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I remember when it happened.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42749133

 

whats the point? Like your life isn’t worth shit in NI apparently if you are on a bicycle. 

 

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[fenix]

It was 5.50am in October –
It was 5.50am in October – that’s pitch black isn’t it ?

Why would you not have a light on your bike ? We know how bad some drivers are in full daylight.

Terrible driving but really bad cycling too.

[steve_s1]

 

 

Not good, however I see:

“…there was no light on the back of the bike and he was not wearing reflective clothing”

Amazes me how many people I see riding at night like this. For the sake of a few quid…I prefer to be illuminated like a Christmas tree. Even during daylight I have lights front and back these days.

[brooksby]

I suppose at least it made it

I suppose at least it made it to court and the NI police didn’t just do a Gail Purcell on it?

But: a judge saying there’s no point in sending him to jail? Disgusting.

(No mandatory retest so he understands that blowing your nose while driving at speed can be a bad idea?)

[Grahamd]

Words fail me.

Words fail me.

[Canyon48]

It says the streetlights were

It says the streetlights were working and the cyclist has a front light but no rear light – though it doesn’t explicitly say how much daylight there was.

The fact that he caused a death by careless driving and hasn’t been jailed is incredible. If you caused a death by using a shotgun carelessly, I’m pretty sure you’d get jailed.

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