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What happens to the driver that kills someone on the road

  • 04-01-2017 10:32pm
    #1
    Johnboner
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 331 ✭✭


    I couldn't find any cases specifically in Ireland. So tonight a person was killed on the M50 by a lorry and it looks like the lorry driver is innocent since the person was walking on the motorway and assumed to be killing himself, so what will happen to the driver or what will likely to happen to him if it is found that it could not have been avoided. Will he go to prison for manslaughter anyway?


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  • #2
    gifted
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,965 ✭✭✭gifted


    Could you not wait till all the facts are known before putting it up on Boards?


  • #3
    Johnboner
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 331 ✭✭Johnboner


    gifted wrote: »
    Could you not wait till all the facts are known before putting it up on Boards?

    This is not the first time it has happened and I just wanted to know what happens in such scenarios, obviously this is not the first time this has happened here.


  • #4
    midnight city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 531 ✭✭✭midnight city


    If the driver is not at fault in cases like that then they will not go to prison.


  • #5
    me_irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭me_irl


    ...and why is it important to you?


  • #6
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,378 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    The Gardai will investigate and if it is found due to careless or dangerous driveing then the driver will be prosecuted.

    I don't know why you're assuming that the guy killed was walking on the M50 as there is nothing in the news about that, he could have been another driver that stepped out of his car due to a breakdown. In the UK, I've read that there are a substantial number of motorway accidents and deaths from truck drivers verering into parked cars on the hard shoulder, presuambly because of the monotony of driving on the motorway leading to lapses of concentration that suggest that the hard shoulder is the left lane.


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  • #7
    Johnboner
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 331 ✭✭Johnboner


    me_irl wrote: »
    ...and why is it important to you?


    Curiosity as I know some countries sentence people to prison even if it is not their fault.


  • #8
    Senator Palpatine
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 43 ✭Senator Palpatine


    This thread is probably in bad taste.

    To answer your question, nothing will happen to the driver, nor should it.

    And the poor driver's conscience should be clear.

    RIP the poor troubled individual.


  • #9
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,296 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    http://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0104/842720-m50-fatal-crash/


  • #10
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,235 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Like train drivers, even though they could do nothing to avoid it, they live with guilt for the rest of their lives.


  • #11
    Johnboner
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 331 ✭✭Johnboner


    jimmycrackcorm wrote: »
    The Gardai will investigate and if it is found due to careless or dangerous driveing then the driver will be prosecuted.

    I don't know why you're assuming that the guy killed was walking on the M50 as there is nothing in the news about that, he could have been another driver that stepped out of his car due to a breakdown. In the UK, I've read that there are a substantial number of motorway accidents and deaths from truck drivers verering into parked cars on the hard shoulder, presuambly because of the monotony of driving on the motorway leading to lapses of concentration that suggest that the hard shoulder is the left lane.



    I am more interested what happens in general not in this particular case. Just wondering if you are innocent do you still get sent to prison even for a few months.


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  • #12
    Saipanne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,882 ✭✭✭Saipanne


    In this case hopefully life in solitary confinement.

    http://www.sundayworld.com/news/courts/dublin-man-to-stand-trial-over-alleged-fatal-hit-and-run-incident-with-cyclist


  • #13
    fg1406
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 433 ✭✭fg1406


    Johnboner wrote: »
    I am more interested what happens in general not in this particular case. Just wondering if you are innocent do you still get sent to prison even for a few months.

    Why would an innocent person get sent to prison?


  • #14
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,235 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Johnboner wrote: »
    I am more interested what happens in general not in this particular case. Just wondering if you are innocent do you still get sent to prison even for a few months.
    If your driving was not responsible for the incident then no you wouldn't be going to court or prison.


  • #15
    Johnboner
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 331 ✭✭Johnboner


    fg1406 wrote: »
    Why would an innocent person get sent to prison?

    Same reason some innocents get the death penalty and then get pardoned after being executed.


  • #16
    fg1406
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 433 ✭✭fg1406


    Johnboner wrote: »
    Same reason some innocents get the death penalty and then get pardoned after being executed.

    So what you're saying that if the DPP prosecute on the basis of a Garda investigation and that driver is found guilty in a court of law, they could still be innocent?


  • #17
    Johnboner
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 331 ✭✭Johnboner


    fg1406 wrote: »
    So what you're saying that if the DPP prosecute on the basis of a Garda investigation and that driver is found guilty in a court of law, they could still be innocent?

    Yes


  • #18
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,403 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Johnboner wrote: »
    So tonight a person was killed on the M50 by a lorry and it looks like the lorry driver is innocent since the person was walking on the motorway and assumed to be killing himself

    Let me stop you right there. This will be subject to an investigation. Let's not speculate.

    And you've already got your answer.


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