Found this on Cliosport

Makes you think...

 

 

TUSCAN DRIVER JAILED Tuesday 11th March

 

 

 

Six months for dangerous driving whilst testing a Tuscan

 

 

 

 

A 45 year old businessman has been jailed for six months for his part in an horrific accident whilst test driving a Tuscan Speed 6.

 

York Crown Court heard how Simon Conder was out in the Tuscan and during the course of his test drive followed an Audi which was overtaking slower cars.

 

Witnesses estimated Conder's speed as being 90mph on the 60mph limited road. It was also alleged that he was racing with the Audi. Conder followed the Audi as it 'gap hopped' but then he tried to overtake it as it approached a right hand bend.

 

He lost control of the TVR, swinging one way, then the other before smashing head on into a Peugeot 306.

 

The driver of the 306, 18 year old Lorraine Marsden suffered whiplash and bruising whilst her 21 year old passenger suffered several broken bones. Conder's wife - in the passenger seat of the Tuscan - broke her spine and had to be air lifted to hospital.

 

Pleading guilty to the charge of dangerous driving, Conder received a six month jail sentence and was banned from driving for one year.

Yep,there are a lot of tw*ts around no matter how nice a car they drive!!

:(

Something tells me the jail sentance is going to be easy compaired to the punishment of breaking your wife's spine because you were a c**t in a fast car.

 

I'm not preaching to anyone here BTW.

I feel sorry for the wife too. She going to have to cope with having a broken spine while alone in the house.

Thats the thing with driving offences, many people do not realise the trouble they can get themselves into untill they are neck deep, My boy racing days bought me a 2 1/2 year ban, 12 months probation and 100 community service. During the court proceedings my solicitor and barrister both told me i had a 50/50 chance of going to jail.

 

I am glad they took me off the road when they did, if they hadn't i'd have probably ended up killing someone.

 

In my opinion 17 is too young to be allowed to drive, however that bloke of 45 in the TVR really should know better.