it all boils down to what i said would happen 90 pages ago.
the difference in the sentences is due to the media wanting a victim and the judge neding to cover his bum.
the flipflop got both barrels and gets crucified.
mr fedex ( poor guy) gets charged with dangerous so the crown deffo get a guilty by plea for careless.
fedex made a mistake each and everyone on here will have done at some point in the past or future but in his case he lost out bigtime.
the diffenernce in sentencing for similar accidents only varies in how much media attention it attracts.
its well reported mr minibus got at most 3 hours kip and if the divvy was aying more atention then he would have driven round the parked artic in similar fashion to the previous 12 mins heavy volume of traffic and in which case,mr fedex would have creamed himself and the flipflop would be in jail for prob 2 years instead of the 6 or 7 he will be in for.
just bad luck for wagstaff who in reality will be as good a driver as most on here having only be guilty of being bored senseless in the middle of a night trunk.mabey his phone or ■■■ dropped or he was standing up a bit to untangle his clakkerbags as you do,only he will know anyway.
the taliban tend to me more flipant and prone to drink driving in normal times due to the relaxed attitude in their own country.
just bad luck for him and wagstaff.
if the minibus had been more alert,they wouldnt have been parked where they were,but for obvious reasons,then nobody is going to blame him otherwise derby or wherever he came from will have mass riots and bin lids banging for weeks to come.