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Old September 7th 16, 07:49 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
James Wilkinson
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On Wed, 07 Sep 2016 17:47:34 +0100, Aubrey Straw wrote:

Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:

Tony Dragon wrote:
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surr...clist-11849698




Driver who hit and killed cyclist on A31 near Farnham while texting
jailed for nine years

Why he wasn't banned before beggars belief.

Good, he deserves to be locked up.


However, I see cyclist riding both on the footpath and the road texting all
the
time.
If a texting cyclist was to hit and kill a pedestrian, would he get 9 years
in jail?
Or, do we both know the answer to that one?


We may be a long time waiting for the answer to that one being confirmed.
What is more likely to happen first out of a) and b) I wonder:

a) A pedestrian being hit and killed by lightening.

b) A pedestrian being hit and killed by a texting cyclist who already has
six previous convictions for texting while cycling.


The fines and punishments given to drivers don't make sense. The nurse overtaking a lorry killed a cyclist too, but she just got a 2 year ban and some community service. Clearly she's just as dangerous, as for whatever reason she didn't see the cyclist either.

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