Porsche driver expecting jail after biker death

I think the guy driving the porsche shouldn't have been charged with anything. I am sick to f**king death of people not being responsible for there actions. I'm sorry the biker got killed but it was his desicion, no one forced him to race the guy.

The judge said that Mr Busby, who had been riding a high-powered Ducati Solo, probably tried to overtake Cooper in his Porsche and the businessman took up the challenge.

Cooper's driving forced Mr Busby's bike into the path of oncoming traffic on the A617 Southwell Road West near Mansfield at about 5pm on April 12.

From what I read the Porsche driver got what he deserved if he caused the Motorcyclist to have an accident and who said they where racing, the Motorcyclist could have riding at the rate he was for an hour before he met the Porsche, some pin **** was overtaken by something that cost a tenth of the price of his car and he didn't like it.

I have had something like this happen to me a number of times and no doubt we all have when we're out for a nice quiet ride, I overtake a car thats doing 60 and carry on my merry way, now said overtaken car driver has now stuck his foot down and is doing 50%+ on top of 40 mph speed limits (that are dotted along the old roads to London) to catch me up and is sat up my **** while I'm doing 40 except I pull over and let those idiots back past.

Going solely on the 'facts' of the newspaper article. The Porsche driver sound like a t**t. Ill child or not, it seems that he showed his contempt of the situation by not turning up. While the Ducati rider may or may not be totally blameless, I feel that the sentence will hopefully act as some sort of deterrant for driving like a ****. Which, im afraid too many people tend to do these days. IMHO

[Balky001]

If you are going to overtake, make it stick, or back off, don't be held at the side of a car for long, even if you are in a car too. It sounds like neither gave way and testosterone got the better of them. If the Porsche was trying to get the Ducati to brake by purposely pushing him towards the islands then he should be up for murder. If not, then it sounds like a tragic accident. But as far as the Porsche driver goes, racing is illegal (and yes I do it too) and when you get caught you get punished. It was danfgerous driving (maybe by both but that's no excuse) and it did cause a death (even if that wasn't the drivers intention). I think the sentence seems appropriate.