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Woman crushes neighbour's car
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:05:47 +0000, Tom Crispin
wrote: snip Motorists who kill should face manslaughter charges. It defies all sense of justice that a motorist with four bald tyres who killed four cyclists was fined for having bald tyres, and the killed effectively ignored. Do you always have to lie or distort the facts for you own purposes. Please provide a link to the story you are referencing so that people may see you lies. |
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gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying: Please provide a link to the story you are referencing so that people may see you lies. He's referring to this :- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/4592412.stm (Inquest verdict - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/6246140.stm ) |
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On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:58:32 -0000, "Brimstone"
wrote: Why should killing with a car be treated differently from killing with a gun? How long did it take you to find that one isolated example? I was already aware of the killing. One Google for "dad kills son" brought up the article. |
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Tom Crispin wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:58:32 -0000, "Brimstone" wrote: Why should killing with a car be treated differently from killing with a gun? How long did it take you to find that one isolated example? I was already aware of the killing. One Google for "dad kills son" brought up the article. Why would one use such a search term? |
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Phil W Lee wrote:
BrianW considered Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:46:51 -0800 (PST) the perfect time to write: On 18 Jan, 20:18, Tom Crispin wrote: On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:13:41 -0000, "Brimstone" wrote: Tom Crispin wrote: On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:42:01 +0000, Marc wrote: Well I'm a cyclist, with an interest in environmental matters, and I find Dughs posts not only embarrarising but counter productive; anyone else? I would put him on a par with Troll B, but his posts are marginally better than Troll J's diatribe. The Daily Wail's photo of the Mercedes mounting the Chrysler was very amusing, though I put it down to an unfortunate mishap rather than evidence of an incompetent motorist. Doug also has some valid points. Motorists who kill should face manslaughter charges. ?It defies all sense of justice that a motorist with four bald tyres who killed four cyclists was fined for having bald tyres, and the killed effectively ignored. Can you imagine a scaffolder whose scaffolding collapsed killing four pedestrians facing a fine for having faulty scaffolding, and the killing ignored? ?No - the scaffolder would face charges of criminal negligence and manslaughter. Only if the evidence showed him to be negligent. Surely that would be for a jury to decide. The evidence has to show that the defendant was grossly negligent - it's a higher standard than ordinary negligence. The CPS will decide whether there is sufficient evidence to warrant prosecution before it gets before a jury. I would have thought that driving with any defective tyre in conditions known to be particularly slippery (scraping the windscreen being a good indicator of this) could be reasonably interpreted as negligent, and the fact that 3 tyres were defective could just as reasonably be interpreted as raising that to gross negligence. However, I think it's more pertinent that he was clearly driving at a speed that was in excess of what was safe for the conditions (and nobody else appeared to have the same difficulty in controlling their vehicles on that road under those conditions Errrr the police car that was called to the accident had trouble ( If I remember correctly) and another police car had reported a problem with that bit of road , but the message hadn't been forwarded to the LA. I'm not excusing the driver, for the bald tyres, or the CSA for nor prosecuting, but it is very difficult when there are variable surfaces to make a one speed fits all policy. If he had left 20 seconds ealrier or later, if the club's waitress had been faster or slower, all we would have had would be another car in the hedge. |
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Conor wrote:
In article , says... Good. I assume that the board is made up of sensible/educated/knowledgeable people - it looks like they have rightly overridden your view - for interest were you in a minority of one? I wouldn't necessarily equate being educated with being able to make the right decision as the teachers on my sons recent trip to London demonstrated on Friday. They decided to take a girl who had scalded herself, when she spilt a boiling hot drink, to the point of blistering over an hour and 55 miles back home to a town with no A&E when they passed within 1 mile of a hospital easily accessible by coach 10 minutes away from where the event occurred. Right decision for who? Option 1 Take bus , children, child and Teacher(s) to hospital , everyone waits. Option 2 Take bus Children, Child and Teacher(s) to Hospital, leave child and Teacher(s) behind ( if you brought enough teachers in first place to meet the LA's adukt child ratio to be able to leave one or more behind).Teacher(s) suffer major inconvinience getting home. Option 3 Take Children, child, and teacher(s) back to School, and now it's the parent's problem. If you decide who's time is most important , then the answer follows. |
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Brimstone wrote:
You're quite right Doug, the "playing field" is decidedly not level. Offending motorists get punished more severely that do people convicted of manslaughter. A moment with Google suggests you're quite, quite wrong. http://www.publications.parliament.u.../vo060720/text /60720w1849.htm - a written answer in 2006 - has a table showing that custodial sentences for manslaughter between 1996-2004 averaged around 60 months. http://www.rospa.com/RoadSafety/cons...gerous_driving ..pdf - ROSPA's input to the sentencing advisory panel in 2007 - says, inter alia: "Sentencing statistics show that average sentence lengths for the offence of causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs have altered very little in the years 1999-2005, remaining close to an average of 42 months. However, average sentence levels for causing death by dangerous driving have shown a gradual increase, from 35 months in 1999 to 44 months in 2004." -- John |
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On 19 Jan 2009 15:18:13 GMT, Adrian wrote:
gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: Please provide a link to the story you are referencing so that people may see you lies. He's referring to this :- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/4592412.stm (Inquest verdict - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/6246140.stm ) Ah good - so when he said: "that a motorist with four bald tyres who killed four cyclists was fined for having bald tyres, " he was actually incorrect in two places: 1) when he said that the motorist had "four bald tyres" 2) when he said that he was "fined for having bald tyres" Any idea why he lies so regularly? Is he really entrusted with teaching children? (PS - I don't mind people making mistakes - we all do that now and again. However, I do object to people deliberately distorting the facts and lying when they know that that is what they are doing) |
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BrianW wrote:
On 19 Jan, 06:39, Tom Crispin wrote: On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:14:33 -0800 (PST), BrianW wrote: On 18 Jan, 22:18, Tom Crispin wrote: On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:46:51 -0800 (PST), BrianW wrote: The evidence has to show that the defendant was grossly negligent - it's a higher standard than ordinary negligence. ?The CPS will decide whether there is sufficient evidence to warrant prosecution before it gets before a jury. Perhaps ordinary negligence should suffice, especially if it makes drivers take more care. Really? *So you'd be in favour of applying the civil law definition of negligence (failure to take reasonable care towards a person to whom you owe a duty of care) to all killings. *Gosh, the jails will fill up rather quickly. Or perhaps you are only in favour of such a move in respect of killer drivers? *If so, I offer you "causing death by dangerous driving" and "causing death by careless driving". Are you another of these people, like Doug, who likes to criticise things without bothering to find out anything about it? *It would seem so ... A man who shot and killed his son was charged with manslaughter. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1494...n-on-night-tim e... Why should killing with a car be treated differently from killing with a gun?- Oh my God, you really are Doug Bollen, aren't you? As you are such an expert on this, you will obviously know the following stats/information: 1. Average sentence handed down for manslaughter 2. Average sentence handed down for causing death by dangerous driving. 3. Sentencing guidelines for causing death by dangerous driving. You'll be able to show us, using the above, that the law treats motorists more leniently than other, non-deliberate, killers. Go ahead ... I've responded elsewhere in the thread with sources but to answer your 1&2: 1996-2004, average manslaughter sentence approx 60 months; causing death by DD averaged 35 months in 1999 rising to 44 months in 2004. -- John |
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Brimstone wrote:
Tom Crispin wrote: Does your use of the word "drivers" include those who are driving al types of road vehicle? I would have no problem with a cyclist who killed while cycling being charged with manslaughter. Why do you think that a charge of manslaughter is preferable to the present charge which carries a greater maximum penalty? Eh? Manslaughter: max sentence = life Causing death by DD: max sentence = 14 years Causing death while on a pushbike: no idea what max sentence is but it's unlikely to be greater than life -- John |
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