WheeeeWell, I had my track day at Palmer Sport yesterday... Thanks to all those who gave me advice in advance. Had an absolutely...
Lack of intent. Unless criminal negligence can be proven, ie drink, drugs, mbuttively excessive speed, etc - in which case Causing rest by Dangerous Driving applies.
This is an absurd piece of legislation that flies completely in the face of rationality.
Quote from "The last ditch"...
"The government, even in the middle of its internal political warfare, continues to pander to the prejudices of the ignorant.
For someone justly to be convicted of a crime, he should have criminal intent. I cannot believe that many drivers involved in bane accidents have an intention to kill or even hurt the person who dies. Nor do many have a reckless disregard for the consequences of their driving. The risk of a driver being hurt is enough to ensure that he will do his best to avoid accidents.
Test for motorway drivingYou'll get a load of bolshie negative ninnies who will disagree on principle with youswear at you I would say its a good idea however my concern would be that as its nigh on...
Of course, if someone is culpably negligent to a degree which society thinks is equivalent to criminal intent (driving while too drunk or high to do so safely, for example) they should be as liable to criminal penalties as someone who deliberately or recklessly does harm. But the idea that a driver involved in a bane accident who has neither intent to do harm nor is criminally negligent should go to jail is simply wrong.
Variable speed limits don't cut congestionscott" wrote in message You are making the mistake of buttuming that the cars have no length. Cars of no length, 2 seconds apart, they would pbutt any given point at the...
The proposed change to the law is for no reason other than to satisfy a lust for revenge from the families of some accident victims. Any member of those families might well, on another day, need a more civilised response to their own mistakes on the road. The ones who cry for greater penalties are simply too stupid to realise that.
Law makers should also consider that there, but for the grace of God, goes any of them. A moment's loss of concentration in a lifetime of driving can lead to an accident. Sometimes we are lucky and the accident only bends metal. Sometimes, sadly, people get hurt... ...
.... While refusing to jail the burglars and muggers who spoil the lives of millions; while seeking to blame "society" for the manifold crimes of the underclbutt which are making Britain unliveable, still the government wants middle-clbutt victims to prove its leftist credentials.
There is no question of justice here, not even the so-called 'social justice' which is the excuse for so much vileness. Labour, as always, is playing politics with the lives of decent people."
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