http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Nurse killed cyclist in head-on crash as she overtook lorry en Mon, 18 May 2026 07:06:48 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16701#post-226683 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 09:01:07 +0000 gibbo 226683@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There'll be the usual attitude: this sort of misfortune could happen to any driver.</p> <p>i.e. That dangerous driving - including overtaking when you can't see if anything is coming the other way - is the accepted norm. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16701#post-226634 Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:34:28 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 226634@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Though interestingly this, "<em>Sheriff Alastair Brown deferred sentence until next month for social work reports and released Hedley on bail meantime</em>" means there's a chance of custodial.</p> <p>Not sure the judge is entirely within his rights to suggest what the sentence should be... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16701#post-226632 Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:21:10 +0000 deckard112 226632@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gobsmacked at the probable sentence. Unpaid work. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16701#post-226631 Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:18:33 +0000 crowriver 226631@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hedley, 25, of Craigard Road, Dundee, had been trying to overtake a lorry at around 4.30am on February 21 last year when she hit Mr Christie, who was travelling home to Ladybank after going to an all-night garage.</p> <p><a href="http://stv.tv/news/tayside/1363214-nurse-killed-cyclist-in-head-on-crash-as-she-overtook-lorry/" rel="nofollow">http://stv.tv/news/tayside/1363214-nurse-killed-cyclist-in-head-on-crash-as-she-overtook-lorry/</a> </p>