Re: Four years for killer driver on a mobile.

Duncan Smith said:

spindrift said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7270751.stm

Quoted message said:

Gratuitous insertion of helmet comment obligatory.

How many people will read that and think he would've lived if only
he'd of worn a helmet?

Quoted message said:

I never, ever understand how driving bans run concurrent with a
custodial sentence- YOU CAN'T DRIVE IN PRISON!!!

She probably won't be in prison for very long - so can still still
catch the thick end of the ban in a year or two.

Gosh, that's heartening!

Duncan Smith said:

spindrift said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7270751.stm

Quoted message said:

Gratuitous insertion of helmet comment obligatory.

How many people will read that and think he would've lived if only
he'd of worn a helmet?

The helmet point is debatable, but
he certainly would be alive today if he hadn't ridden through the red
light

Sir Jeremy said:

Duncan Smith said:

spindrift said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7270751.stm
Gratuitous insertion of helmet comment obligatory.

How many people will read that and think he would've lived if only
he'd of worn a helmet?

The helmet point is debatable, but
he certainly would be alive today if he hadn't ridden through the red
light

And possibly also if the driver had been observing the speed limit. Oh
sorry - I forgot it's impossible to send a text while your eyes are
glued to the speedo.

Duncan Smith said:

spindrift said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7270751.stm

Gratuitous insertion of helmet comment obligatory.

How many people will read that and think he would've lived if only
he'd of worn a helmet?

Or indeed if he hadn't run a red light.

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Quoted message said:

The helmet point is debatable, but
he certainly would be alive today if he hadn't ridden through the red
light

If he hadn't run the light she might have - there's nothing certain
about it.

Rob Morley said:

Sir Jeremy [email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

The helmet point is debatable, but
he certainly would be alive today if he hadn't ridden through the red
light

Quoted message said:

If he hadn't run the light she might have - there's nothing certain
about it.

It wouldn't matter (to him) if she had "run a red light" (she didn't, as
far as any of us know). That's because they were travelling towards a
common point from two different directions.

He'd have been safe if he'd stopped for the red light as he was obliged
to. But of course, he knew better - or thought he did.

"Sir Jeremy" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

The helmet point is debatable, but
he certainly would be alive today if he hadn't ridden through the red
light

He just made a judgement call that turned bad on himself. If his death
serves a purpose it is that bad driving can cause harm to others..

DavidR said:

"Sir Jeremy" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

The helmet point is debatable, but
he certainly would be alive today if he hadn't ridden through the red
light

He just made a judgement call that turned bad on himself. If his death
serves a purpose it is that bad driving can cause harm to others..

That is a one-sided view: his death could be used to suggest also that
bad cycling can harm bad cyclists.

Intelligent readers will note the use of the conditional in the previous
sentence. I am /not/ suggesting that the late cyclist was a bad one as I
haven't seen enough of the evidence to explain why he is claimed to have
run a red light.

Cheers,
Luke

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