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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Consultation: Standards of driving offences |
| StressedDave |
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Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 13:29
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| Manslaugher is, and will remain, an option in any case. It's not unknown for it to get a result either - I had a case at the Old Bailey in 1997. (Google A316 & road-rage for the details). I don't see why we need to juggle with the existing offences themselves, merely the sentencing guidelines. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Consultation: Standards of driving offences |
| StressedDave |
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Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 12:47
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| I'd like to explore that idea that a forgivable "small error of judgement" could possibly result in a death. I've been trying to imagine suitable small errors of judgement, and I'm finding it hard. Are any of these "a small error of judgement": * changing lane without checking a blind spot? * pulli... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: The frequency distribution of impact speed |
| StressedDave |
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Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 17:00
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| Driver error is the primary determinant of crash outcome, and speeds selected by responsible drivers are almost completely insignificant. Work continues... :) I'd agree with that. I'm just not sure you can characterise the 'average statistical crash' and link it directly to degree of driver error. ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: The frequency distribution of impact speed |
| StressedDave |
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Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:46
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| Paul, If you don't mind a former expert chucking a few more stones into the pond... :lol: You are probably trying to group a number separate graphs into one, which won't actually go too well. For junction collisions like the Australian one, you can have a couple of major reasons why the accident hap... |
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