Cyclist killed when container falls from lorry

[Regulator]

Hey... who needs evidence or facts?  Assumptions are much more fun.

 

Didn't you mean compulsory?    

Only for some it would appear.   

[TimO]

It's very late, replying again to this story, but I came across it, searching for something else, and wondered what had ultimately happened.

Summary: The driver had an 8 tonne blast-proof cabin on his lorry, secured by at most two straps, when it probably should have had a lot more (one story said dozens, another said 40).  He was convicted of death by dangerous driving, and given a 2 years and 3 months jail sentence, with his license suspended for four years.  He seems to have shown some remorse, but that's not a great deal of use after you've killed someone.

Hull Daily Mail - Family of cyclist killed by falling fridge 'hope lorry driver rots in prison'

Hull Daily Mail - Family of Susan Russell, killed in cabin fall on A63, hit out at lorry driver Mark Smith's sentence

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

Those cabins are a frequently seen load passing that roundabout.  I'll certainly pay more attention to how they are secured before I pass the next one.

Back in the day when I organised road transport I am pretty sure such a load would have needed a police escort, but that was a long time ago.