One Law for us another for them - vehicluar assault

Here is another classic example of one law for the peasants and one for the rulers.

The first article goes by the title:

Alleged police car rammer charged with attempted murder

A MELBOURNE man who allegedly rammed a police car, seriously injuring two officers, has been charged with five counts of attempted murder.

Tam Quoc Thai, 31, of Cranbourne North, faced a total of 14 charges in an out-of-court hearing last night.

Apart from the attempted murder charges, he faces five counts of reckless conduct endangering life, two counts of causing serious injury and two counts of intentionally causing serious injuries.

Thai, sporting a bruised cheek but otherwise uninjured, did not seek bail and will appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court today.

It's alleged Thai had sideswiped a truck before speeding at about 80-100km/h at the police car.

to:

Hit-and-run taxi driver wins VCAT hearing

A TAXI driver who ran over a pedestrian before fleeing the scene and lying to police could be back behind the wheel within months.

The Victorian Taxi Directorate tried to ban the driver for 12 months, but a tribunal has reduced that penalty to six months.

Kulvinder Singh said he did not see the pedestrian at the corner of Barkly and Carlisle streets in St Kilda during the early hours of January 7 last year.

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal deputy president Catherine Aird said the pedestrian lights were green.

"After colliding with the pedestrian, Mr Singh stopped for three or four seconds before driving off," Ms Aird said.

Mr Singh later said he drove off because the victim's friend had banged the bonnet of the taxi, and he was afraid of being attacked.

The victim suffered a broken leg.

Mr Singh told the tribunal that he had intended to report the accident to police, but had picked up more passengers.

Mr Singh initially denied to police he had been involved in an accident, confessing only when he had been taken to the police station.

Police informed the taxi directorate of the charges on March 31 last year, and the directorate issued Mr Singh an interim suspension notice on April 7.

Mr Singh pleaded guilty to four driving charges in Melbourne Magistrates' Court on September 21 last year.

His driver's licence was suspended for six months and he was fined $1000, but no conviction was recorded.

Meanwhile, the state's taxi watchdog has admitted it has no idea how many accidents or other incidents taxis are involved in.

But it concedes the industry generates about 400 pages of complaints every week.

The Herald Sun sought access to reports of incidents and accidents involving cabs under but the Directorate said no such documents existed.

These two articles show how the same law deals with vehicular assault on police and on a civilian.

There are too many examples where supposedly the same law protects civilians, but it does not.