What kind of scum does this to somebody's child?

falinn merking

A 14-year-old cyclist was seriously injured in a hit-and-run incident in Tallaght last night.

The boy was hit by a car on the Cheeverstown Road in the Dublin suburb and taken to the Intensive Care Unit at Crumlin Children's Hospital.

Shocking pictures from the scene show the bicycle scattered in pieces along the road.
A Garda spokesperson told Dublin Live: "Gardaí are investigating a serious road traffic collision that occurred on Sunday evening, 4th February, 2018 at approximately 8.50pm on Cheeverstown Road, Tallaght.

"A 14-year-old male pedal cyclist was struck by a car, which failed to remain at the scene.

"Investigations are ongoing."

I tend to let emotion get the better of me so I will step back from this thread.
All I can say is total evil scum.

Crea

Accidents happen but to leave an injured person at the side of the road is the ultimate in heartlessness. Hope the young lad is ok

SEPT 23 1989

uninsured and/or drunk scum

Pelvis

Cheeverstown Road. Not much more needs to be said tbh.

GritBiscuit

The kind of scum who shouldn't be on the road in the first place (drink/drugs/no licence/stolen car) and is such a feckless coward they'd rather let a young kid die at the side of the road than stop and own it. :mad::( Hope the young man makes a full recovery.

pilly

Pelvis wrote: »

Cheeverstown Road. Not much more needs to be said tbh.

Nothing whatsoever to do with the area. This can happen anywhere, you do know scumbags can drive anywhere they want?

Kristopherus

What a heartless ba***rd to do that to a child. I hope he/she is caught quickly and given a good stint in the clink !!!

Digital Solitude

Pelvis wrote: »

Cheeverstown Road. Not much more needs to be said tbh.

Why, what about it?

Hector Bellend

Remember this when your next insurance premium drops through the letter box.


This is what you are paying for

Captain Obvious

Uninsured drivers driving unregistered vehicle are an epidemic right now. Regulate private sales of motor vehicles and give Gardaí access to insurance databases. Problem would drop dramatically.

Roger Hassenforder

But...But...judge, my client panicked, he's only 68 previous motoring convictions, and he really needed to collect his father from the bookies., which is why he was driving his neighbours car. Without their permission. He's really sorry, he has a history of substance abuse, but has turned is life around in the past few months and is drugs free for 4 days now Judge. He wrote a letter to the kids parents judge. Hes actually very upset about the whole incident.

Fair enough. 3months suspended sentence, 5 years off the road.

Theres certain people in society that have forfeited their place. Theyre the same fcuking scum clogging up our courts and services.


That mangled bike was under someones kid as they cycled along. Thats what a car does to steel, imagine what it would do to flesh and bear that in mind next time you find a fcuking cyclist "holding you up"

Doctors room ghost

When caught the scummer will jump straight to the “i had a tough childhood,took to the drink and drugs,have the depression and anxiety and now suffer from the addiction your honor”.
“I need to get help your honor,which the taxpayers will have to cover,cos I don’t work your honor”.
No mr scummer what you need is the death penalty or a life’s free labor working in a chain gang picking rubbish out of the ditches you utterly useless article.
Country is riddled with this type of useless article who cost the taxpayers throughout their miserable lives

beertons

Cycle lanes should have a barrier between them and a road that cars, buses etc be on. Till then, this will always happen.

Sleeper12

Uninsured, stolen car, drunk or on drugs. Scumbags

Vronsky

Verpiss dich wrote: »

I tend to let emotion get the better of me so I will step back from this thread.
All I can say is total evil scum.

Why did they leave? Presumably because they didn't want to face the consequences of their actions.

Heartless, but that's the reality.

RasTa

3 days ago.

Uninsured driver . Check
Hits a cyclist. Check.
Flees the scene of the crime. Check
Fracterued skull of victim. Check.

Sentence...... community service. had a hard life etc etc.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/uninsured-driver-who-fled-scene-after-hitting-cyclist-in-dublin-and-leaving-her-with-serious-injuries-avoids-jail-36561405.html

Barry Badrinath

****ing d1ckhead driver.

ThinkProgress

RasTa wrote: »

3 days ago.

Uninsured driver . Check
Hits a cyclist. Check.
Flees the scene of the crime. Check
Fracterued skull of victim. Check.

Sentence...... community service. had a hard life etc etc.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/uninsured-driver-who-fled-scene-after-hitting-cyclist-in-dublin-and-leaving-her-with-serious-injuries-avoids-jail-36561405.html

But... but... but... locking people up doesn't work! Didn't you know that?

So apparently doing nothing is the answer - just let these people swan around with impunity.

wexie

ThinkProgress wrote: »

But... but... but... locking people up doesn't work! Didn't you know that?
(

Screw that, perhaps locking people up doesn't make them better people.
But it protects the rest of us from them and you know what, that's good enough for me.

Nabber

They’ll throw the book at who ever is responsible.

He/She can expect a 5month suspended sentence.

The victim can expect a lifetime of pain.

Justice, it’s what we fight for!

I hope the poor kid was wearing a helmet at least, and I hope that if the person who hit him gets caught that they have the book thrown at them and a long sentence. You have to be a special kind of brute to leave a child injured in the road to save your own skin.

taylor3

My God just look at that image. How on earth could you sleep at night and carry on as normal knowing that you left a young boy battered and broken on the side of a cold wet road. You wouldn't do it to an animal let alone a boy. I would be physically sick. I sincerely hope the boy receives all the best of medical care in order to recover. Thoughts go out to his parents you'd have to feel so sorry for them. I hope the jackass that did this is caught, nobody is safe on the road with that coward sharing the roads with us.

murpho999

Awful scenes.

Waiting for an anti-cycling motorist to come on now and blame the cyclist in some way.

Doctors room ghost

taylor3 wrote: »

My God just look at that image. How on earth could you sleep at night and carry on as normal knowing that you left a young boy battered and broken on the side of a cold wet road. You wouldn't do it to an animal let alone a boy. I would be physically sick. I sincerely hope the boy receives all the best of medical care in order to recover. Thoughts go out to his parents you'd have to feel so sorry for them. I hope the jackass that did this is caught, nobody is safe on the road with that coward sharing the roads with us.

Because he/she who done it is a heartless selfish animal who only cares about themselves and what they can get out of life.they should be chemically castrated when caught so their selfish traits won’t pass to another generation and cut off the welfare “entitlements” and left to starve.
Won’t happen though.equality for the pond scum and all that.

wexie

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Because he/she who done it is a heartless selfish animal who only cares about themselves and what they can get out of life.they should be chemically castrated when caught so their selfish traits won’t pass to another generation and cut off the welfare “entitlements” and left to starve.
Won’t happen though.equality for the pond scum and all that.

You're too soft

iamwhoiam

Pelvis wrote: »

Cheeverstown Road. Not much more needs to be said tbh.

Because one scum bag of a driver did this ? Do you even know where the driver came from . Judgmental people get right on my wick
It doesn't matter where this accident took place its a child who was injured and yes there is an awful lot to be said

Roger Hassenforder

lawred2 wrote: »

Yeah but the concentration of scummers will be significantly higher

In fairness, this could have been any of our kids, on any road.

Ted Plain

taylor3 wrote: »

My God just look at that image. How on earth could you sleep at night and carry on as normal knowing that you left a young boy battered and broken on the side of a cold wet road. You wouldn't do it to an animal let alone a boy. I would be physically sick. I sincerely hope the boy receives all the best of medical care in order to recover. Thoughts go out to his parents you'd have to feel so sorry for them. I hope the jackass that did this is caught, nobody is safe on the road with that coward sharing the roads with us.

They probably are, too.

Maybe they didn't show up for work today or were in a withdrawn mood if they did.

Their car is cdertanly scratched or dented, so that would be easy to spot.

One of their friends, colleagues, associates, etc. will notice that something is amiss.

Doctors room ghost

Ted Plain wrote: »

They probably are, too.

Maybe they didn't show up for work today or were in a withdrawn mood if they did.

Their car is cdertanly scratched or dented, so that would be easy to spot.

One of their friends, colleagues, associates, etc. will notice that something is amiss.

That’s if they work.my money is on the lay about at home in pajamas type,watching jeremy kyle with a joint in one hand and a cheap tin in the other while complaining about the state of the country to anyone in earshot

Summer wind

Can you imagine the police turning up at your door telling you this had happened to your child. The shock they must have gotten. Can't understand how anyone could drive away and leave a child in that state.

Turner

pilly wrote: »

Nothing whatsoever to do with the area.

A road that divides Fettercairn and Jobstown, are you living in a dream world?


https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/joyriders-drove-car-near-terrified-young-camogie-players-and-burned-it-out-on-gaa-pitch-36192827.html

Joyriding and the use of "company cars" has been happening every day in Tallaght since the 70's

Capt'n Midnight

RasTa wrote: »

3 days ago.

Uninsured driver . Check
Hits a cyclist. Check.
Flees the scene of the crime. Check
Fracterued skull of victim. Check.

Sentence...... community service. had a hard life etc etc.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/uninsured-driver-who-fled-scene-after-hitting-cyclist-in-dublin-and-leaving-her-with-serious-injuries-avoids-jail-36561405.html

Rattigan was an inexperienced driver at the time and did not have a full driving licence or insurance.

If you don't have a full licence and aren't driving under instruction from a qualified driver then you are brandishing a dangerous weapon in a public place. If you don't have insurance then that's getting close to intent.

If you've never had insurance ...

The fear of God needs to be instilled in people who are tempted to do this.

Rezident

And there are still people on this website claiming that cycling in Dublin is not dangerous. I suppose I should be glad that I have been so unwell that I have been unable to cycle to work for over a week, I'm safer in my sickbed. I hope the little lad is ok, it's heatbreaking, stuff like this makes me so sad and angry. And it seems like it's every day now.

Chrongen

Sleeper12 wrote: »

Uninsured, stolen car, drunk or on drugs. Scumbags

Hard to know. The driver could have intentionally hit the teenager on the bike because he wanted to "fuck him up" for some previous problem between them.
The driver himself might only have been 14 or 15 and going after the bloke on the bike.
The bloke on the bike could be a serious criminal/anti-social dude (14 is old enough, you see it all the time in assault cases). We don't know.

The 14 year old on the bike could be a completely innocent victim of a drunk/dangerous driver or he could have been deliberately targeted. Again we don't know.

splinter65

Chrongen wrote: »

Hard to know. The driver could have intentionally his the teenager on the bike because he wanted to "fuck him up" for some previous problem between them.
The driver himself might only have been 14 or 15 and going after the bloke on the bike.
The bloke on the bike could be a serious criminal/anti-social dude (14 is old enough, you see it all the time in assault cases). We don't know.

The 14 year old on the bike could be a completely innocent victim of a drunk/dangerous driver or he could have been deliberately targeted. Again we don't know.

Sure. Here we have it.
14 year old left for dead by a hit and run driver.
But to a poster who will go to the ends of the earth to defend the indefensible there’s always an angle to justify the actions of the poor misfortunate driver.
The cyclist probably deserved to be knocked down?

Chrongen

beertons wrote: »

Cycle lanes should have a barrier between them and a road that cars, buses etc be on. Till then, this will always happen.

Not practical.

Mrs OBumble

splinter65 wrote: »

Sure. Here we have it.
14 year old left for dead by a hit and run driver.
But to a poster who will go to the ends of the earth to defend the indefensible there’s always an angle to justify the actions of the poor misfortunate driver.
The cyclist probably deserved to be knocked down?

That's not what s/he said at all, and you know it.

We don't know who was driving.

We do know that the cyclist was 14.

We also know that some 14 year olds are little more than innocent children, while others are well on the way to establishing their career-scummer street cred. We have NO WAY of knowing which applies here.

Hit-and-run is despicable, no matter whether the victim is 4, 14, 44 or 94. And everyone is someone's child.

Chrongen

splinter65 wrote: »

Sure. Here we have it.
14 year old left for dead by a hit and run driver.
But to a poster who will go to the ends of the earth to defend the indefensible there’s always an angle to justify the actions of the poor misfortunate driver.
The cyclist probably deserved to be knocked down?

And once again those who jump to conclusions attack someone who doesn't jump to conclusions. Is it that what I have postulated is an actual possibility that you failed to consider and are now embarrassed about your initial reaction?

I never once said the guy deserved to be knocked down NOR did i defend the perpetrator whether it was an accident/hit and run or whether it was intentional.

But because I offered a possible alternative to what everybody immediately assumed then you childishly try to paint me as an apologist for the criminal who visited this crime upon the victim.

Go and get your head and your emotions in order, why don't you?