Woman Tweets About Hitting Cyclist With Her Car… Is Reported To The Local Police’s Twitter
Emma Way of Norwich, England recently bragged on Twitter about hitting a cyclist with her car only to be turned into the local police by fellow Twitter users.
Way wrote “Definitely knocked a cyclist off his bike earlier, I have right of way he doesn’t even pay road tax! #Bloodycyclist” So she was bragging to her followers about hitting someone with her vehicle and getting away with it. There’s no mention of apologising nor the aftermath, just the justification that it’s okay because she had “right of way.”
The incident occurred yesterday in England, when Emma was driving in Norwich. According to a witness, she sped around a corner just as cyclists who were part of a 100-mile race were coming the other way and hit 29-year old rider Toby Hockley. The mirror hit Toby and broke, sending him off the bike and into the trees where he was banged up, but wasn’t seriously injured.P
You’d think that, as a motorist, Emma would stop and help Toby since she just hit him. Nope. Not the case. Instead, she drove off, and tweeted about the incident right after it happened. – via Jalopnik.
Way was reported for her tweet to the local police, Norwich Police Department, who are also on Twitter. The police wrote, “@emmaway20 we have had tweets ref an RTC with a bike. We suggest you report it at a police station ASAP if not done already & then dm us.” So, she was caught and asked to turn herself into the station.
According to Jalopnik.com, “Even though the crash hadn’t totally been confirmed, people started looking into Emma’s social media profiles. They reportedly found photos of her tailgating other drivers as well as a picture of her speedometer a 95 MPH that were also sent into the police. Once the tweet started to go viral, Emma deleted her Twitter account. But by that point, the damage was done and the tweet was out there in perpetuity.”
At this point, with people stalking her other accounts, that could be considered Doxxing–whereby people’s whole life story can be found online with very little to go on, for example by only searching an email or social media handle.
After the tweet went viral, the cyclist came forward explaining it took him a day because he didn’t want his girlfriend to fear for his safety while on the roads.
Once everyone involved had been identified, the police issued a series of follow-up messages–presumably after becoming overwhelmed with the same tips.
“Thank you to all those that have forwarded tweets on a bike RTC. We have the info we need and are making further enqs,” wrote the Norwich Police Department Twitter account. Adding, “1/2 RTC update -we have identified parties believed involved and are progressing with them. Thanks for all the comments & feedback….. 2/2 sorry ..but for obvious reasons we are unable to put any futher info on this into the public domain. #staysafe”