Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKMar 6

One one level its likely a "good" thing this serious/fatal #collision in #London appears to be a genuine mistake rather than anything more sinister.

When I first heard about it a year ago and realised offender was white and the victims all of multicultural ancestry I feared the worst..

I do feel that his /employers/ should also be in Court or at least investigated by Health and Safety Executive - his #driving errors do match that of someone genuinely unfamiliar with an electric van (or any automatic vehicle) - but surely he should have had opportunity to tell his boss that was the case.

Was he fearful to do so due to time pressures, fatigue (having driven all the way from #Southampton) or hubris/machismo (or all of these things?)

#RoadSafety

https://metro.co.uk/2026/03/06/van-driver-killed-university-student-20-central-london-crash-jailed-27258986/

Van driver who killed university student, 20, in central London crash is jailed

Christopher Jackson admitted causing the death of university student Aalia Mahomed by dangerous driving in The Strand last year.

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#FleetManagers across the whole country must take note of this incident and build in sufficient slack time for a #driver to try any unfamiliar #vehicle *before* they are expected to drive it with time pressures, and create #WorkCulture where they aren't afraid to say "I haven't driven an #EV or #automatic #car / #van before"

Ideally a colleague can sit in passenger seat with them and check they are using safe techniques - a go-kart or computer racing game is *not* suitable training, they often encourage left-foot braking which is exactly how someone more used to a #manual vehicle could make this dangerous mistake (its also a common problem with #seniors who get their first two pedal car after a lifetime of having 3 pedals to deal with) #RoadSafety #UK #Europe

Mar 6 at 11:31pmWeb