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Old 05-06-07, 06:56 PM   #1
MiniMatt
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Default Asleep at the wheel only careless, not dangerous?

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales...st/6724367.stm

"Giving evidence, he admitted falling asleep, but denied being too tired to drive." Huh?


"Near Kilgetty on the A477, he fell asleep and his BMW veered to the far side of the road into oncoming traffic, knocking Mr Freeman, 58, off his motorbike. Drage told the court he did not wake up until after he had hit Mr Freeman."

I'm not going to do the outrage stompy feet line, because I don't know the full details, I'm just really baffled. I can understand that if he had nodded off before the incident, woken up, and then had a crash, then this could be considered careless rather than dangerous as he wasn't asleep at the time. However the quotes seem to suggest he was actually asleep at the time of the crash, yet this is not considered dangerous?

Lesson would appear to be that if you ever drive like a knob and kill someone, just claim you were asleep at the time....
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