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So much this. I don't know a single driver who has never broken the speed limit, and most don't even appear to understand that an amber light at traffic lights is a stop light (unless it is unsafe to stop). As such it appears to me despite drivers saying "all cyclists jump red lights" it is actually the case that "all drivers jump red lights and routinely speed".
These juries judge people by their own piss fucking poor driving standards, rather than the actual rules of the road.
dancing james
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I didn't say I know exactly what happened, I dunno why you're being combative.
We have the evidence from court, Ross Lydall covered the story in his column:
https://rosslydall.wordpress.com/tag/janina-gehlau/
We know the rider was in the correct lane, had hi vis and a helmet, obeyed all signals and did nothing wrong and she got killed by a driver who didn't look properly. Poor driving is so normalised that I don't know if it's possible to get a fair verdict from a jury made up of people who break the law behind the wheel every day. Most drivers admit frequently speeding so I think their ability to fairly judge someone accused of killing a cyclist while driving above the speed limit is impaired. It's like a panel of burglars deciding whether to send a burglar to prison. You end up with absurd verdicts like this one.