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Posted by Lucifer on December 19, 2006, 11:20 pm
.p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote:
> http://news.scotsman.com/glasgow.cfm?id=3D1880692006
>
> Teenage driver fined after biker is killed in crash
> ALEX DOWDALLS
>
> A TEENAGE motorist involved in a road accident which killed a
> motorcyclist was fined =A3250 but allowed to keep his driving licence
> yesterday.
>
> John McGuire, 19, of Shettleston, Glasgow, admitted careless driving
> in Cumbernauld on 3 April, 2006.
>
> Airdrie Sheriff Court heard that the teenager, who was driving a van,
> was involved in a collision with a motorcycle being ridden by Vincent
> Crossan, who died as a result of the accident.
>
> Fiscal depute Kate Fleming told the court that crash investigators had
> been able to establish that the bike was travelling at 21mph at the
> time of the accident. However, they were unable to gauge the speed of
> the van being driven by McGuire.
>
> The prosecutor explained that the motorcyclist's helmet had come off
> during the incident and his unprotected head took the full impact of
> the crash.
>
> He died of multiple head injuries, the court heard.
>
> McGuire, of Edron Court, Shettleston, who works for an
> air-conditioning and refrigeration engineering company in Bearsden,
> was fined =A3250 by Sheriff John Morris.
>
> The teenager also had six penalty points imposed on his driving
> licence. He was ordered to pay the fine at =A310 per week.
>
>
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It's outrageous, but a brief nitpick, =A310 (sterling) is about $19
(USD) right now.
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Lucifer - Yamaha XV 535 Virago
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