Teenage girl 'killed by speeding driver’ as she crossed road, court told - Manchester Evening News
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Despite claiming to be 'driving safely', he blindly overtook another car (having tailgated the woman driver), was speeding at 43mph in 30mph zone, and acted without due care and attention or though for others, or the community, he was travelling through.
If this was Northern Europe, he'd have the book thrown at him and locked away for a long time.
When I raised the issue with Manchester City Council, who have responsibility for the A5103 Princess Road, they said their 'approach has been very successful' and only '190 people were killed or seriously injured' (2008 figures).
