06-11-2019, 09:36 AM
(06-11-2019, 09:14 AM)Reckless Rat Wrote: As a former leader of an accident investigation team I'd just like to say this.
Unless you were a witness to this unfortunate "collision" (current PC speak) then anything posted on here is either an assumption or anecdotal. Please do not presume to be aware of the facts unless you are actually party to the evidence. (All of it). We don't know what the circumstances were that caused or may have contributed to this unfortunate incident despite what you might have heard from third parties or read in the press. I have seen it many times where a presumption of the circumstances has been totally overturned by the evidence revealed during the investigation. The rule is - do not make assumptions.
The Police will carry out a full and extensive enquiry into this fatal accident and if charges are to be brought then they will be, if the evidence supports it. Until then, you can only guess at the outcome.
Best keep our own counsel and leave conjecture to the media.
Conjecture and discussion is useful. Thinking about the possibilities makes us all more aware of how to avoid us causing accidents in the future.
And yes the police will carry out a full and extensive enquiry, but does it get published? We might all benefit from learning how accidents are caused, especially involving slow vehicles, but the information doesn't often reach the man in the street.