It makes you wonder if the Judiciary view a 'short' custodial sentence as being comparable to points and a ban. If there were cycling licences, and I trust there never will be, would he have been given points, a fine and a ban instead?
3/4 of the maximum I believe. I feel like few motorists would get that for "Causing death by..."
I'm not a fan of prison - it's usually a way of making a bad person worse. But I think this is richly deserved. I hope he gets some insight into his behaviour while he's inside.
http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/l...ies-ramming-tree-faces-five-years-jail-329795
No. For me not a case of too harsh but rather a case that had he been driving he would have likely got less....
If there were parity between the way in which we consider motoring offences and the "equivalent" cycling offences, I am sure that he would be able to claim "exceptional hardship" and escape the ban
http://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/...ausing-death-by-driving-dangerously-1-5013399
You're drawing a comparison with a motorist who used her vehicle as a weapon? Seriously? More realistic would be "death by careless driving" as there is no suggestion of intent on the part of Mr Alliston. As I've said before, I know someone who was convicted of that last year... do you suppose he's in prison?
It's news because it's rare. It's not the norm.
Precisely this. It's normalised in our society, and this is reflected in the sentencing. And we all know how rarely a "dangerous driving" conviction is secured, as opposed to the lesser "careless driving".
I'll add "hereabouts". It may be different elsewhere.
https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.u...ing_death_by_driving_definitive_guideline.pdf
Do we? Do we really? Or do we just assume we do because of what gets reported by the press?
As an old boss used to say "We've all got a ****ing story".
