Is this the right call from the Appeal Court?

[Hodge]

[quote author=Hodge link=topic=3054.msg24667#msg24667 date=1337514293]
The rider was in no way at fault. If the lorry was too wide for the road it was on it either should have taken a different route or had an escort.

Absolutely. Lets close every rural lane in the country to buses, delivery lorries, every council roadmending truck and farmer's vehicle if they can't be trusted to sacrifice a wing mirror now and again so that I can enjoy the whole of "my' side of the road.  :rolleyes


On the other hand, perhaps some of us have survived undamaged so long because we don't regard the white line down the middle of the road as anything more than a guide... and don't feel the need to force oncoming vehicles into the verge just so we can have 6ft of clear tarmac to our left. Picking an argument with anything bigger than a rabbit is a recipe for disaster. We're just too vulnerable.
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What's more important here, the fact a rider lost his leg in an avoidable accident and is now disabled for the rest of his life, through no fault of his own, or pandering to a foriegn lorry driver/company who did not follow our highway lwas?