In other 'good jailing' news:-
http://road.cc/content/news/166455-...-months-jail-after-seriously-injuring-cyclist
21 months for a texting driver who drove into a cyclist.
Were that the case I'd have given the story it's own thread and laced in some glee at a driver going down.Be honest, at least a small part of you is hoping to draw out the usual suspects in the driver/cyclist debate isn't it?
Were that the case I'd have given the story it's own thread and laced in some glee at a driver going down.
My thinking, having read both stories within a few minutes, was how similar they were.
Both horribly pointless crimes.
Affecting people who were enjoying their activity of choice.
Neither likely to be able to continue with that sport.
Probably 4 families wrecked.
Plus both defendants getting substantial jail time, for offences that have 'traditionally' only got a slap on the wrists.
If you think I enjoy reading the same morons spouting the same drivel about cyclists, you must think I'm insane.
Sure sometimes I bite, sometimes I goad, but all of the time I'm thinking 'that could be me rammed off the road with my spine snapped'.
That, and a 21 month jail sentence ought to be quite a sobering thought.
The victim appears to have been playing for the pub at the end of my road in Stockport.Should have been a longer sentence as clearly urban thuggery with total intent
Could just have easily driven into a pedestrian or another car that was at the back of a queue of traffic. No excuse for endangering life just to send a text.In other 'good jailing' news:-
http://road.cc/content/news/166455-...-months-jail-after-seriously-injuring-cyclist
21 months for a texting driver who drove into a cyclist.
I'd hate to think what the contents of the message was that cost him his back and her, her freedom.Could just have easily driven into a pedestrian or another car that was at the back of a queue of traffic. No excuse for endangering life just to send a text.
That's funny , I thought his first name was Wayne.I don't normally suffer from dyslexia but when I read the assailant name in the picture caption:
Nathaniel Kerr was jailed for a year for breaking an opponent's leg
I was sure it said Neanderthal .....
Phone off in car (not on silent) It's so simple
That's funny , I thought his first name was Wayne.
Should have been a longer sentence as clearly urban thuggery with total intent