[Ridgeback]

 Our Grandson was killed last year cycling home from his girlfriends.

Why is it allowed to kill a young man while riding a bike, drive a vehicle without a driving licence, without insurance, not stopping to help the person you had knocked off their bike and also lie saying he had hit a deer when stopped by police.

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwivy9Pck9PvAhWcTRUIHWsyBwMQFjAAegQIAxAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.edp24.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2Fdriver-failed-to-stop-after-fatal-crash-7853670&usg=AOvVaw3LCl-nPMmAZD34ru51Z11w

 

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[Zigster]

I’m so sorry for your loss.

I’m so sorry for your loss.

I’d seen the news on this case and it is genuinely shocking how minimal a punishment McMurtary has received, whether in absolute terms or compared to the punishment he would have received if he had killed someone other than by hitting them with a vehicle.

The law needs changing. There is no way the sentence in this case (and others) can be acceptable. I can only hope the sentence is reviewed because of the public reaction.

[ktache]

My thoughts are with you and

My thoughts are with you and your family Ridgeback.

[Hirsute]

2 pages here
2 pages here
https://road.cc/content/news/driver-who-killed-teenage-cyclist-avoids-jail-282083

[mike the bike]

It’s not allowed Ridgeback,

It’s not allowed Ridgeback, all those things contravene one law or another.  We don’t need more laws, certainly not those that are inspired by a specific event.  As the old saying goes, hard cases make bad laws.

What we need is a re-evaluation of the part that driving plays in our lives and a recognition of the enormous consequences of poor driving.  We should stop regarding the driving licence as a right and we should significantly raise the standard of the tests. 

The main reason people drive recklessly and dangerously is they don’t believe they will be caught.  We need to increase the number of traffic police patrols and seriously upgrade the number of safety cameras.  

Finally we should require our legal system to enact the full range of penalties more often.  At the moment most sentences reflect the lower end of the scale available to the courts, even those involving deaths and serious injuries.  

None of these things will come free.  More prisons, police and cameras will involve more money but when a fatal accident ends up costing a million pounds perhaps it’s more of an investment than a charge.

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