http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Privat Prosecution in England en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:07:08 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17581#post-246939 Sat, 15 Apr 2017 21:08:21 +0000 Frenchy 246939@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>That report states that the rationale for not seeking charging advice included that:</p> <p>1. Mr Mason was wearing dark clothing, the collision having taken place during the hours of darkness;</p> <p>2. Mr Mason was not wearing a cycle helmet, the cause of death being head injury;</p> <p>3. Whilst there was always debate as to whether Mr Mason was there to be seem, there was no argument as to Ms Purcell’s vehicle being visible;</p> <p>4. CCTV corroborated how busy the area in general was, with both motorists and pedestrians;</p> <p>5. Mr Mason was displaying lights on his bike, but these lights could have easily be lost to a driver’s sight in a busy London road in the dark where there are numerous other lights displayed.</em></p> <p>Sickening. This is <em>the</em> reason I wear a helmet. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17581#post-246811 Fri, 14 Apr 2017 09:33:08 +0000 stiltskin 246811@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's a sad case, but given the police/CPS wouldn't prosecute I think it was always going to be the case that the jury would acquit, no matter what the facts of the incident itself. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17581#post-246810 Fri, 14 Apr 2017 09:27:11 +0000 I were right about that saddle 246810@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>English common law being - as I understand it - driven largely by precedent, does this mean that you can now drive your car into a stranger cycling in dark clothes without a helmet with impunity?</p> <p>I mean it would be different if you <em>knew</em> them. Wouldn't it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17581#post-246791 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 21:37:44 +0000 Stickman 246791@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>An account of the evidence presented. Nauseating. </p> <p><a href="http://www.cyclinguk.org/blog/duncandollimore/mason-verdict" rel="nofollow">http://www.cyclinguk.org/blog/duncandollimore/mason-verdict</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17581#post-246287 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 11:11:17 +0000 Frenchy 246287@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Careless driving (driving without due care) occurs when someone's driving "falls below the standard expected of a reasonable, prudent and competent driver."</p> <p>Driving into the back of someone is apparently expected of "reasonable, prudent and competent" drivers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17581#post-246273 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 09:57:17 +0000 I were right about that saddle 246273@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/06/uks-first-crowdfunded-prosecution-sees-defendant-acquitted-just/">If failing to see an illuminated cyclist on a well-lit road is not careless driving, and no explanation for that failure is required, that reinforces the arguments Cycling UK has made through our Road Justice Campaign for many years: namely the definition and identification of bad driving offences needs urgent review.</a> </p>