exactly, what speed was the biker doing?
Also Im curious to know the speed that the driver was doing, its been asked on the linked thread however theres no answer.
Also if you think about it, in germany on the autobahn theres only a suggested speed limit right? so if this incident had happend in germany the driver of the car wouldnt have been sentenced right? Im guessing the driver was only sentenced for doing over the legal limit.
Ive always thought we should be like germany with only an advisory and this story makes me feel even stronger about this. This man wasnt a criminal and although he says he deserved prison I think hes only saying this because he feels guilty and wants to have to suffer in one way or another to compensate the biker. However I feel him being in prison for however many months doesnt compensate anyone but instead uses up taxpayers money and ultimately is the biggest punishment for his family. Im sure the pictures in his head of the biker is enough punishment and that him living with the memories for the rest of his life is enough punishment.
That said, next time im speeding I will remember him and most probably slow down, but it frustrates me even more at the way our bent system is set up that its not enough for one person to suffer which in this case is the biker but then the government ruins another persons life along with his family.
Another point to make is, Ive never thought bikes to be safe but are accidents waiting to happen, I have a neighbour whos been riding bikes for the last 40 years and had an accident on his moped not even bike and now suffers from loss of control of his hand due to the bike crushing his hand. The point im trying to make is, as much experience as you have and as safely as you drive bikes do not offer any protection for the rider and should be taken off the roads.
Understand your point, However, on the flip side of things, the bikers could turn around and say, take the cars off the road, as they keep being hit by them.
The fact of the matter is, they can through technology and maths, work out how fast the biker was going almost exactly. They can use the dent in the car made by the bike, skid marks, how far the biker was thrown, damage to the bike, witness accounts etc...
The driver of the car admitted to driving 'enthusiastically' and 'lost' control of his car so that instantly puts him in the frame as the guilty part. The trouble is with the justice system is, how do you punish people for acts like this, if you dont put him in prison, what do you do? trust he's suffering mentally enough so, that is punishment enough? We all felt sorry for the guy in prison, so that makes us think emotionally about the incident, but imagine if you were the biker, or a person in another car, or it was your daughter/son, mum or dad etc that was the victim, would you still hold the same views??
If weather conditions such as ice, fog, snow etc... was to play a part, then im sure matters would have been so much different legally, but he basically admitted speeding/dangerous driving and causing an accident, and its that, that he went to prison for.