Jail for speeding driver who killed cyclist in Norwich

("The court heard that Evans had previous driving offences including some committed after the collision with Mr Mooney)"
Doesn't seem the court took this evidence of Evans being persistent danger to the public into account, having failed to apply a more severe punishment - certailnly, life bans may help many BoyGirlracers think twice before engaging in aggressive dangerous spped driving.

Judge Katharine Moore said that the case was “a stark and tragic reminder of the dangers of speeding.”

And yet the sentence you handed him is still pathetic.

Aside from the jail sentence length, what about the five year disqualification? 
Offences like this should start at a lifetime ban and then let the defendant contest it, if they can.

the driver was originally arrested on suspicion of drink driving, drug driving and dangerous driving following the crash, but it took more than 10months before charges were filed, in fact it may not even have resulted in a charge till sometime this year, so it would be interesting to know what had changed, not withstanding the "shambles" of the case Norfolk police made of the cyclist killed in Swannington also from 2018.

A prison sentence is better than some that have been reported, but it's still pretty soft (especially considering the connection with stolen cars). It looks to me like this could meet the definition of unlawful act manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of 18 years.

That said, I'm not generally in favour of lengthy custodial sentences (I think they are a huge cost to society and don't rehabilitate offenders but simply spit them out with no future prospects and a lot of criminal connections). But courts should be much more willing to hand out lifetime driving bans. Driving is a privilege, not a right, and those who cannot be trusted should not be allowed.

I think this should go hand-in-hand with improving facilities for active travel and public transport, so that being driving really is unnecessary, for both people who choose not to and for people who are not permitted to.

Is it called the Criminal Justice System ironically?

Which of the 30 months is for killing a human and are all the other 29 for the £60k of stolen car handling?

This is NOT “a stark and tragic reminder of the dangers of speeding.” This is deliberately exceeding the legal limits of the road (by a factor of almost two) with zero attention to the possible consequences.

We have to get away from these sentences that are a smack in the face for the relatives of the victims. In 30 months time their grief will still have the capacity to overwhelm at any moment. The driver will have been free for some time to go back to the day job of dealing dodgy motors.

The next twat who tells me that speeding doesn't kill is going to get a knuckle sandwich.  As others have said, exceeding the speed limit by 80% isn't careless, it is deliberate recklessness, and the sentence should reflect that, and  the driver should never be allowed to drive again, ever.

If this was any other field of human activity other than driving, the sentence would have been many times that, and they would have been banned from it for life, and not an eyelid would have been batted.  But it's driving, so your licence to kill will be returned soon.

I just don't get it. How is almost double a 30mph speed limit not automatically dangerous driving? If speed limits are there for safety then driving at almost twice the maximum safe speed of the road has to be dangerous?

How is 55 in a 30 careless? It also says
"Mr Ivory said trees and parked cars could have meant Mr Mooney and Evans did not seen each other until it was too late"
And that's the prosecution!
Driving at excessive speeds knowing you can't see seems dangerous to me.
But it is ok because
"Mr James said that Evans was remorseful and had fragile mental health."