[shillelagh]

Why didnt the telegraph get in touch with the driver that may have given a balanced view.

I've seen kids chucking snowballs at cars and lorries and buses going past my house ..in fact on tuesday night they chucked one at my house and hit the window and i went out and they were making a pile of snowballs to chuck at the cars they legged it when i shouted at them.

Thing is the kids think that chucking a snowball at a car/lorry/bus is great fun - its soft and wont cause any damage and its a bigger target than their mates back. They dont think that a driver may see a snowball coming out of the corner of his eye and swerve and aim into a wall, bus stop, to avoid it. Could you imagine a lorry swerving on a slippy road, and people walking on the opposite side of the road .... and the lorry cant stop and hit the people ...

Cant make my mind up if he was right to bundle him into the car, but he was right to report it and when the police was talking to the kid why did they not ask him who threw the snowball and then visit him.