Taxi driver jailed for knocking over cyclist

Jimbosome
Jimbosome Posts: 57
edited November 2008 in Commuting chat
Homicidal maniac = 4 month sentence + 18 month driving ban.

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/di ... yclist.php

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  • gb155
    gb155 Posts: 2,048
    Scary
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    He has also most likely lost his livelihood. The court will have taken this into account also.
  • don_don
    don_don Posts: 1,007
    You would expect a 'catastrophic outcome' for what is tantamount to attempted murder, wouldn't you? :evil:

    I personally don't feel that a severe prison sentence is necessarily the right response, but come on, an 18 month driving ban? Why not life? At the very least - 5 years? :(
  • Jimbosome
    Jimbosome Posts: 57
    If I behaved like this with the tools of my trade (no more or less deadly, but not a car), I would expect something a bit more significant than a 4 month sentence.

    The livelihood - wouldn't even cross my mind that I would keep that!
  • dirk_van_gently
    dirk_van_gently Posts: 826
    Defence lawyer Graham Walker revealed that Palmer had since lost his taxi licence and that the effects of the case coming to court had been "catastrophic" for his client.

    All in all the taxi driver got what he deserved, he has lost his livlihood. The sentence was lenient, but he'll come out of nick with no job. Future employment will be difficult, if not impossible.

    I read the original story some time ago, and one of the witnesses was another Taxi driver, so they are not all bad.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    This guy should have got more than an 18 month driving ban for using a car as a weapon.

    I'm pleased he lost his taxi license - he's clearly a bit of a nutter.

    And I don't feel any sympathy for him having lost his livelihood - he should have considered that possibility before he acted.
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  • schlepcycling
    schlepcycling Posts: 1,614
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    This guy should have got more than an 18 month driving ban for using a car as a weapon.

    I'm pleased he lost his taxi license - he's clearly a bit of a nutter.

    And I don't feel any sympathy for him having lost his livelihood - he should have considered that possibility before he acted.

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  • pintoo
    pintoo Posts: 145
    Bastard has no right to be on the road, let alone making a living from driving on it. I'm pretty empassioned about cabs right now. I have no sympathy whatsoever. Even if his precious cab did get a little smack, how does that compare to attacking a cyclist with a moving 1.5 tonne lump of metal?
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Jimbosome wrote:
    If I behaved like this with the tools of my trade (no more or less deadly, but not a car), I would expect something a bit more significant than a 4 month sentence.

    The livelihood - wouldn't even cross my mind that I would keep that!

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  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    You can imagine the scenario. Driver walks into his cell with his nice prison clothes, and gets to greet his nice new friend (or should that be fiend)...

    "Nice trousers, now drop 'em peaches!" :twisted:
  • Dudu
    Dudu Posts: 4,637
    I suspect this driver will be back on the road in ten weeks, driving an unlicensed and probably untaxed, uninsured and un MoT'd minicab.
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  • randi
    randi Posts: 14
    A professional driver that drives like this should be kept off the road for good. He clearly shows bad decision making abilities. If the prison system was not overloaded I would hope he would have been given more time to mull over his punishment.
  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    Dudu wrote:
    I suspect this driver will be back on the road in ten weeks, driving an unlicensed and probably untaxed, uninsured and un MoT'd minicab.

    I dont thin Peaches, sorry the taxi driver will b able to sit down for a while when he comes out. :wink::lol:
  • Cantdosleepy
    Cantdosleepy Posts: 122
    downfader wrote:
    You can imagine the scenario. Driver walks into his cell with his nice prison clothes, and gets to greet his nice new friend (or should that be fiend)...

    "Nice trousers, now drop 'em peaches!" :twisted:

    Prison rape is never funny.
  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    Cantdosleepy wrote:
    Prison rape is never funny.

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  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    Cantdosleepy wrote:
    downfader wrote:
    You can imagine the scenario. Driver walks into his cell with his nice prison clothes, and gets to greet his nice new friend (or should that be fiend)...

    "Nice trousers, now drop 'em peaches!" :twisted:

    Prison rape is never funny.

    And what else is going to keep people out of prison. I knew a guy who came out after doing 2 years for nicking cars (some of you lot would have loved him :lol: ) and he said if people knew whate went on they wouldnt be breaking the law.

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