Members of the Jury or even the Judge should sit in a lorry cab and get somebody to walk in front of a cab.The case would be thrown out of court in one minute.
There is a potential that the Lgv driver will get a long term prison sentence for somebody doing a stupid thing walking in front of a truck that he knew would move at any time in busy traffic.
Mlost of us know we are looking out for cars when pulling off.
I am not sure if the old man that was killed was on a proper crossing for pedestrians or just taking a chance in the road.How does anybody know if the old man was suicidal and wanted to take his own life.?
I just stay out their way. That way they don’t need to check mirrors to avoid running me over.
The law should be more black and white and straight forward.
Roads are for cars.
Pavements are for pedestrians.
You walk in the road, you are in the wrong.
You drive on the pavement, you are in the wrong.
Simple.
Terry T:
I just stay out their way. That way they don’t need to check mirrors to avoid running me over.
And let me guess, you’re not a rocket scientist are you, just a normal person with some common sense 
Am I correct in thinking that the old guy was nudged by the lorry and fell over between the wheels ,the lorry passed right over the top of him and the car wheels went over the old man.I think that the car driver killed him,but as has been hinted at the white man is guilty and carries the can.
alamcculloch:
Am I correct in thinking that the old guy was nudged by the lorry and fell over between the wheels ,the lorry passed right over the top of him and the car wheels went over the old man.I think that the car driver killed him,but as has been hinted at the white man is guilty and carries the can.
Precisely, but Shooosh,dont say it out loud!!!
alamcculloch:
Am I correct in thinking that the old guy was nudged by the lorry and fell over between the wheels ,the lorry passed right over the top of him and the car wheels went over the old man.I think that the car driver killed him,but as has been hinted at the white man is guilty and carries the can.
So to paraphrase, you’e saying the Lorry caused the guy’s death in so much that it instigated a chain of events that lead to the death of a man.
Perhaps that’s why the lorry driver was charged with causing his death.
FarnboroughBoy11:
The law should be more black and white and straight forward.Roads are for cars.
Pavements are for pedestrians.You walk in the road, you are in the wrong.
You drive on the pavement, you are in the wrong.Simple.
given the definition of a road stretches from the boundary of a pavement with private property to the opposite boundary (the pavement is effectively classed as road) how does that work?
On this subject, I have often wondered why in standing/slow moving traffic, why pedestrians always seem to make a beeline to cross over where the HGV is.
Any ideas?
Derf:
alamcculloch:
Am I correct in thinking that the old guy was nudged by the lorry and fell over between the wheels ,the lorry passed right over the top of him and the car wheels went over the old man.I think that the car driver killed him,but as has been hinted at the white man is guilty and carries the can.So to paraphrase, you’e saying the Lorry caused the guy’s death in so much that it instigated a chain of events that lead to the death of a man.
Perhaps that’s why the lorry driver was charged with causing his death.
What?
redbob:
On this subject, I have often wondered why in standing/slow moving traffic, why pedestrians always seem to make a beeline to cross over where the HGV is.
Any ideas?
The world is full of morons ?
Sounds like talibani justice for you, Was the traffic que down to the customs checkpoint at the border with Northamptonshire or Nottinghamshire or one of the others, after all Leicestershire in particular the city of Leicester isn’t part of england these days, they even treat us as foreigners 
Yes it certainly does sound very one sided and the woman in the car that crushed this man should not of escaped justice ,
Derf:
FarnboroughBoy11:
The law should be more black and white and straight forward.Roads are for cars.
Pavements are for pedestrians.You walk in the road, you are in the wrong.
You drive on the pavement, you are in the wrong.Simple.
given the definition of a road stretches from the boundary of a pavement with private property to the opposite boundary (the pavement is effectively classed as road) how does that work?
So we can drive up the kerb and along the pavement can we?
alamcculloch:
Am I correct in thinking that the old guy was nudged by the lorry and fell over between the wheels ,the lorry passed right over the top of him and the car wheels went over the old man.I think that the car driver killed him,but as has been hinted at the white man is guilty and carries the can.
sounds about right and I don’t believe the car behind could have been anywhere close to the back of the truck if she was doing 10 or 15mph especially if the truck was just after moving off.
I was always told… walk 5ft from front of a lorry and attempt eye contact
Nothing happened to me… 
this is not the first time this has happened on that road…several years ago a Redland tipper driver ran over and killed an elderly asian gentleman down there in similar circumstances.i don’t believe there were any charges against the driver.
FarnboroughBoy11:
Derf:
given the definition of a road stretches from the boundary of a pavement with private property to the opposite boundary (the pavement is effectively classed as road) how does that work?So we can drive up the kerb and along the pavement can we?
Yes. I myself & lots of other drivers do it quite regularly.
There is no law stopping anyone from driving on a pavement, it is part of the highway & the highway stretches from boundary to boundary.
Which law is it that you think stops us from driving on a pavement?
Anyone remember this very similar incident?
thisisnottingham.co.uk/Witne … z2dZfcBDaX
We had a thread on this also but I can’t find it.
Chas:
There is no law stopping anyone from driving on a pavement, it is part of the highway & the highway stretches from boundary to boundary.Which law is it that you think stops us from driving on a pavement?
Section 72 Highways Act 1835 (it’s not exactly a recent addition…)
Chas:
Anyone remember this very similar incident?thisisnottingham.co.uk/Witne … z2dZfcBDaX
We had a thread on this also but I can’t find it.
Yes, I remember it very well.