Another cyclist jailed for killing pedestrian

[PK99]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-62153644

 

[cougie uk]

Deservedly so too.

 

[ianrauk]

Deservedly so too.

Indeed

 

[mustang1]

+1

A needless death.

 

[Cycleops]

Can’t imagine what was going through his head after he hit her. He knew he’d caused the woman serious injury. Obviously realised to couldn’t get away with it, either that or his conscience troubled him as he handed himself in ten days later.

 

[DCLane]

+1 to him being jailed.

Whether he'll learn from it I don't know.

 

[Big John]

There are some pure scum about. I'm surprised there aren't more of these needless deaths. We see them in our town riding at breakneck speed through the pedestrianised areas swearing at people to get out of their way. In what parallel world is this acceptable behaviour?

 

[Profpointy]

There are some pure scum about. I'm surprised there aren't more of these needless deaths. We see them in our town riding at breakneck speed through the pedestrianised areas swearing at people to get out of their way. In what parallel world is this acceptable behaviour?

It's acceptable for motorists after all. And even deliberately driving at cyclists is considered OK, or at worst a very mild offence,

 

[fossyant]

Shame sentencing doesn't happen to be the same when driving a tin box !

 

[Alex321]

It's acceptable for motorists after all. And even deliberately driving at cyclists is considered OK, or at worst a very mild offence,

Shame sentencing doesn't happen to be the same when driving a tin box !

There are several hundred motorists convicted and sentenced to jail each year for causing death by dangerous driving or causing death by careless driving.

It doesn't make the headlines as much because it is so much more common.

 

[Jody]

Shame sentencing doesn't happen to be the same when driving a tin box !

Had he stayed at the scene, the sentence would have probably been lower or maybe even suspended.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Had he stayed at the scene, the sentence would have probably been lower or maybe even suspended.

Or been in a car, maybe? (I'm mindful of the "I was blinded by sunlight [so kept driving at 40mph until I mowed a cyclist down and killed him]" - type cases where very light punishments have been applied)

 

[numbnuts]

A life seems cheap today.

 

[mjr]

There are several hundred motorists convicted and sentenced to jail each year for causing death by dangerous driving or causing death by careless driving.

It doesn't make the headlines as much because it is so much more common.

"In 2016, 157 people were sentenced for causing death by dangerous driving, with a further 32 convicted of causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence." According to gov.uk

Has it really increased to "several hundred" all sentenced to jail in 5 years? (The 179 above is conviction, not only jailed.)

Over 400 pedestrians are killed in collisions with motor vehicles each year. Even if half of the motorists involved are now jailed, that still seems a much lower rate than the few killer cyclists who seem to almost all get jailed. Is that fair?

This one seems fair enough, though: reportedly, a repeated reckless bit of illegal cycling that eventually caused a fatal collision.

 

[alicat]

Shame sentencing doesn't happen to be the same when driving a tin box !

I'm glad he's not the same. The cylist only got twelve months....