Ern1e
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This is so sad RIP fellow cyclists and lets hope the driver gets a very long custodial sentence.
Can it be the passenger? She was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving.I wonder if the woman arrested was a passenger or another driver.
This seems to be a Level One offence:
http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/s_to_u/sentencing_manual/death_by_dangerous_driving/
Sentence range 2-5 years.
What do you suggest the police do if they see a car being driven in a dangerous manner? The report suggested the police asked the driver to stop and he didn't. It was already being driven in a way that had brought it to police attention.Also it may transpire that the police have some culpability by pursuing the vehicle causing it to be driven extremely dangerously. Car chases make for good Police Camera Action footage but it puts the public at great risk.
I frequenlty have the same conversation with my mother. However, my rational is: everytime you get into a car, you place your life in the hands of that car's driver. As the driver of a car, your passengers are putting their lives in your hands. Chances are you could also be killed in a head on collision that there was nothing you could do anything about. Driving is also a very dangerous "hobby". You only have to look at the number of accidents vs deaths. As an (RoSPA & IAM) advanced level driver for 22 of the 23 years I have been driving, I see much more than other drivers do, and am often significantly more aware of what is happening all around me than most drivers (my OH has had to do something about his driving standard, because it was that bad, I felt like I was driving even as a passenger, so never let him drive: it scared me too much!). As a passenger in a car, I choose my drivers carefully, often prefering for us to go out of our way than let some of my or his family drive us anywhere. That metal box on wheels that kills cyclists, also kills drivers & passengers and pedestrians as well.Absolutley ubelieavable, 2 deaths down to bad driving. it will not put me off riding on the roads, but my other half and kids are now asking me if it is worth putting my life at risk riding as a hobby which i do. We as cyclist know the amount of seriously bad drivers there are on our roads, and we do have to have our wits about us all the time, but even then, we can only do so much, just check out you tube, it's very scary. Mind you, I see some really bad cyclist on our roads also, cutting red lights, weaving in and out without any regard for anyone.
A police spokeswoman confirmed that Lovell had been charged and said that a 35-year-old woman, also arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after the incident, remained on police bail, pending further inquiries.
The Post has learned that the 35-year-old woman, who has not been named, was in the car that hit Mr and Mrs Simons.
The woman is understood to have stayed at the scene of the crash and was arrested there.