tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post6699940721623112032..comments2024-03-15T07:44:55.087+00:00Comments on The Cycling Lawyer: Joao Lopes guilty of causing death by dangerous drivingMartin Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07802050121734667593noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post-15014069301020900382012-06-29T15:28:47.334+01:002012-06-29T15:28:47.334+01:00It's so sad, but I came again to read about th...It's so sad, but I came again to read about this news... because of sharing the same name with the driver (as nationality).<br />These shows the results of terrible driving education, laws, and tolerance to "errors"...<br /><br />There's a still a inverted hierarchy on road laws... and the heaviest are still the ones less brought to responsibility ..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post-4975573309118848332012-06-29T14:51:15.362+01:002012-06-29T14:51:15.362+01:00The more I read your blog, the more disheartened I...The more I read your blog, the more disheartened I become with this "justice", it strikes me that crimes against cyclists are treated as not being as serious as crimes against other road users. <br />Cyclist killed by a HGV driver charge driving with defective vision £200.<br />I am sure that if a person with a rifle killed another person and claimed they couldn't see them because of defective vision they would not be given a £200 fine.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919999537535791430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post-44888994779483499232012-06-28T16:23:11.754+01:002012-06-28T16:23:11.754+01:00Aren't HGV drivers subject to health checks to...Aren't HGV drivers subject to health checks to make sure they are fit to drive? <br /><br />If not, why not? And why, if he was convicted of "driving with defective vision" in 2009, was he still driving a lorry in 2011?<br /><br />The mind boggles.citychurcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339025027411181186noreply@blogger.com