10K for being called a few names!!

Lets hope she gets some points on her driving licence....since the bus driver is not the only person at fault here.

bluewolf wrote: »

So fcuking what?
What has that got to do with any of this?

Yeah that's what I thought too after reading it, but I think they are using it as the explanation story for the cause of her depression, and then said that the driver's rage had made her depression worse.
This is probably why she got so much money. Get a doctors letter and abit of medical history, and suddenly the bus driver is also responsible for worsening her mental health.

Yesterday, her barrister Conor Kearney told Dublin Circuit Civil Court that Ms Sugg could not have been a worse candidate for road-rage aggression and abuse because of a very difficult upbringing.

Judge Rory MacCabe heard that her brother, Stephen Sugg, was murdered in Spain in 2004 in connection with a drugs feud and that she had been undergoing treatment for depression prior to the bus incident.

Awarding Ms Sugg €10,000 and costs, he said professional drivers were supposed to behave professionally.

Mr Hearne's behaviour had exacerbated a previously existing condition from which Ms Sugg was suffering.

It reminds me of a family in my area. There is at least one of them up in court every single week, and every single week the local newspaper has their names and a short script of what their solicitor said: "they lost their brother a few years ago, and have been acting up but are trying to get back on track"

They were never ON track to begin with, and they try to get sympathy in the hope of leniency for them acting like tramps!

10k for being called a few names?

I think I've a couple hundred grand coming to me *rubs hands gleefully*

Driven in the bus lane by mistake my arse. This is the road that leads from the bridge at the top of the Blanchardstown centre to the IT yeah? I've been using that road every day for the last 6 weeks and in the mile or so of bus lane, every time at least 5 or 6 cars race up the bus lane. I wouldnt mind, it's not as if the traffic is solid all the way up the road theres usually a line of traffic at the lights about half way and cars come up with their left indicator on as if they are fooling everyone, then continue in th ebus lane right up to the college . They are passing fairly light traffic too. It just seems as though people ignore the bus lanes on that road.

Karsyn Melted Sunbeam wrote: »

Right I'm going to say it first... Good for her.

I'm not a small guy, and not easily intimidated but even I can find a serious case of road rage a little unsettling.

Unlike me, that young lady hasn't got my physical presence and ability to turn the tables on her aggressor so I can only imagine how much worse something like this is for her.

I'm glad she was compensated, she deserves it IMO.

Yeah road rage is unsettling, but it's just part of life. It irritates the hell out of most people if they see others breaking the rules because they follow the rules themselves.

Getting 10,000 for a road rage incident is ridiculous, especially when the woman was clearly antagonising the bus driver by saying she'd break his legs (not saying the bus driver is innocent!). One was as bad as the other. They both should've had points added to their licences, and left it at that. Judge is a sap.

bluewolf wrote: »

So fcuking what?
What has that got to do with any of this?

Typical Irish journalism, they always throw in the irrelevant or unnecessary
information just to fill up those last lines for their editor.

The Media: 95% bull****, 5% advertisements