Video: Van driver instantly fired after this cyclist's footage goes viral
When this van driver tried to swerve this cyclist off the road, he was caught red handed. And now he's out of a job.
The van driver in this clip got involved in a row over road positioning with a cyclist.
And when he tried to swerve into him and knock him off the road, little did he know he was on camera.
The logo of the company he was driving for - Vidette UK Ltd – is clearly visible on the van.
And since the footage of the incident – in the UK – emerged yesterday it has gone viral.
A Twitter post by BBC presented Jeremy Vine did most of the work in outing the driver.
The company has come out with its hands up; issuing a statement to say the driver has been fired.
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Have a look at the clip below and the company’s full statement below.
But for the camera - on the helmet of a cyclist behind the incident - the driver probably would have gotten off.
This van driver has just been fired. Are on-board cameras changing road culture? pic.twitter.com/YQJxcnybjm
— Sticky Bottle (@sticky_bottle) May 6, 2017
Statement from Vidette Ltd
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I am writing this letter to express my sincere apologies to the cyclist that was very unfortunate to experience a very irresponsible and dangerous move by an engineer driving one of Vidette's vehicles on Sunday 30th April.
My wife and I are both very keen cyclist ourselves so fully appreciate the impact/trauma that a near miss like this would have on anyone in this situation.
I have now interviewed the driver and can honestly say the he is so full of remorse and fully understands how lucky he and the cyclist have been on this occasion and swears to never let himself get into a position like this again.
He stated that he was having personal problems with his family and his mind “was all over the place” and that he is so sorry.
I do believe him and could tell his apology was genuine, however we cannot condone nor let this behaviour have any place within our company.
We have decided to make an example here and to promote driver awareness going forward. He has been dismissed from immediate effect!
This experience has made me realise that I can do something to help reduce this sort of behaviour on our roads so have decided to introduce a driver awareness course into our already busy H&S training matrix for all our employees.
The AA seem to have a nice one called Driver Alertness Education, I have actioned this to be investigated & organised immediately.
Adding to the above, I have had full backing & agreement in these decisions from all of our management team.
I hope this letter will also be of comfort to the other road users & cyclists who have written their concerns.
I was on holiday until early this morning which made an immediate answer nigh on impossible.
I understand that the vast majority of mails and social media comments are from concerned genuine people however, we received some really hurtful mails wishing all sorts of medical curses on our office staff which swayed me into taking down the access from our web site & social media pages.
Sincere apologies,
Ian Frazer
Managing Director
Vidette UK
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