Thread by @magnatom

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You may have seen a video I published recently showing some driving that resulted in the driver being charged with two counts of dangerous driving. I posted the video after I had heard the the charges were dropped. It turns out that was wrong. In fact the driver (1/10)

... in this case is now going through the court process and I may be called to a trial at a later date. I actually got two cases mixed up. The reason this happened is very interesting...In February last year (2017) I reported an incident where I was very nearly rear ended.. 2/10

... By a driver overtaking an HGV that was driving behind me. I not only had my footage, but footage from the HGV. A few days later the same driver did a close pass on me. These two incidents were reported at the time. As is often the case I was not contacted by police... 3/10

... again after reporting it. I assumed it had been reported to the Procurator Fiscal at the time, as it should have been. In November 2017 I had my serious incident (2 separate incidents again) where the driver was charged with dangerous driving. About 2 weeks after... 4/10

... these incidents I had a phone call from the police. They gave me a Procurator Fiscal number for the 'two incidents' I had reported. I very reasonably assumed the this was for the November incidents. It wasn't. It turns out that this reference was for the incidents... 5/10

... that I reported back in February. 9 months before. It also turns out that it was in fact 9 months from the February incident when they had bothered to pass the case on to the Procurator Fiscal. Anyone who understands criminal cases will now know why the February.... 6/10

.... incidents were not pursued by the PF. They had timed out. Incidents like this must be reported to the PF within 6 months. So..... Due to the huge delay in the police passing the first case onto the PF the case was not prosecuted and I understandably confused... 7/10

... one case with the other. So first off I apologised to the Procurator Fiscal for suggesting they may have messed up in the second set of incidents. They didn't. That is still being pursued. The video is now private. Secondly and most importantly, why did the police... 8/10

... take 9 month to pass the first set of incidents to the PF!? Why when they must have known, did they bother to pass them on to the PF when it was very obviously timed out!? So the issue is not the PF, but the police!! I'll get the video up when I get the chance... 9/10

and I'll be enquiring with the police what went wrong here. I totally understand the the police are under pressure. I know resources are limited. But that's several cases that have failed due to police mistakes. How often is this happening to others !?! 10/10