Re: 16 Days for Death by Dangerous driving
 

The BBC report states:

'The Appeal Court suspended his sentence because of "exceptional" mitigation relating to his community work.'

So get involved in charity work and you get a 'get out of jail' card.

Re: 16 Days for Death by Dangerous driving
 

Didn't know that one! Well.........I suppose they had to find some excuse for letting him off the hook for his charge without appearing to have one rule for him and one for every one else. Shame it's so transparent!

Re: 16 Days for Death by Dangerous driving
 

That's the same old chestnut football players use to get off to. Amazing how they can spirit up all this charity work when needed.

He should have got 6 months stir, same as the guy speeding on the bike. Or they should let the speeding guy out.... consistency is all that is required here. (shame the biker is not loaded like Lord Ahmed and able to afford an appeal.:rolleyes:)

Re: 16 Days for Death by Dangerous driving
 

Work for the Police Benevolent Fund and you get two "get out of jail" cards :D

Re: 16 Days for Death by Dangerous driving
 

Hasn't recent research by ( I believe ) the RAC shown that people who have been using mobiles are still a danger several minutes after doing so. Hands free are very little better, as for bringing in a law that will only be enforced after several months, WTF?

Re: 16 Days for Death by Dangerous driving
 

Unless it turned 90 degrees and hit the barrier head on, then yes one, if not both headlights would still be on. Seeing as he's likley to be doign 70mph+, hitting the barrier at 90 degrees head on would be extremly hard. If you hit it at an angle like most impacts do, it would hit, sping round smashing the glass, but most of the time not effecting the bulbs.

Hence why even after frontal accidents, lights hanging out everywhere, you still usually need to turn the lights off (if on obviously)..

I know, i've jsut had an accident in the 3rd lane, lets turn the lights off and walk away.

The guy had the accident, the impact happened before he had time to get out, hence the death. The guy sent the text before the impact, but you think he just put his phone down... Didn't check it was sent, re-locked his phone etc... Takes 10 seconds odd. Distance travelled in 10 seconds at 70mph please????

I can read.

Sigh............

Re: 16 Days for Death by Dangerous driving
 

Can you read the part where the crash happened several MINUTES after the text? Never thought I'd see you on the same side as Brake :)

Luckypants- good on you mate!

Re: 16 Days for Death by Dangerous driving
 

Guy who crased was also drunk and had returned to car to get something, another car had already had a minor collision with said car before . So here we have a drunk driver who crashes his car leaves it in the fast lane of a motorway causes two other people to have accidents and sadly loses his life. If this guy had crashed into another car and perhaps wiped out an entire family because he was drunk and died as a result would the outcry be the same.

Re: 16 Days for Death by Dangerous driving
 

Despite all that you think and have an opinion on, unless you sat on the jury or have the points of law in front of you to convict on nowt will ever seem fair
I sat on a jury in January and the point of law was clear and concise providin you looked at it objectively. However 12 people have to agree but its amazin how people are swayed by compasion etc even when they shouldnt be which is bad enough for "joe public" but not 3 judges who "supposedly" know understand and know the law
Not only that how can anyone have "mitigatin" circumstances to text while drivin - we could all say that!
I could argue as a teacher it would "irreparably and permanently" damaging to the work I do in the community I teach in

Where do we draw the line or is it always has been and always will be

one law for them and one law for the rest of us

Re: 16 Days for Death by Dangerous driving
 

He didnt get jailed for Death by dangerous driving.And you know that very well as you posted much the same at the time and were told exactly what he had been jailed for.Cant let the truth get in the way of a good bit of inflamation though can we?

As for the corruption of an appeal system that relies on who you are and who you know thats a different matter.