http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: London - Cyclist who lost leg in lorry collision criticises driver's £625 fine en Mon, 18 May 2026 07:07:20 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16757#post-227883 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 22:18:36 +0000 Cyclingmollie 227883@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>After Rhyl I lost the ability to be shocked by these outcomes:</p> <p>"The driver of the car involved in the collision (which caused the deaths of four cyclists), Robert Harris, was fined £180 with £35 costs and six points on his licence after being found to have defective tyres. His vehicle skidded on ice, as had several others in the vicinity that morning."</p> <p>Read more at <a href="http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/rhyl-cc-mark-10-year-anniversary-of-club-run-tragedy-206737#hySCkPirHrzPdZ8R.99" rel="nofollow">http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/rhyl-cc-mark-10-year-anniversary-of-club-run-tragedy-206737#hySCkPirHrzPdZ8R.99</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16757#post-227870 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:23:17 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 227870@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Five. Penalty. Points.</p> <p>Nuts. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16757#post-227867 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:53:14 +0000 acsimpson 227867@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"Unless I'm mistaking his meaning - that's not an argument, it's an agreement!"</em></p> <p>Although if Tesco supplied the sat nav and didn't tell him to ignore it then they've supplied him with the sat nav route too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16757#post-227865 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:37:22 +0000 dougal 227865@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"it was alleged <strong>he was not following the route provided</strong> by Tesco, though Oprea argued <strong>he was following directions from his satellite navigation system</strong>"</p> <p>Unless I'm mistaking his meaning - that's not an argument, it's an agreement! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16757#post-227852 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:24:51 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 227852@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/19/cyclist-julie-dinsdale-lost-leg-lorry-collision-driver-625-fine" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/19/cyclist-julie-dinsdale-lost-leg-lorry-collision-driver-625-fine</a></p> <p>"The collision happened after the driver, Florin Oprea, 24, turned left across Dinsdale’s path. Oprea had been driving in the UK for four months and started working for Tesco days before the incident. He had held a HGV licence for 18 months but had been working mainly in Italy before moving to the UK.</p> <p>Blackfriars crown court heard that days before the collision a driving assessor recommended Oprea needed to use his nearside mirrors more when driving. On the day of the accident Oprea was working unaccompanied for the first time, and it was alleged he was not following the route provided by Tesco, though Oprea argued he was following directions from his satellite navigation system." </p>