Jon Straw, mitigating, told the court Bradbury had been a normal, hardworking young man.
"He did not set out that night to hurt anyone, he set out to drive home."
Mr Straw added: "In perhaps 9,999 out of 10,000 times he would have got away with it.
"Sadly, that wasn't the case here."
Is it just me, or does this make anyone else extremely angry?
Passing through the area over the weekend (though fortunately not the A15), I was reminded of this incident by the numerous signs warning drivers of the high number of fatalities. To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, one road death may be regarded as a misfortune... I'd guess it's statistically likely that most road deaths are caused by "normal hardworking young men". Why should this be regarded as any kind of mitigation? You don't have to be especially evil to drive like an arsehole and kill people.
I was especially mindful of the incident while riding back south through Branston - it occurred to me that being on my own, if someone had knocked me off and not stopped, it's possible I wouldn't have been discovered until the morning.