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Shrewsbury Crown Court (UK Gov)Speeding driver who screamed at cyclist after hitting and leaving him with life-changing injuries spared jail
A speeding driver who drove straight into a cyclist in Shrewsbury and then got out of the car, shouted swear words at him and accused him of being at fault, has been spared jail but disqualified from driving for 18 months.
The collision has left Edward Cooper with serious and life-changing injuries, rendering him unable to do activities like riding a bike or surf. He's even facing difficulties playing with his daughter.
Cooper, a teacher at Shrewsbury College and an experienced cyclist, was cycling back home around 5:30PM in December last year. Tyler Maddox, 27, of Shrewsbury was driving his white Audi A3 on a road parallel to Sundorne Road when he hit Cooper.
Maddox had driven into Cooper as he travelled towards him, throwing the cyclist onto the bonnet, before he rolled underneath the bumper.
The prosecutor told the court that witnesses had described Maddox as going over the 30mph speed limit – with the Judge accepting that he was travelling at around 40mph. Maddox had slowed the vehicle as the collision took place but added that the bike was thrown three metres into the air.
He told the court that Maddox had then gotten out of the car and shouted "What the f*** are you playing at" to the stricken cyclist.
Police examinations of Maddox's vehicle found its stopping distance could have been affected because its tyres were under inflated, one had insufficient tread depth, while the windscreen had a large sun strip, which officers were concerned would have limited the view, the Shropshire Star reports.
It's not sure when, or if Cooper will be able to make a full recovery. As of now, he has only been able to return to work for six hours a week — an experience which he said leaves him drained. Besides, he is no longer able to surf or cycle, and has difficulties in playing with his young daughter.
The inability to work had also cost him thousands of pounds in wages, with Cooper saying that he was worried about his financial stability in the future as a result of his injury.
The mitigator for Maddox said that his client faced a momentary lapse in concentration, adding: "He has reflected on it and I will say from the outset he is genuinely remorseful for what happened.
"He is someone who in this situation unfortunately made an error of judgement that brings him before the court and he has to accept his part in that, and the implications for Mr Cooper.
"I would suggest he was somewhat immature in his actions on the day in question but I would suggest he has grown up since, quite significantly."
The mitigator then urged the Judge to suspend the sentence, saying: "He is someone genuinely petrified at the prospect of going into custody."
> Motorist banned for six months after leaving cyclist with multiple fractures and bruised lungs in “momentary lapse of concentration”
The Judge concluded that Maddox was driving "too fast for the conditions", and that Cooper was riding his bike quite properly the other way along that road, and "was wearing proper reflective gear and that included a top, and had his lights on".
"Your first reaction when that happened was to get out of your car and shout at him," the judge said, adding that in the subsequent interviews with police and probation officers, Maddox was still claiming it was his [Cooper's] fault.
The Judge concluded that the incident had not been deliberate and that Maddox "does not pose a danger to the public and has a realistic prospect of rehabilitation".
He said: "I have reached the view, on balance, with all these factors, yours is a case I do not have to impose an immediate custodial sentence."
Maddox was sentenced to four months in prison suspended for 18 months.
He will have to complete 10 rehabilitation requirement days, 150 hours of unpaid work, and pay £535 costs. He was also disqualified from driving for 18 months, backdated to include an interim disqualification on August 16.
Adwitiya joined road.cc in 2023 as a news writer after completing his masters in journalism from Cardiff University. His dissertation focused on active travel, which soon threw him into the deep end of covering everything related to the two-wheeled tool, and now cycling is as big a part of his life as guitars and football. He has previously covered local and national politics for Voice Cymru, and also likes to write about science, tech and the environment, if he can find the time. Living right next to the Taff trail in the Welsh capital, you can find him trying to tackle the brutal climbs in the valleys.
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Which Tory MP is that then? Boris? Just asking being as the only discussion here is Tory MP's and Party members and who they voted in to lead their party.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr8r787iST0
You're welcome.
And again, why comment on someone from a totally different party, when the discussion is on the Prime Minister being elected by their own Party and MP's and not the British Public, who currently do not look like they will follow suit.
Well, let me explain. It's quite simple, so I hope someone with your IQ should understand.
There were some comments on Sunak as current Prime Minister. I commented saying that it is better than Sir Softy.
Who, as we all know, goes by the name Keir Starmer.
If Left is for Losers, you must be somewhat to the left of Karl Marx.
Hmmm, bringing IQ into it when you don't seem to understand that Keir Starmer was not a choice for the Tory Members who chose Truss, (and as you only know MP's by derogatory comments Pork Markets) or, after she was dumped in record time, the Tory MP's chose Sunak (Inaction Man) as it appears the membership could't be trusted a second time. Neither were voted in by any member of the normal British Public to make large changes to the election manifesto which is now happening.
It's his new thing apparently, accusing people of having low IQs while at the same time whining bitterly about the alleged failures of RCC to stop people being allegedly abusive to him.
Rendel mate, leave me alone please. Your obsession with my apparent obsessions is strange.
There have definitely been other people on here who were very vocally convinced that Rendel was following them around...
Nige mate, leave us alone please.
Your contributions are worse than useless, and I mean that literally, they just clog up and distract every discussion you join. You can barely manage to write a single sentence without trolling / sealioning.
I'm unable to comprehend why you want to return to road.cc each time you're banned for being a complete twat.
Thanks for your valued frothing.
Now pop back to your cave.
P.S. if being a complete twat was criteria for banning then the comments section would be pretty empty.
Don't forget that Seven Bins Sunak is also going against Tory/government active travel policies without any kind of mandate.
Wait - Seven Bins Sunak? Is he trying to woo the rubbish-receptacle vote from Count Binface now?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66878893
Glad to see he's a friend of those chucking away waste ("Great British waste, in a world-leading British landfill*") as well as those putting out other pollution!
* May be subject to processing by migrants as we can't get the staff at those wages. Some Great British waste may be shipped to our trusted overseas recycling partners.
There was no requirement for public to vote, because Mordant pulled out, leaving Rishi as the sole candidate. And the reason Penny pulled out was because it was clear Rishi was going to win anyway.
For someone who seems to accuse everyone else of a low IQ, you seem to be confusing Public Vote (ie everyone of voting age who can cast a vote at an election) with less then 100k or so who voted on one leader, and wasn't given the chance on another (new PM put into power by 200 people). After you dimissed 17million as nothing previously, surely you can see that 100k voting on being wooed by the pretty pictures painted by the candidates is not "the will of the people". Especially as both successive leaders have ignored the mandates the Party was elected on and decided to go their own direction.
Anyway, lets take it back to the original question put forward by eburt which you tried to hijack, the choice was Truss, Sunak or A N Other Tory MP (you can't have Johnson as he resigned as PM and then resigned as an MP). So who would your better choice have been?
I don't think I am getting confused. By public, that meant the Conservative party members, who just about anyone can join. So you could have your say if you want.
And I don't think, looking back through the thread that this question was put forward by eburt, but possibly you?
And if you want to know, Penny Mordaunt would have been my choice.
Just because a member of the public can join doesn't make it a "Public" vote. And they also actually block "new" members from leadership elections so if I did want to join to register my vote for that, I couldn't. And Sunak's promotion shows that being a member doesn't always mean you could vote anyway. (And Labour do the same I know, but very rarely in power and I thought the Blair/Brown deal was an awful abuse of power and at least should have been on the Manifesto.)
Up until recently I would have stated Mordaunt is one of the few ones who seemed decent. Probably because she wasn't prepared to throw her family under the bus for culture war statements. However her recent speech shows she seems to have drunk the kool aid with the rest. I mean she asks people to "stand up and fight" for what they believe in, yet the Tories rally against trans people and JSO and others when they do just that. Maybe it is only what the Tories believe in that should allow them to "stand up and fight"? (Sorry I can't say that phrase another 20 times.)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6FcA6NybeQY&si=WoLlo44ZbgDoHRr0
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Not all members of the public can join, they asked me if I was a Labour party member and when I said yes they tore up my application!
To be fair, that speech was one of the highlights of the tory party conference, even if it got a bit repetitive. Funny thing was, she didn't actually tell them who they should fight. Maybe she meant the tory party should fight the party that's been in power for thirteen years and have literally screwed everything and everyone* for all of those years, whoever they are.
*Billionaire tory donors excluded.
"Stand up for your right (wing)"?
Common modern protest song in both UK and US
Or is it the more "alternative" UK scene "You gotta fight for your right Tory Party?"
(I prefer more political axes myself in these descriptions and I think the very recent shifts are more like last-ditch efforts for populist appeal).
The point is though that there was not a requirement or need to vote for Sunak. As Mordaunt pulled out there was no other option, and it was clear that he was going to win.
So one PM was elected by 100k people and the other was elected 200 and the common member of the public has no say for it until probably 24 months later. I seem to remember we shouldn't be trusting institutions were people are put into leadership without a public vote. Johnson and Farage was quite adamant about that.
This judge is an ankle (lower than a 'see you next tuesday').
The system need overhauling.
Young Tyler Maddox has proven he is not a responsible licence holder, taking into account the series of offences and his immediate reacton to the victim, he should never be allowed to ever hold a licence again.. or at the very least.. for a very long time. Please note Mr Judge a 'very long time' does not mean 18 months, a 'very long time' should involve at least a decade.
Some interesting comments on their Facebook post about the article.
Screenshots of his now-private TikTok with a photo/video of his car parked for a photo in the road and the text "when they take your licence but not your keys".
Another is a video of his car doing a burnout on the public road:
https://youtu.be/rLjHRFWONOo?si=x-KMA5-aiRuxqNsL&t=568
is this sort of thing not technically 'contempt of court' and usually leads to any suspended sentences being immediately imposed?
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Let's hope so.
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Lots of remorse on display there...
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