kim_harding ✅Jul 26, 2024

Sentence for driving while banned after killing six people: 150 hours unpaid work, 12 months supervision and a restriction of liberty order for four months between the hours of 7pm – 7am. https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/glasgow-bin-lorry-crash-driver-12828178

Sentence for planning to stop traffic in a peaceful protest trying to save the world: four years in prison.
https://theconversation.com/why-courts-favour-cars-not-the-climate-234535

These sentences are the wrong way around, there is something very wrong with the UK.

#FuckCars #ClimateEmergency #NoJustice

Why Glasgow bin lorry crash driver Harry Clarke was not jailed over new charge

The 60-year-old was caught driving without a licence just nine months after the tragedy which claimed six lives. We explain why he was not jailed at Glasgow Sheriff Court today.

Glasgow Live
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@kim_harding It’s clearly a bigger crime to infringe on drivers’ rights to drive as they see fit, than the fatal consequences of such unrestricted driving. Apparently the average Brit hates cyclists…
Jul 26, 2024 at 10:43amWeb