On 27/01/2024 04:34 am, Simon Mason wrote:
A man who continued to drive despite being warned about his poor vision has been jailed for knocking down and killing two women.
Glyn Jones was told by both his optician and GP on several occasions that his eyesight was well below the standard required for driving a vehicle after he was diagnosed with a severe eye condition.
But he ignored the warnings and did not inform the DVLA or insurers.
The 68-year-old was behind the wheel of his Audi A3 when it struck friends Marie Cunningham, 79, and Grace Foulds, 85, as they crossed a road in Southport, Merseyside, on 30 November 2021.
He later failed a roadside eye test.
Both pensioners were taken to hospital but died from multiple catastrophic injuries.
Jones, of Blackgate Lane, Tarleton, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court to seven years and four months in jail, Merseyside Police said.
He was also banned from driving for nine years and 10 months after he pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
https://news.sky.com/story/driver-with-severe-eye-condition-jailed-for-hitting-and-killing-two-pensioners-13057170
And the chav-cycle connection was...?
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