Speeding biker gets 6 months in prison

[jmo21]

Think the real question at play here is who can some sentences be so lenient rather than his so harsh.

yep, this is the much bigger question.

for the original point, the guy was entirely in the wrong, but I don't know how to quantify it into a sentence. I agree he should get something.

I wonder what kind of sentence he would have got if they did crash and the boy was killed.

[Bagpuss]

No, I didn't, this is CUK, a half grasp of the facts usually is enough

[Platypus]

I don't think he should endanger his son, but 6 months is OTT IMHO.

I'm wondering if you read the article?

He DID endanger his son (who was on the back of the bike at the time).

[ratewhore]

You think it's harsh to imprison a man who endangers his 14 year old son's life by driving at 122mph in the rain?

I think he was lucky to get away with 6 months.

His son wasn't wearing any protective gear bar a helmet, not even gloves.

My opinion, as a biker, is that 6 months is about right...

[Olly]

I know very few bikers who'd go that fast with anyone on the back without the right gear on in what looks like poor weather conditions let alone their own son.

I am a biker, have been for many years and regularly give it "serious beans".

Totally agree with sentence, if he's a good chap he'll be out much sooner.

Think the real question at play here is who can some sentences be so lenient rather than his so harsh.

[Bagpuss]

I don't think he should endanger his son, but 6 months is OTT IMHO.

[Platypus]

I know quiet a lot of bikers and doing a ton plus is normal behaviour. Very harsg!

You think it's harsh to imprison a man who endangers his 14 year old son's life by driving at 122mph in the rain?

I think he was lucky to get away with 6 months.

[Bagpuss]

I know quiet a lot of bikers and doing a ton plus is normal behaviour. Very harsg!

[Churchill]

Only a gaylord.

Raving Felch - Shirley?

[DimPrawn]

Unless that family contained a lord.

Has a lord even been seen at a bus stop?

Only a gaylord.

[BrilloPad]

Silly arse. If he'd had the sense to do it in an uninsured car and drive into a family at a bus stop and kill them all, he'd only have got six weeks.

Unless that family contained a lord.

Has a lord even been seen at a bus stop?

[BrowneIssue]

Silly arse. If he'd had the sense to do it in an uninsured car and drive into a family at a bus stop and kill them all, he'd only have got six weeks.

[DimPrawn]

Can we presume it was not a judge or a lord riding the bike then?

No, the guy was not a "Muslim pillar of the community" or a peer.

[BrilloPad]

Can we presume it was not a judge or a lord riding the bike then?

[DimPrawn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7918212.stm

Now it was a dumb thing to do, no doubt, but I find it hard to accept 6 months in prison for speeding when violent offenders are who seriously maim or kill people are getting a lesser custodial sentences.

Harsh or fair considering violent muggers/burglars/robbers get far less?