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Minicab driver who ran over cyclist whilst distracted on mobile phonespared jail
*How was this not "careless 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 |
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Minicab driver who ran over cyclist whilst distracted on mobilephone spared jail
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 |
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Minicab driver who ran over cyclist whilst distracted on mobilephone spared jail
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got a 15 month ban and a significant fine (£1250 IIRC, and no mean penalty for someone whose livelihood has just been withdrawn from him).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)? --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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Minicab driver who ran over cyclist whilst distracted on mobilephone spared jail
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)? --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com 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. |
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Minicab driver who ran over cyclist whilst distracted on mobilephone spared jail
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). -- There is no such thing as a law abiding motorist, just those who have been scammed and those yet to be scammed! |
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Minicab driver who ran over cyclist whilst distracted on mobilephone spared jail
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. |
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Minicab driver who ran over cyclist whilst distracted on mobilephone spared jail
On 21/04/17 12:53, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 12:46:23 +0100, Bod wrote: 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. ....and even less attention when playing with a phone. On the other hand, I have no difficulty calling or texting while driving. You have no proof of that. People can multitask (driving is already doing a few things at once). Driving is a single task that involves performing actions in a serial fashion. It does not involve doing several things at once. People have a poor capacity to multitask and any attempt inevitably leads to resources getting consumed by context switching. And they have no proper means of setting priorities and schedules. The word is horribly over used. |
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Minicab driver who ran over cyclist whilst distracted on mobilephone spared jail
On 21/04/2017 12:46, 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)? --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com It is NOT illegal to use a hands free phone whilst driving so one assumes that he was holding the phone. Not really, since there is no report of a charge for that. The story goes on at length about use of a mobile phone, and it may well be that he was using an ordinary hand-held phone (thereby doing so illegally), but it doesn't actually say so, which is sort of my point. 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 do know that use of a hand-held phone while driving is not punishable by a prison sentence, don't you? And that it isn't even always an offence? |
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Minicab driver who ran over cyclist whilst distracted on mobilephone spared jail
On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 15:12:49 +0100, JNugent wrote:
On 21/04/2017 12:46, 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. Not really, since there is no report of a charge for that. The story goes on at length about use of a mobile phone, and it may well be that he was using an ordinary hand-held phone (thereby doing so illegally), but it doesn't actually say so, which is sort of my point. 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 do know that use of a hand-held phone while driving is not punishable by a prison sentence, don't you? And that it isn't even always an offence? Depends on the mood the pig is in. -- A sheet of sandpaper makes a cheap and effective substitute for costly maps when visiting the Sahara desert. |
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Minicab driver who ran over cyclist whilst distracted on mobilephone spared jail
On 21/04/2017 15:12, JNugent wrote:
On 21/04/2017 12:46, 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)? --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com It is NOT illegal to use a hands free phone whilst driving so one assumes that he was holding the phone. Not really, since there is no report of a charge for that. The story goes on at length about use of a mobile phone, and it may well be that he was using an ordinary hand-held phone (thereby doing so illegally), but it doesn't actually say so, which is sort of my point. 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 do know that use of a hand-held phone while driving is not punishable by a prison sentence, don't you? And that it isn't even always an offence? Read what I said again "People with phones stuck to their ears should be made an example of with jail sentences" I never said it was prisonable at the moment. |
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