Lose-Lose tragedy

I saw my second ever case of Causing Death By Careless Driving the other day. We were easily persuaded to send it to the Crown Court to be dealt with, despite the fact that it was a run-of-the-mill driving error, that had devastating consequences. I can't say too much about it, but it came down to a moment of inattention on the part of a driver that resulted in a collision. Unfortunately the third party was a cyclist, who died a few hours later.

I will try to stay in touch with the eventual outcome of the case. Guidelines have softened the vengeful character of the original 'Sun' - inspired law, about which I have blogged several times, and I suspect that in the absence of aggravation such as mobile-phone use the driver will, as the 'Sun' would say, walk free from court, although he is bound to face a disqualification.