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Good he's getting jail time. Sentences do need to get longer though. Driving your vehicle while being on your phone is universally known to be dangerous, it is expressly illegal for this reason, so I don't understand why it can be argued to be only careless and not dangerous.
Careless to me is a lack of concentration, a minor error with unfortunate consequences, something you could do without thinking, a genuine "mistake". Picking up that phone is a cognitive decision to do something dangerous and the conviction should reflect that.
Same happens in many cases. Despite being charged with causing death by dangerous driving, the CPS knows the likelihood of a jury acquitting them. Accepting an admission of causing death by careless driving guarantees a conviction.
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Yeah, I get it. The jury system is part of the problem here, as most of them have probably used a phone while driving already.
Something needs to change on the careless/dangerous classification though. Convictions for dangerous driving are too hard to secure. That is the problem. How can this be changed?
Scrabble
Yeah, just seen this too, not sure if we have thread on it but couldn't find it in Rider Down.
I hadnt realised she'd fallen from her bike, (not clear if this was purely her own error, or involved anyone else) and then the guy did not react in time because he was on his phone.
Good he's getting jail time. Sentences do need to get longer though. Driving your vehicle while being on your phone is universally known to be dangerous, it is expressly illegal for this reason, so I don't understand why it can be argued to be only careless and not dangerous.
Careless to me is a lack of concentration, a minor error with unfortunate consequences, something you could do without thinking, a genuine "mistake". Picking up that phone is a cognitive decision to do something dangerous and the conviction should reflect that.