A van driver who killed a cyclist after failing to see him on the road, despite the 54-year-old riding with two rear lights, has been handed a suspended 10-month prison sentence.Graham Nash was riding his bike on a single carriageway section of the A65 Settle bypass in Craven, North Yorkshire on 6 August 2024, when ... Read more
Sounds like a normal accident with a reasonable sentence for that country for an accidental death
Neither is such an accident normal, just normalized by insane amount of cyclists getting killed by car drivers, nor are “reasonable” and “reasonable for that country” the same thing.
Knowing that renting a car, drinking some alcohol and then running him over is the by far best method to kill someone without the risk of actual punishment might be the factual reality in my country, but I still refuse to accept this as normal or reasonable.
Neither is such an accident normal, just normalized by insane amount of cyclists getting killed by car drivers, nor are “reasonable” and “reasonable for that country” the same thing.
Knowing that renting a car, drinking some alcohol and then running him over is the by far best method to kill someone without the risk of actual punishment might be the factual reality in my country, but I still refuse to accept this as normal or reasonable.