This is not justice

[fizzwheel]

I've removed the quote from mine. Bit of a sensitive issue this kind of thing for me.

I wander what he got for Driving without due care and attention.

Your point about the sign post is a valid one though.

Originally Posted by Richie1743

jailed him for four months.

And he will be out in two months as per government guidelines for sentences under 5yrs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Apparently the police have discovered that the f*ckwit that knocked my mate over and then drove off leaving him dieing in the road was 2 1/2 times over the drink drive limit.

How do you "discover" that? Either they are or they're not...

The whole thing stinks. Why did the driver bugger off? Well we can only guess.

This is not justice, it's a gross dereliction of duty IMHO. Even if the bloke wasn't KSI, failing to stop is a damn serious offence. It's a coward's way out, often because they've been drinking, don't have a licence, or aren't insured. As quickstu said, out in 2 months, so where's the rap?

Oh it makes me sick.

people are jailed for longer for trying to get out of speed camera fines

This really gets my blood boiling

I was hit by a cager, who ignored a give way sign, knocked me off, dragged me along the road for about 5 meters and just drove off. Police were being their usual unhelpfull selves and were more interested in seeing my tax disk at the time.

Anyway, 1 1/2 years later I'm still trying to get some kind of compensation for my injuries and the idiot who did it... nothing... got off because of "insufficient evidence", even though there were 2 witnesses pointing fingers at him.

I guess it's something to do with panic and some people can't handle this and just act like it didn't happen to them and keep going.

I think the guy in the story deserves much, much more for driving off like that. I mean if he stopped and the cyclist still died I wouldn't think that he deserved jail (depending on what happened obviously). A hefty fine and more training would be what he would've needed.

Right, I'm blabbing on ... I just hope he meets a couple of big guys, who like other guys and I hope they make those months in jail very memorable indeed

What complete bull, the family of the man and his fiancee must be sick and more so at the length of penalty.

The moral of the story kids, if you plan on killing someone do it in the car as you will get only a couple of months if found out.

[Biker Biggles]

If you are stopped by plod and refuse to give a sample for suspected drink driving,you are deemed to be drunk and punished accordingly,but if you fail to stop and can't be found until later you do not face the drink driving allegation,just the less serious failing to stop charge.If this person had killed someone while drunk at the wheel he would have gone to prison for five or six years but gets away with it by running away for a few hours.Perhaps we should extend the presumption of being drunk to anyone who leaves the scene of an accident without a very very good reason?

Unbelievable

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

If you are stopped by plod and refuse to give a sample for suspected drink driving,you are deemed to be drunk and punished accordingly,but if you fail to stop and can't be found until later you do not face the drink driving allegation,just the less serious failing to stop charge.If this person had killed someone while drunk at the wheel he would have gone to prison for five or six years but gets away with it by running away for a few hours.Perhaps we should extend the presumption of being drunk to anyone who leaves the scene of an accident without a very very good reason?

See, now that just seems so sensible to me. Ipso facto, the govt will never adopt it