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If a cyclist is knocked off by someone opening a door then it's reasonably clear given the amount of cctv, as much as any case can be.
Going through a red light as you're not paying attention and running someone over could also be a momentary lapse in concentration, I don't think that would be viewed as acceptable.
The point though is that it is very similar to this case. Someone was potentially killed by a person opening a car door in their path (in even more parallels to this case the window tints were illegal as well, akin to no front brake). The dooring penalty is minor so they tried to prosecute as manslaughter as there was no appropriate charge.
In the Holloway Road case, Sam Harding's father Keith said there was a "gap in the law".
Speaking to the BBC, he said: "Obviously the jury didn't think it was serious enough to convict him for manslaughter."
He added: "The law needs to find something that is commensurate."
It is all remarkably similar but no action has been taken.