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Friday Night Ride to the Coast claims another victim.
A company director who did a day's work and then spent the night cycling 120 kilometres, crashed his car as he drove home the next morning and killed another driver. At the time of the crash, Nicolas Day had gone 27 hours without sleep following his taking part in a midnight cycle ride event from Hyde Park to Whitstable in Kent. As he drove home to his family in St Albans, his BMW X5 veered into the oncoming lane and struck a Nissan Micra killing the driver. Day, told police he was a fit and athletic man and denied falling asleep. The judge sentenced Day to seven months imprisonment suspended for two years. He was told he must carry out 200 hours of unpaid work and he was banned from driving for 18 months and his licence endorsed. [Doug mode] another cyclist walks free from the consequences of his activities? |
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Friday Night Ride to the Coast claims another victim.
On Dec 5, 10:49*pm, Peter Parry wrote:
A company director who did a day's work and then spent the night cycling 120 kilometres, crashed his car as he drove home the next morning and killed another driver. *At the time of the crash, Nicolas Day had gone 27 hours without sleep following his taking part in a midnight cycle ride event from Hyde Park to Whitstable in Kent. As he drove home to his family in St Albans, his BMW X5 veered into the oncoming lane and struck a Nissan Micra killing the driver. Day, told police he was a fit and athletic man and denied falling asleep. *The judge sentenced Day to seven months imprisonment suspended for two years. *He was told he must carry out 200 hours of unpaid work and he was banned from driving for 18 months and his licence endorsed. [Doug mode] another cyclist walks free from the consequences of his activities? Wihich was a bike? The BMW X5 or the Nissan Micra? I'll bet that it is the first, as it has the letters B, M and X. |
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Friday Night Ride to the Coast claims another victim.
On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 15:04:27 -0800 (PST), Squashme
wrote: Wihich was a bike? The BMW X5 or the Nissan Micra? The death was in large part a result of his cycling activities. He went on an overnight cycle "event", where apparently alcohol laced coffee was consumed by some riders while on the road. Then, having not slept for over a day, he chose to drive his bike 90 miles home in the back of his car. |
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Friday Night Ride to the Coast claims another victim.
On 06/12/2011 11:24, Peter Parry wrote:
On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 15:04:27 -0800 (PST), wrote: Wihich was a bike? The BMW X5 or the Nissan Micra? The death was in large part a result of his cycling activities. He went on an overnight cycle "event", where apparently alcohol laced coffee was consumed by some riders while on the road. Then, having not slept for over a day, he chose to drive his bike 90 miles home in the back of his car. so he should have cycled and/or caught the train home |
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Friday Night Ride to the Coast claims another victim.
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"The fact that he is a cyclist has nothing to do with this. When he is in the car, he's a motorist, just like any other. Anyone knows that they will be shattered after a ride like that - and getting behind the wheel of a car, especially one as large as an X5 shows either a remarkably failure of judgement or an astounding lack of regard for other road users. If he left his car there earlier, I tend to lean toward the latter. If he wasn't a cyclist and had knocked one of us down. we'd be baying for his blood. His sentence is way too light and my sympathies go to Mr Viner's family." http://road.cc/content/news/48833-ni...reless-driving -- Simon Mason |
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