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Minicab driver who ran over cyclist whilst distracted on mobilephone spared jail
On 21/04/2017 13:03, Bod wrote:
On 21/04/2017 12:53, James Wilkinson Sword wrote: On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 12:46:23 +0100, Bod wrote: On 21/04/2017 12:33, JNugent wrote: On 21/04/2017 11:00, Bod wrote: On 21/04/2017 10:57, Bod wrote: *How was this not "dangerous driving"*? Abdelyekini Olafusi was found guilty of careless driving after he ran down the woman in Clerkenwell. Olafusi clipped the back of the 41-year-old cyclist’s wheel when he turned right at traffic lights on Gray's Inn Road on May 27. The cyclist, an Italian woman, fell off her bike to the ground but Olafusi did not stop and continued to drive over her. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime...-a3519751.html *Correction* dangerous driving The distinction is whether driving falls below the required standard or far below the required standard. The latter is always (and rightly) hard to prove. But the driver got a 15 month ban and a significant fine (£1250 IIRC, and no mean penalty for someone whose livelihood has just been withdrawn from him). I wouldn't like to be on the paying end of his next insurance premium, either. Should he also have been fastened to a hurdle, drawn by horse to a place of execution, then hanged (almost to the point of death), emasculated, disembowelled, beheaded and quartered (chopped into four pieces)? It is NOT illegal to use a hands free phone whilst driving so one assumes that he was holding the phone. People with phones stuck to their ears should be made an example of with jail sentences. That'll immediately greatly reduce the incidences of these sort of accidents. ********. You can be not paying attention without using a phone at all. On the other hand, I have no difficulty calling or texting while driving. People can multitask (driving is already doing a few things at once). It's *your* attitude to using a phone at the wheel that is all too prevalent and that's why I say that drivers with phones to their ear should be jailed to help stop their use. I now put my phone into the glove box and that is where it stays whilst I am driving. I keep mine in my coat pocket and the coat on the back seat or in the boot. The phone still works via the car's Bluetooth system. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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