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Originally posted by MyUserName View PostThat is a fair point, however other drivers had seen him and stopped to sort it out so when they compare her driving to theirs she is going to seem guilty. I cannot say for sure but I would think that if I saw something 100 metres ahead on the road I would begin slowing down just in case it is something dangerous.himIT and stopped after they passedhimIT , they weren't aware it was a man and thought it was an obstruction.
I have some sympathy for her.
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No one ever drives with full attention 100% of the time during their entire driving life. The best of us might get close, but it's not realistic to expect 100% 100% of the time.
With that being the case, even though it sounds as though she may have been at fault, it seems an injustice to prosecute her for running over some numpty sleeping in the middle of the road.
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Originally posted by SimonMac View PostGuilty of driving without due care and attention.
10:15 at night in March isn't pitch black so would still be light and a person is big enough for you to see, mitigating circumstances are if I see an animal in the road and can't stop in time I hit it, sorry but swerving etc. to avoid an animal only puts you and other road users at risk. Also the druck has to take some of the blame too
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Originally posted by Bacchus View Posthow many feet do you have?????
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostWhere do they find these lightweights? 3x the limit is about a bottle of wine - gets you a bit merry, but you're not going to be lying comatose in the road from it.
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostWhere do they find these lightweights? 3x the limit is about a bottle of wine - gets you a bit merry, but you're not going to be lying comatose in the road from it.
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostDriver 'ran over drunk student as he lay asleep in the road' - Telegraph
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Miss Jackson later told police she thought she had run over the body of a badger, having had no idea the dark mound in the road was a person.
Mr Dry said: "By her account she had not been aware of the object until she was on top of it, with no time to brake. She said she first became aware of it a metre away.
"She accepts she had things on her mind and may have been chatting to her passenger and may have been distracted.
"It is the crown's case she cannot have been paying proper attention given her failure to see the danger and take appropriate action."
Miss Cook, of Willington, County Durham, denies causing death by careless driving and the trial continues.
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Personally I say guilty. I get fed up with people driving a car like they are out walking. They are in control of a dangerous weapon and should act accordingly.
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostWhere do they find these lightweights? 3x the limit is about a bottle of wine - gets you a bit merry, but you're not going to be lying comatose in the road from it.
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Originally posted by TorygraphOpening the trial, prosecutor Nick Dry said Mr Cook was found to be three times the legal drink drive limit and had been staggering on a bus and then by the roadside before the incident at 10.15pm on March 20 last year.
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Originally posted by I just need to test it View PostMy wife's got perfect vision by day but by night it's appalling, .
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