Biker jailed over road race crash

Posted: 03/06/2009 at 18:39

I'll say it before someone else does .... where does it say that the women were not wearing seatbelts?

(i've seen people thrown out of cars who were wearing belts)

Posted: 03/06/2009 at 19:36

I'm rather confused..................................The driver of the car that crashed, who ultimately made the driver error that led to the girls injuries gets a lesser sentence than the motorcyclist????

 Surely they both deserved the maximum with no let off for an early plea..

Posted: 03/06/2009 at 19:51

Posted: 03/06/2009 at 20:22

Robbob wrote (see)

I'm rather confused..................................The driver of the car that crashed, who ultimately made the driver error that led to the girls injuries gets a lesser sentence than the motorcyclist????

Posted: 03/06/2009 at 21:00

FJSRiDER. wrote (see)

Robbob wrote (see)

I'm rather confused..................................The driver of the car that crashed, who ultimately made the driver error that led to the girls injuries gets a lesser sentence than the motorcyclist????

Didn't his not pleading guilty add to his sentence and his 'leaving the scene of an accident' can't have helped?

No. The motorcyclist did not have anything added to his sentence.

 Do you struggle reading?

Posted: 03/06/2009 at 21:45

ST4 wrote (see)

I'll say it before someone else does .... where does it say that the women were not wearing seatbelts?

(i've seen people thrown out of cars who were wearing belts)

The Daily mail; report

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1189167/Judge-blasts-hopelessly-inadequate-sentence-Fast-And-The-Furious-boy-racers-left-woman-brain-damaged.html
He and his front-seat passenger suffer minor injuries, but the three women in the back - who were not wearing seatbelts - were all thrown out by the impact and w

Robbob wrote (see)

FJSRiDER. wrote (see)

Robbob wrote (see)

I'm rather confused..................................The driver of the car that crashed, who ultimately made the driver error that led to the girls injuries gets a lesser sentence than the motorcyclist????

Didn't his not pleading guilty add to his sentence and his 'leaving the scene of an accident' can't have helped?

No. The motorcyclist did not have anything added to his sentence.

 Do you struggle reading?

but the car driver did have his reduced - which is effectively more or less the same thing 

so sometimes understanding what is written is quite important as well

Posted: 03/06/2009 at 22:25

No its not. Its nothing like the same thing.

My working hours have just been reduced so therefore yours must have increased??

Posted: 03/06/2009 at 22:34

Robbob wrote (see)

FJSRiDER. wrote (see)

Robbob wrote (see)

I'm rather confused..................................The driver of the car that crashed, who ultimately made the driver error that led to the girls injuries gets a lesser sentence than the motorcyclist????

Didn't his not pleading guilty add to his sentence and his 'leaving the scene of an accident' can't have helped?

No. The motorcyclist did not have anything added to his sentence.

 Do you struggle reading?

Taking your tedious and moronic logic to it's conclusion then - the driver of the car did not get a 'lesser sentence' than the rider of the bike.  They got the same.  The drivers was simply reduced because he pleaded guilty.  

I'm amazed that you managed to fail to read a simple news item and work that out for yourself.  You clearly do struggle with reading.

Posted: 04/06/2009 at 08:15

Posted: 04/06/2009 at 11:17

FJSRiDER. wrote (see)

Robbob wrote (see)

FJSRiDER. wrote (see)

Robbob wrote (see)

I'm rather confused..................................The driver of the car that crashed, who ultimately made the driver error that led to the girls injuries gets a lesser sentence than the motorcyclist????

Didn't his not pleading guilty add to his sentence and his 'leaving the scene of an accident' can't have helped?

No. The motorcyclist did not have anything added to his sentence.

 Do you struggle reading?

Taking your tedious and moronic logic to it's conclusion then - the driver of the car did not get a 'lesser sentence' than the rider of the bike.  They got the same.  The drivers was simply reduced because he pleaded guilty.  

Yes. It took you a while but with my tedious and moronic logical explanation you seem to have got it.

Would you not agree then, that the car driver deserved the full sentence available without early release for pleading guilty due to the severity of the offence and unlikeliness of a not guilty verdict?

Posted: 04/06/2009 at 19:26

Robbob wrote (see)

Would you not agree then, that the car driver deserved the full sentence available without early release for pleading guilty due to the severity of the offence and unlikeliness of a not guilty verdict?

Posted: 05/06/2009 at 08:03

I guess there are two ways of looking at this:

Yes the car driver was the one who actually crashed into the other vehicle and caused all of the injuries whereas the bike did not.

However, the car driver colliding with the the turning vehicle was an accident (I am assuming here that it was not a specific attempt to hit the car), the biker fleeing the scene and not calling it in was a conscious decision on his part.

Yes they were both idiots, and yes the driver caused the injury, but for the rider to see this happen and then leave the scene, making no attempt to call for help or check on the condition of the injured parties is pretty low by any standards. 

Posted: 05/06/2009 at 12:20