It's a good job he wasn't eating an apple at the same time!

[rawnee]

How can this possibly be just?

*ETA* This is the shoddy excuse for an upholder of the law who released him!

"Lady Justice Hallett said there was "little or nothing" Lord Ahmed could have done to avoid the collision".

I beg to differ.  He could have kept his hands on his steering wheel and his eyes on the road!

"She said he had never been accused of, or admitted, causing death by dangerous driving".

What???  I would have thought the vast majority of people who have been jailed for manslaughter following road accidents had never done it before, so how many times do you have to do it before you are really punished?

He should be thrown back in prison and she should be sacked!

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[stuntpilot99.livejournal.com]

Definitely with you on the bike thing. I've always reckoned all car drivers should do six months on a bike first, and probably on an ongoing basis. It dramatically changes your driving style, and you still notice all the stuff you only start to realise on a bike.

Given the cost of prison, I think it far more appropriate to send this guy on a driver training day, then make him pass his *bike* test. Once he's fallen off, realised it hurts, and twigged just how vulnerable he is, I reckon he'd think twice before answering the next text.

Mind there probably is a fair chance that even though not to blame, he'll have it on his conscience for years.

It is remarkable the sixth sense you seem to develop for idiots about to pull out though, after a few years on bikes.

Faith in the justice system? Ha! Lots less than I once did...

Remember I mentioned the nice man who made me an ex biker for a few years who did a U turn into the side of my lovely almost mint bike? He was uninsured, no MOT, and the police were bringing a case of dangerous driving (not without due care, the worse one).

I duly took my day off work and turned up at court to give evidence, along with a couple of pedestrians who'd seen it. The police had "lost" all the paperwork, so all charges dropped.

[rawnee.livejournal.com]

So true, in fact I get quite edgy in the car because I don't have the same all round vision that I do on the bike. I've always said that, at the very least, CBT should be part of your driving test. It's all very well taking a theory test and clicking your bloody mouse when you think you see a hazard but it's not quite the same is it?

The lad who knocked my husband off his bike had just passed his test and was offered a new driver's version of the speed awareness course which he would have had to pay for but no points on his licence. He refused to do it and to have his day in court...then he put in a plea of guilty and received his 'punishment'. Two weeks later he was driving round in a new car!

How can the police drop the bloodyc ase because they 'lost' the paperwork. FFS!