[Littlepeahead]

My friend's father was jailed for killing a biker as death by dangerous driving. He fainted at the wheel after just having taken his wife to hospital where they had been told that she had a terminal illness. He wasn't speeding but he veered into the middle of the road. Witnesses to the event said that the motorcyclist was speeding and had overtaken several vehicles at speeds far in excess of the speed limit shortly before the accident. This was in Epping Forest where wildlife and kids on bikes coming out of the cycle tracks are always a risk.

Nothing can change that my friend's father killed someone, but he never set out to do so. He wasn't driving at excessive speed, he simply suffered a blackout with tragic consequences. However if the biker had lived I wonder if the outcome might have been different? Perhaps if he hadn't been going so fast and overtaking at way over the speed limit he might have been able to avoid a car veering across the road. We shall never know. But it does sometimes seem that those who willfully drive/ride putting themselves and others at risk get away with more than those who are the victims of a genuine accident.