My Nonprofit Reviews

My son was a biker and was out one night with his pals, only drinking soft drinks. He set off home early as he had work the next day and on his way home he was killed by a woman who was out drinking and driving and in a hurry to get to the local pub for the last drinks. She cut in front of my son and he was killed almost instantly. It went to Magistrates Court and then to Crown Court. The judge said he could not impose the penalty he would wish, as the laws in the U.K. would not allow this. He would not fine her the paltry sum he was allowed to, as it would be a disgrace to my 22 year old sons memory. She got off with a driving ban. The judge appealed to people in the court to lobby their M.P.'s to get the laws changed. This is what I did. I got over 15,150 signatures from all over the U.K. over a 5 week period, with the help of a motorcycling magazine who made it their centre page feature case for unfair treatment of bikers. I presented the signatures to my M.P. in the February and the law was changed in the July. This was back in the 1990's and the law has further been changed against drinking and driving with still insufficient penalties for drink/driving. My son, Dale Roberts, was a perfectly innocent victim with his whole life in front of him and then nothing.

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