Hit & Run

[ComedyPilot]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-20014976

A woman's body 'found' next to the A90 with injuries consistent with being hit by a vehicle....

RIP

It doesn't matter if she was riding a bike, walking, crossing the road, pushing a pram, on a motorbike, or in another car - she deserved for the other party to bloody stop and at least offer some help?

No, on goes the motorised killing machine, whose FIRST reaction was 'Sod you, self-preservation'

What do law-abiding, considerate and careful motorists (that are the majority) have to fear from lengthy custodial sentences for killer drivers?

Nothing.

BTW, this is not a political topic, it's humanitarian.

A family have lost a loved one, and the person that did it even has a ready-made excuse courtesy of the police: "My initial understanding is that it may have been very foggy at the time when the collision occurred. And that certainly may be an avenue which we have to look at and will be developing."

If they didn't see her, they must have surely FELT her? They cannot have hit a human being and not known?

There are too frequent cases of hit and run, and we need to crack down on the drivers. Would it help if we lied, and said the victim had a relative in the Ox-Cam boat race?

Now, next time you go out in a vehicle, ask yourself this:

Can I safely bring my vehicle to a stop in the distance I can see to be clear in front of it?

If the answer is yes, you are driving safely and looking ahead. If no, then you need to ease off the throttle until the answer becomes yes. Road safety really is that simple.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Also. I will state for the record, I believe anyone that doesn't stop at the scene and/or denies it later in court, should be banned for life from driving.

 

[Poacher]

Also. I will state for the record, I believe anyone that doesn't stop at the scene and/or denies it later in court, should be banned for life from driving.

Unfortunately, a driving ban doesn't always result in the banee (?) ceasing to drive...............

 

[ComedyPilot]

Unfortunately, a driving ban doesn't always result in the banee (?) ceasing to drive...............

I agree, and understand that.

But, whereas our judiciary have the power to impose a 6 month prison term for 'dizzy drivers' (they have this power through Sec103 RTA 1988) they don't seem to be bothered about it.

Dizzy drivers get away because local rags can't be arsed to offer coverage. Now, if a driver is dizzy, I would like local papers to be able to publish their names and addresses, with rewards offered to people with info about them (if they drive).

I don't want them out there, do you?

And as for killer drivers, I don't want them out there, full stop. They've had their chance and messed up BIG time....the permenant loss of their 'precious' licence is fcuk all to the family that lost a loved one.

 

[downfader]

Unfortunately, a driving ban doesn't always result in the banee (?) ceasing to drive...............

A moot point really. The real point is that Courts have the power and never use it. Therefore KSIs continue when they should have dropped long, long ago.

RIP

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Following a hit and run last week I looked at the news reports and found this quote:

A staggering estimated 65 hit and runs happen in London each week, that’s more than 3300 per year

Read more: Cyclist in critical condition following hit-and-run in Bromley - TNT Magazine​

Staggering indeed.​

 

[mr_cellophane]

Glad to see the Cyclechat judge, jury and executioner are all about today. Never let known facts get in the way of a good lynching.
Night, foggy - she could have been hit by a lorry and the driver not know.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Glad to see the Cyclechat judge, jury and executioner are all about today. Never let known facts get in the way of a good lynching.
Night, foggy - she could have been hit by a lorry and the driver not know.

Pardon my French, but that's bullsh*t, and precisely why it shouldn't happen.

Night time - ok, reduce your speed till you can stop in the distance you see to be clear - you should ALWAYS anticipate people walking.
Foggy - ok, reduce your speed till you can stop in the distance you see to be clear - you should ALWAYS anticipate people walking. (see the pattern developing?)

And IF she'd been hit by a lorry, I still don't believe a lorry can strike a human being and the driver not know. (This phenomenon has been discussed at length elsewhere I believe?)

Are these drivers the so-called professional drivers that can boast of their ability to negotiate these mechanical behemoths around our sinuous roads in town and country, yet as simple a task as driving with due care and attention is beyond them?

 

[Ashaman42]

Not excusing anything but I believe somone on here (or YACF) tooks part in a demo in a truck in which they drove over a bicycle and even feeling out for it they didn't feel a thing in the cab.

Of course people should drive at a speed they can see to be clear but if they didn't see the woman they may well not have felt anything.

 

[ComedyPilot]

I get a little frustrated at road deaths because the vast majority of them are totally avoidable. I have had the deeply upsetting experience of knocking at someone's door and telling them a loved one won't be coming home.

I will never forget the times I had to do that.

 

[oldfatfool]

And IF she'd been hit by a lorry, I still don't believe a lorry can strike a human being and the driver not know. (This phenomenon has been discussed at length elsewhere I believe?

Without getting into an argument and not having any particular love of lorry drivers but I doubt this guy continued on for the laff:


View: http://youtu.be/z6nqEbu9nzU

 

[ComedyPilot]

No arguments. I just want to discuss our country's addiction to motoring, and it's terrible toll it has as a price for the 'freedom'

 

[ComedyPilot]

If I remember correctly, the truck driver felt a 'bump' checked their mirrors, didn't see anything so carried on?

 

[oldfatfool]

If I remember correctly, the truck driver felt a 'bump' checked their mirrors, didn't see anything so carried on?

Yeh but if hitting a 1.5 tonnes of steel head on at at 60mph results in feeling a bump, hitting 50kg of flesh .............

Not that we know enough to start speculating really.

I love driving and have had my fair share of decent motors, but the pleasure of driving in this country is about the same as the pleasure of cycling, roads and infrastructure are poor, and it is just too bloody crowded.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Yeh but if hitting a 1.5 tonnes of steel head on at at 60mph results in feeling a bump, hitting 50kg of flesh .............

Not that we know enough to start speculating really.

I love driving and have had my fair share of decent motors, but the pleasure of driving in this country is about the same as the pleasure of cycling, roads and infrastructure are poor, and it is just too bloody crowded.

Don't wish to argue....however the truck pushing the car was on the A1M, so they were both going the same way, not head on. I am assuming their paths converged, with the car in a blind spot, wet roads and size did the rest.