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    Nonna incarcerata dopo un incidente mortale causato dal controllo dei freni della BMW

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    1. ashyjay on

      Fuck me an actual custodial sentence which isn’t suspended for a driving offence.

    2. On_The_Blindside on

      >A grandmother who caused a fatal crash by brake-checking a BMW driver she was “annoyed” with has been jailed for five years.

      Inb4 “Typical BMW driver”.

    3. OSUBrit on

      The quality of writing in this article is staggeringly awful.

      For context, she brake-checked a BMW who crashed into her causing a motorcyclist to subsequently crash into the BMW leading to the rider being fatally injured.

      Also the past tense of brake is braked not broke.

    4. Ok-Cold3937 on

      I’d have given the BMW a custodial as well for tailgating. 

    5. Sleepyllama23 on

      If someone is driving too close behind you, you’re meant to gently touch your brakes to show your break lights, you’re not meant to slam on. I feel for the poor motorbike rider who lost his life and had nothing to do with any of this.

    6. Spamgrenade on

      Brake checking has to be the dumbest move on the roads. Where the hell did it come from?

    8. thb202 on

      Horrid woman, I know exactly the type of person that does this on the road. Probably going half the speed limit, sees someone coming up behind her then puts the brakes on as punishment

    9. Better_Concert1106 on

      Good to see an example made of people like this. Brake checking – regardless of what someone behind does – is so utterly stupid and dangerous. Sort of person who has no understanding of the danger they pose to other people fucking around trying to make a point/be petty in a couple of tonnes of metal at high speed.

    10. ideasplace on

      Shit situation that could have been avoided if both the BMW and the bike had been driving properly. Like it or not braking distances are there for a reason.

    11. dyedinthewoolScot on

      What a piece of work. I initially thought they must have been tailgating/too close to stop if the car in front breaks suddenly, but the witnesses and Judge stated this was not the case.

      She was probably banking on it ‘always being the car behind’s fault’ in an accident if they go into the back of you. Which I’m guessing it would have been if she’d actually had to break suddenly for a genuine reason.

      What a sad turn of events. Cars are 1 tonne plus weapons driven by idiots at times

    12. enygma999 on

      Every single person involved in that crash is an idiot. Her for brake checking, the BMW for being so close he couldn’t stop, and the motorcyclist for the same. I’m sorry, it’s a harsh truth, but he’s as much to blame for his own death as she is: if she’d had to genuinely do an emergency stop because of a vehicle or animal in front of her, the outcome would have been the same. Yay for some sort of punishment for doing dangerous shit on the roads, but the BMW driver should also receive some kind of reprimand, and that motorcyclist isn’t the innocent paragon the article would have you believe.

      Stopping distances are important, and you are responsible for the one in front of you. I cannot believe how few comments recognise she is not solely at fault for this.

    13. nonamelikethepresent on

      Anyone else want to know why he hadn’t met any of his grandchildren?

    14. SunBlowsUpToday on

      She should have gotten Big Jobber on her defence team. Lovely Jubley, sound as a pound 👍

    16. Teaofthetime on

      Silly mistake but so is following a car so closely you can’t brake in time.

    17. netwalker234 on

      Since when did “broke” become a synonym for “braked”?

    18. ayllie_01 on

      I’ve moved out to Essex and still commute to London by car and the amount of brake checks and dangerous driving I witness on a day to day basis… crazy.

    19. NomadGeoPol on

      I know she’s old but 5 years for taking out a Dad of 3? Our justice system is atrocious.

    20. jib_reddit on

      This is why I would never ride a motorbike, so may fucking selfish idiots on the road that don’t care if they kill somebody.

    21. FaithlessnessOdd3569 on

      There is a hell of a lot of people on the roads who should not have a driving licence

    22. J1mj0hns0n on

      Is the BMW driver going to be charged for being so recklessly close too? They both deserve it

    23. Economy-Low6124 on

      Funny how white women are described as mothers or grandmothers when this happens. 

    24. whooptheretis on

      Did the person who was following too closely get any punishment?

    25. DiligentCockroach700 on

      However wrong this woman was, the whole thing could have been avoided if correct following distances had been observed.

    26. Vertigo_uk123 on

      Yes she shouldn’t have done it. Especially to the degree people thought she was going backwards (optical illusion) Yes it was dangerous however flip it the other way. What if she did have to do a genuine emergency stop. The collision would still have happened as the bmw and motorbike evidently did not leave enough room. It’s sad it’s happened but I’m inclined to agree with the defence in that the vehicles behind were too close to her and to the bmw.

    27. ChromaticRift on

      What an awful story. That poor guys family.

      Not defending her _but_ the Harley must have been really close to the BMW and the BMW must have been really close to this woman’s car for them to all slam into each other.

    28. flappyflangeflowers on

      I had a lady brake test me on a country road out of the blue, luckily myself and those behind me broke in time, narrowly avoiding a pile up.

      Credit to the last speed awareness course I went on, discussed drivers up your arse. Just let them through, and the less time you ll need to spend in their idiotic presence annoying you.

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