RLJ speeding driver is jailed for hitting cyclist

QUOTE:

A speeding (SURELY NOT - SM) Walsall motorist who jumped a red light (SURELY NOT - SM) and hit a cyclist has been jailed for 21 months. Jason Handley initially told the cyclist, "It's your fault, you did it to yourself," but later accepted he was entirely to blame (SURELY NOT - SM).

The Express and Star (link is external) reports that on July 27, 2018, Handley was driving along Wolverhampton Road West in Willenhall when he turned down Walsall Road, which is restricted to buses and access only. (SURELY NOT - SM)

The court heard that he drove down Walsall Road so quickly that a bus shook as he overtook it.

As he approached the junction at Clarkes Lane, the traffic lights turned amber. Handley accelerated.

Handley claimed he was doing around 30mph and went through on amber. (TYPICAL WRIGGLE - SM)

Collision experts estimated his speed to be 55mph (SURELY NOT - SM). They said the lights changed to amber when he was 125 yards away and then red when he was 45 yards away. (SURELY NOT - SM)

As Handley went through the lights, he hit cyclist Robert Turner, who said he had been using the pedestrian crossing for safety reasons.

Turner suffered an elbow injury that exposed the bone and severe leg fractures. He was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham where he underwent multiple surgeries and remained for 15 days.

He has been housebound ever since and has been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder.

Handley initially drove on but returned to the scene where Turner said to him: "Look what you've done, you idiot."

The motorist replied: "It's your fault. You did it to yourself."

Defending, Jasvir Mann said that Bentley had expressed "considerable remorse and regret" and now accepted the blame for what occurred.

After admitting causing serious injury by dangerous driving, he was jailed for 21 months and banned from driving for five years."
ENDS

WELL DONE TO THE COURT!

https://road.cc/content/news/266924-...llision-jailed

On 27/09/2019 19:42, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE:

Defending, Jasvir Mann said that Bentley had expressed "considerable
remorse and regret" and now accepted the blame for what occurred.

After admitting causing serious injury by dangerous driving, he was
jailed for 21 months and banned from driving for five years."
Hopefully his "remorse and regret" was ignored.

On 28/09/2019 12:03, TMS320 wrote:

On 27/09/2019 19:42, Simon Mason wrote:

QUOTE:
Defending, Jasvir Mann said that Bentley had expressed "considerable
remorse and regret" and now accepted the blame for what occurred.

After admitting causing serious injury by dangerous driving, he was
jailed for 21 months and banned from driving for five years."

Hopefully his "remorse and regret" was ignored.

Why the sentiment and the sneer quotes?

Would you not be remorseful and regretful if you killed a pedestrian who
was crossing the carriageway lawfully at a zebra or pelicon?

And if you would feel remorse and regret, why do you "think" that others
wouldn't?

On 28/09/2019 12:52, JNugent wrote:

On 28/09/2019 12:03, TMS320 wrote:
On 27/09/2019 19:42, Simon Mason wrote:

QUOTE:
Defending, Jasvir Mann said that Bentley had expressed "considerable
remorse and regret" and now accepted the blame for what occurred.
Â*
After admitting causing serious injury by dangerous driving, he was
jailed for 21 months and banned from driving for five years."

Hopefully his "remorse and regret" was ignored.

Why the sentiment and the sneer quotes?

Would you not be remorseful and regretful if you killed a pedestrian who
was crossing the carriageway lawfully at a zebra or pelicon?

And if you would feel remorse and regret, why do you "think" that others
wouldn't?

BTW, I accept that some - a minority - appear to display no remorse and
no regret in these and similar circumstances. For instance, that brat on
the bike with no brakes insisted that it was all the fault of the
victim. He accepted no part of his own obvious liabilities.

But most people - even cyclists - have more innate decency than that, as
I'm sure you'll agree.

On Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 12:03:24 PM UTC+1, TMS320 wrote:
On 27/09/2019 19:42, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE:

Defending, Jasvir Mann said that Bentley had expressed "considerable
remorse and regret" and now accepted the blame for what occurred.

After admitting causing serious injury by dangerous driving, he was
jailed for 21 months and banned from driving for five years."
Hopefully his "remorse and regret" was ignored.

Obviously it was as he was jailed for 21 months and banned for 5 years AFTER he gets out. A decent sentence for the crime.

On 28/09/2019 12:52, JNugent wrote:
On 28/09/2019 12:03, TMS320 wrote:

On 27/09/2019 19:42, Simon Mason wrote:

QUOTE:
Defending, Jasvir Mann said that Bentley had expressed "considerable
remorse and regret" and now accepted the blame for what occurred.
Â*
After admitting causing serious injury by dangerous driving, he was
jailed for 21 months and banned from driving for five years."

Hopefully his "remorse and regret" was ignored.

Why the sentiment and the sneer quotes?

It is often reported as having a bearing.

Would you not be remorseful and regretful if you killed a pedestrian who
was crossing the carriageway lawfully at a zebra or pelicon?

And if you would feel remorse and regret, why do you "think" that others
wouldn't?

It is one thing to have it. It is another thing to parade it.

On 28/09/2019 13:01, JNugent wrote:

BTW, I accept that some - a minority - appear to display no remorse and
no regret in these and similar circumstances. For instance, that brat on
the bike with no brakes insisted that it was all the fault of the
victim. He accepted no part of his own obvious liabilities.

But most people - even cyclists - have more innate decency than that, as
I'm sure you'll agree.

Only actions in the lead up to the crash should matter, not words said
afterwards.

On Friday, September 27, 2019 at 7:42:30 PM UTC+1, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE:

A speeding (SURELY NOT - SM) Walsall motorist who jumped a red light (SURELY NOT - SM) and hit a cyclist has been jailed for 21 months. Jason Handley initially told the cyclist, "It's your fault, you did it to yourself," but later accepted he was entirely to blame (SURELY NOT - SM).

The Express and Star (link is external) reports that on July 27, 2018, Handley was driving along Wolverhampton Road West in Willenhall when he turned down Walsall Road, which is restricted to buses and access only. (SURELY NOT - SM)

The court heard that he drove down Walsall Road so quickly that a bus shook as he overtook it.

As he approached the junction at Clarkes Lane, the traffic lights turned amber. Handley accelerated.

Handley claimed he was doing around 30mph and went through on amber. (TYPICAL WRIGGLE - SM)

Collision experts estimated his speed to be 55mph (SURELY NOT - SM). They said the lights changed to amber when he was 125 yards away and then red when he was 45 yards away. (SURELY NOT - SM)

As Handley went through the lights, he hit cyclist Robert Turner, who said he had been using the pedestrian crossing for safety reasons.

Turner suffered an elbow injury that exposed the bone and severe leg fractures. He was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham where he underwent multiple surgeries and remained for 15 days.

He has been housebound ever since and has been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder.

Handley initially drove on but returned to the scene where Turner said to him: "Look what you've done, you idiot."

The motorist replied: "It's your fault. You did it to yourself."

Defending, Jasvir Mann said that Bentley had expressed "considerable remorse and regret" and now accepted the blame for what occurred.

After admitting causing serious injury by dangerous driving, he was jailed for 21 months and banned from driving for five years."
ENDS

WELL DONE TO THE COURT!

https://road.cc/content/news/266924-...llision-jailed

I suspect the custodial sentence was because there were no precedents for the court to rely on. Obviously this is the first and only time a motorist has broken the speed limit and the first and only time a motorist has jumped a red light.

On 28/09/2019 21:50, TMS320 wrote:
On 28/09/2019 12:52, JNugent wrote:
On 28/09/2019 12:03, TMS320 wrote:

On 27/09/2019 19:42, Simon Mason wrote:

QUOTE:
Defending, Jasvir Mann said that Bentley had expressed "considerable
remorse and regret" and now accepted the blame for what occurred.
Â*
After admitting causing serious injury by dangerous driving, he was
jailed for 21 months and banned from driving for five years."

Hopefully his "remorse and regret" was ignored.

Why the sentiment and the sneer quotes?

It is often reported as having a bearing.

Would you not be remorseful and regretful if you killed a pedestrian
who was crossing the carriageway lawfully at a zebra or pelicon?

And if you would feel remorse and regret, why do you "think" that
others wouldn't?

It is one thing to have it. It is another thing to parade it.

So you might feel remorse and regret but you wouldn't tell anyone.

It takes all sorts...

On 29/09/2019 01:06, JNugent wrote:
On 28/09/2019 21:50, TMS320 wrote:
On 28/09/2019 12:52, JNugent wrote:
On 28/09/2019 12:03, TMS320 wrote:

On 27/09/2019 19:42, Simon Mason wrote:

QUOTE:
Defending, Jasvir Mann said that Bentley had expressed "considerable
remorse and regret" and now accepted the blame for what occurred.

After admitting causing serious injury by dangerous driving, he was
jailed for 21 months and banned from driving for five years."

Hopefully his "remorse and regret" was ignored.

Why the sentiment and the sneer quotes?

It is often reported as having a bearing.

Would you not be remorseful and regretful if you killed a pedestrian
who was crossing the carriageway lawfully at a zebra or pelicon?

And if you would feel remorse and regret, why do you "think" that
others wouldn't?

It is one thing to have it. It is another thing to parade it.

So you might feel remorse and regret but you wouldn't tell anyone.

It takes all sorts...

It doesn't.