Death caused

Liverpool businessman pleads guilty to 'causing death by careless driving' of top Irish cyclist, David McCall (August 2008)

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28 year-old Michael Croome hit veteran ex-professional cyclist David McCall when rushing to catch a plane.

Report URLs: 

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/driver-caught-spee…

Report URLs: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12265675

Report URLs: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16159160

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17301176

CTC's view: 

Yet again a case of ‘causing death by dangerous driving’ (in this case seemingly cut and dried) is being weakened to just ‘causing death by careless driving’. No doubt Croome will now receive a vastly reduced sentence – perhaps even none at all.

The move to create a ‘causing death by careless driving’ offence has coincided with a sharp reduction in the number of motorists convicted of killing on the roads from receiving custodial sentences.

Arrest after cyclist dies in Dwygyfylchi 'hit and run' (9/12/11)

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North Wales Police are treating a fatal collision in Dwygyfylchi, Conwy, as a hit and run involving a car and cyclist.

Report URLs: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-16111424

Bus driver that killed cyclist Judith Hutchings in Portsmouth ‘failed to check blind spot’ (17/7/10)

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A cyclist died after being hit by a bus because the driver failed to check his blind spot, a court heard.

Report URLs: 

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/driver-in-crash-that-killed-cycli…

CTC's view: 

The ‘I didn’t see you’ defence prevails – the death of yet another road user goes entirely unpunished.

The lack of a helmet should be irrelevant – the issue at stake is the standard of driving, not whether or not the cyclist in question was wearing a helmet.

Speeding driver jailed for death of grandfather (15/2/11)

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A man who was driving at more than 50mph in a 30mph zone when he ploughed into another vehicle and killed a grandfather has been jailed for a year.

Report URLs: 

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9380405.Speeding_drive_jailed_for_death_o…

CTC's view: 

Is 20 mph over the 30 mph speed limit really just ‘careless’?

Surely such a gross breach of the speed limit must be considered to be ‘falling well below the standards of a careful and competent driver’?

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