Driving Standards

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Do 70 in a 40 zone and kill someone: community order and lose your license for a whole year.

Driver killed pedestrian while speeding at 70mph in 40mph zone | The Argus

That's disgusting.

I do understand that sometimes shit does just happen, everyone suffers momentary lapses of concentration and so on, those are the risks of life.

When someone flouts the law so blatantly and as a direct result they kill someone, I can see no reason why a hefty prison sentence shouldn't follow, the type which for most people would be 'life-changing'.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Do 70 in a 40 zone and kill someone: community order and lose your license for a whole year.

Driver killed pedestrian while speeding at 70mph in 40mph zone | The Argus

That's shocking.

 

[IC3D]

I guess he could afford a good lawyer

 

[hash tag]

It was on the day of his birthday

 

[Sapphireblue]

if that isn't prison time then it should at least be a life-time ban ffs. 6am or not, 70 in a 40 is clearly dangerous.

 

[Teaboy]

Its a disgrace. Its absolute madness that this sort of thing is not even close to being properly punished.

 

[Mrs D]

I was also shocked by this after reading the article so decided to have a closer look.

The incident happend here, on a dual carriageway coming up to a national speed limit zone.

Google Maps

A death by dangerous driving charge would have required the standard of driving to have fallen far below that of a competent driver.

I am not so sure that 70mph at that location does so.

Given the location and the fact the pedestrian would have presumably been crossing the road in the dark, obviosuly the court felt that a custodial sentence wasn’t appropriate.

 

[cupid_stunt]

I was also shocked by this after reading the article so decided to have a closer look.

The incident happend here, on a dual carriageway coming up to a national speed limit zone.

Google Maps

A death by dangerous driving charge would have required the standard of driving to have fallen far below that of a competent driver.

I am not so sure that 70mph at that location does so.

Given the location and the fact the pedestrian would have presumably been crossing the road in the dark, obviosuly the court felt that a custodial sentence wasn’t appropriate.

I don't think you have the location right there, the report says near the Lancing Manor roundabout, it's some distance from the roundabout before the limit increases from 40 to 70 mph.

I know that road well, it's not far from me, I tend to avoid it & use the coast road instead, but you shouldn't being doing anything like 70 mph on that part of the A27, it's basically a residency area, hence the 40 mph limit.

 

[Mrs D]

I don't think you have the location right there, the report says near the Lancing Manor roundabout, it's some distance from the roundabout before the limit increases from 40 to 70 mph.

You can see the incident markers in the road: Huge delays on A27 after pedestrian hit by car

 

[cupid_stunt]

You can see the incident markers in the road: Huge delays on A27 after pedestrian hit by car

OK, that's slightly further from the roundabout than I had assumed, but only just outside the residential area, he must have 'floored it' well within the residential area, to be hitting 70 mph at that point - still some distance before leaving the 40 mph zone.

 

[hash tag]

What a waste. Woman destroys Ferrari in seconds after declaring the supercar "amazing"

 

[not-bono-ever]

what a fucking moron- it is pissing down, its a busy road, you are filming with your phone, you have never driven something like this before and you turn the TC off.

 

[not-bono-ever]

as we all know, you get used to a car before you put your foot down and try the frank cannon tyre squealing action. even my vredstein budget DPRK made rear rubber needs to be warmed up before I can open up my 1.8i Zetec .

I see she rented it from a dealer. lolz. lets hope the insurance was spot on. else it is going to be even messier

 

[Saul Goodman]

I see she rented it from a dealer. lolz. lets hope the insurance was spot on. else it is going to be even messier

Do you reckon she'll be able to hide the damage by parking it against a wall when she returns it, or will she be kissing her (hopefully quite substantial) deposit goodbye?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Do you reckon she'll be able to hide the damage by parking it against a wall when she returns it, or will she be kissing her (hopefully quite substantial) deposit goodbye?

Just return it out of hours, drop the keys in the box and swear blind it was tip-top when you left it.

 

[not-bono-ever]

I had to T cut a renty car in Monetengro and then do an 15 mins worth of seriously dusty track handbrake turn driving action to hide the trees branch scratches down the flanks .

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

what a fucking moron- it is pissing down, its a busy road, you are filming with your phone, you have never driven something like this before and you turn the TC off.

Not entirely sure why you can have the option of turning the TC off in most cars. Very few people could handle that Ferrari with it turned off. My own car's manual states that you should never turn it off under any circumstances or it will become undriveable, so why have a fuck off tempting button right there allowing you to do just that???

 

[not-bono-ever]

everyone thinks they are a great driver with skillz. the TC button is an insult to them

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

everyone thinks they are a great driver with skillz. the TC button is an insult to them

I have heard people say similar regarding seat belts; "if you need to put on a seat belt you are saying you're such a poor driver you will crash."

Humanities rich tapestry must include these types of utter moron I guess.

 

[not-bono-ever]

I have had this in the Balkans & caucuses - putting on a seat belt is an insult to the drivers skillz. I have been in cars where they are not present - seemingly removed

 

[2hats]

I have had this in the Balkans & caucuses - putting on a seat belt is an insult to the drivers skillz. I have been in cars where they are not present - seemingly removed

I had the same advice when hitchhiking in Turkmenistan - don’t put the seatbelt on or risk offence. Fortunately the driver who picked me up drove with the handbrake engaged all the time so no great speed was attained lurching along the mean streets of Ashgabat.

 

[DownwardDog]

Not entirely sure why you can have the option of turning the TC off in most cars. Very few people could handle that Ferrari with it turned off. My own car's manual states that you should never turn it off under any circumstances or it will become undriveable, so why have a fuck off tempting button right there allowing you to do just that???

In the Ferrari 458 you can turn the Manettino to CST OFF which disable all ECU (fuel/ignition) based TC but it still will use the brakes to try and arrest an egregious slide but it (obviously) doesn't always work.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I had the same advice when hitchhiking in Turkmenistan - don’t put the seatbelt on or risk offence. Fortunately the driver who picked me up drove with the handbrake engaged all the time so no great speed was attained lurching along the mean streets of Ashgabat.

At Udapiur airport last year we pre-paid the cab and followed the driver to the car park. He got in and inched it forward away from the puddle of vomit by the rear passenger door, then said to my daughter, "Don't worry about the seat belt, it's not needed in India."

Knowing the catastrophic death toll on India's roads kind of made us doubt his claim, but I think what he was trying to say was, the seat belts are fucked.

 

[Dogsauce]

Its a disgrace. Its absolute madness that this sort of thing is not even close to being properly punished.

A company director, presumably one from the same lodge as the sentencing judge.

 

[Dogsauce]

What a waste. Woman destroys Ferrari in seconds after declaring the supercar "amazing"

You’re missing the good news aspect in this story:

A White BMW X3 was also damaged

 

[cupid_stunt]

 

[not-bono-ever]

I witnessed to ultimate in twattery yesterday - shorts, trainers and T shirt clad fool on a big KTM on the M2- staring at his phone much of the time and filming himself popping wheelies between lanes at serious MPH

he probably has an Audi for M-F commuting

 

[Spymaster]

I witnessed to ultimate in twattery yesterday - shorts, trainers and T shirt clad fool on a big KTM on the M2- staring at his phone much of the time and filming himself popping wheelies between lanes at serious MPH

he probably has an Audi for M-F commuting

Sounds like he's just upgraded from a cycle.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I witnessed to ultimate in twattery yesterday - shorts, trainers and T shirt clad fool on a big KTM on the M2- staring at his phone much of the time and filming himself popping wheelies between lanes at serious MPH

he probably has an Audi for M-F commuting

That's some skillz, pulling a wheelie and recording it on your phone. Respect to that man!

 

[not-bono-ever]

I know, fuck knows how he was doing it without spilling - its not something I have seen before. He was keeping his phone down his sock when not in use. madness