges-unknown-woman-into-path-of-oncoming-bus-on-putney-bridge-a3606216.html
Now, compare the line she's taking to the shadow on the footpath (which is pretty parallel to the kerb). If anything, she veers slightly to her left, away from the line the jogger should be taking. Whereas he seems to intentionally veer over to his right, to (seemingly) initiate the collision. There's only one party to blame there, and it isn't the woman. And fair play to the bus driver on his quick reactions.

I came on to say this. He actually veers out of his way, towards her, to push her. While she seemed to be automatically moving slightly out of his way, even though she wasn't really in it. That looks like a very deliberate act on his part.

Hector Savage

Actually watching it again it's true - he actually veered to push her, she wasn't in his way.
Had he continued in a straight line he would have missed her.

Makes it even worse ! (not that pushing her in front of a bus cos she was in his way is an excuse).

lazybones32

RasTa wrote: »

He pushed her out of the way, not into a bus

True. I pushed a guy into the river some time back. It was the river that drowned him, not me.

Oops69

Not to generalise but the endorphin rush in some joggerrs can make them quite aggressive on footpaths , especially when they're doing group runs , just because they're running and wearing a luminous jacket seems to give them the right of way ?

Fr_Dougal

People are creatures of habits, I wonder did they have previous interactions.

The_Kew_Tour

RasTa wrote: »

He pushed her because he is a prick, he actually moves towards her. Should be done for assault but the headline is misleading

Ya cause its London and they're be no traffic if he pushed here close to the road

kylith

RasTa wrote: »

He pushed her out of the way, not into a bus

He pushed her towards a road + she then fell in front of a bus = He pushed her in front of a bus.

Beechwoodspark

Dirty b*stard. Hope he gets a good Long spell away

He's an absolute barsteward, he knew what he was doing and he seems to have done it because he just felt like it. She wasn't in his way, and even if she was he doesn't own the path or get to dictate who walks on it. The onus is on him to avoid others.

Someone will know him and while I don't think he's committed any crime other than assault, I hope he sees time and is thoroughly shamed publicly.

Charles Babbage

I'm sure he voted for Brexit.

_Dara_

sonic85 wrote: »

I read this story earlier and was wondering if there was more to it? That path was huge! Five people could fit on that abreast with no problems yet he managed to hit her with a full on shoulder and had no problem avoiding the man just seconds earlier. Seems a bit strange.

In the slow motion version, you can see that he actually beelines for her. Changes direction towards her quite deliberately. :eek:

Danbo!

Oops69 wrote: »

Not to generalise but the endorphin rush in some joggerrs can make them quite aggressive on footpaths , especially when they're doing group runs , just because they're running and wearing a luminous jacket seems to give them the right of way ?

I was in Marley Park a few months back with a buggy and there was a run on, but not on a closed route. There were about 300 of them running up a path towards us so I stepped in, shielded by a bench so as not to be in their way. The amount of tuts, “**** sake” and “MOVE” shouted was unreal, and even a few attempted shoulders dropped from some of them. They had to avoid the bench so I wasn’t in the way anyway, but there was a serious sense of entitlement from a lot of them.

kylith

Candie wrote: »

He's an absolute barsteward, he knew what he was doing and he seems to have done it because he just felt like it. She wasn't in his way, and even if she was he doesn't own the path or get to dictate who walks on it. The onus is on him to avoid others.

Someone will know him and while I don't think he's committed any crime other than assault, I hope he sees time and is thoroughly shamed publicly.

Reckless endangerment, possibly

andekwarhola

I hope the reason they took so long to release it isn't because they've exhausted other avenues, like seeing if he comes up on other CCTV in the surrounding areas.

SteelyDanJalapeno

Might be a little more to this thou, am I the only one who see's her right leg swing for him before the push?

razorblunt

Danbo! wrote: »

I was in Marley Park a few months back with a buggy and there was a run on, but not on a closed route. There were about 300 of them running up a path towards us so I stepped in, shielded by a bench so as not to be in their way. The amount of tuts, “**** sake” and “MOVE” shouted was unreal, and even a few attempted shoulders dropped from some of them. They had to avoid the bench so I wasn’t in the way anyway, but there was a serious sense of entitlement from a lot of them.

At what point did the whole bus clap?

ohnonotgmail

TiltedBrain wrote: »

Might be a little more to this thou, am I the only one who see's her right leg swing for him before the push?

she was swung around when he hit her with his shoulder. i think that is what you are seeing. Her foot did not come out until after she was hit. She clearly made an effort to move to the left out of his way. he moved to the right and hit her deliberately.

PropJoe10

Should be prosecuted for attempted murder. Scumbag.

diomed

He reminds me of my ex-boss.
He was always throwing people under the bus.