摘要：驾车人史蒂芬?康南由于未注意到停车标，快速驶过一个路口，撞死了骑车人格拉姆·麦克格雷戈。但法院裁定，事故起因是车载卫星导航没有收录该停车标，未能指示司机停车。

　　据英国《每日邮报》报道，因为车载导航缺陷，一名司机撞死骑自行车人后，被免于收监，仅须完成12个月的社区劳动。

　　Motorist avoids jail after judge says fatal crash would 'not have happened if sat-nav had been off'

　　Steven Conlan, 51, ploughed into cyclist Grahame McGregor on a junction

　　Mr McGregor, 55, died five days after the accident

　　The judge said the accident would not have happened if his sat-nav was off

　　A motorist who killed a cyclist because he was relying too much on a satnav has been spared jail.

　　Steven Conlan’s car hit Grahame McGregor after he missed a stop sign and illegally drove through a junction. The satnav system had failed to register the junction and had not instructed the motorist to stop, a court heard.

　　District Judge Roger Elsey told Conlan he should have paid more attention to the road rather than the in-car guidance system, adding: ‘I don’t believe the accident would have occurred if the satnav had been switched off.’

　　Conlan, 51, of Gateshead, had been relying on the in-car technology to guide him, his wife and their two children during a family day out to High Force, in upper Teesdale, when the sat nav failed to register the A692/A68 junction near Consett, County Durham, at 12.35pm.

　　Having missed a stop sign westbound on the A692, Conlan drove his Saab 93 straight out into the road, sending Mr McGregor, cycling north on the A68, hurtling across the road onto a footpath.

　　The 55-year-old cyclist, of Pelton, near Chester-le-Street, died in hospital five days later.

　　In a statement read out in court, Mr McGregor’s parents said they had been forced to bury their only son in the prime of his life.

　　His sister, Linda Williams, said the devastating loss had blown her family apart and called for action to make the junction safer.

　　Judge Elsey said the stop line was not very visible and drivers on the A692 could get the impression they had precedence.

　　However, prosecutor Lynne Roberts-Plowman told Peterlee Magistrates’ Court that there were several junction signs while Judge Elsey said had Conlan paid sufficient attention to the road he would have seen the stop sign.

　　Conlan, described by his lawyer Kate Meek as a trustworthy, loving, decent man, a devoted husband and father and a great friend, admitted causing death by careless driving.

　　He was at a loss to say how he missed the stop sign and was struggling to cope with the dreadful legacy of the accident, she added.

　　Judge Elsey told Conlan: 'Mr McGregor was a healthy young man in the prime of his life and his death is a devastating blow, a devastating loss to the family and friends that love him.

　　'No sentence I impose is ever going to make up for the grief they have suffered.'

　　He accepted Conlan was of good character, had behaved responsibly after the accident and had shown genuine remorse and sentenced him to a 12-month community penalty.

　　Conlan will have to complete 240 hours of unpaid work, pay a ￡60 surcharge and ￡85 court costs and will be banned from driving for two years. (dailymail)

　　satnav 卫星导航

　　penalty n. 罚款，罚金；处罚

　　相关介绍：

　　驾车人史蒂芬?康南由于未注意到停车标，快速驶过一个路口，撞死了骑车人格拉姆·麦克格雷戈。但法院裁定，事故起因是车载卫星导航没有收录该停车标，未能指示司机停车。

　　地区法官罗杰?埃尔斯对康南说，尽管如此，他应更关注路面情况而不是车载导航，并称：“我相信如果没有使用导航，事故是本可以避免的。”

　　康南今年51岁。事发当日中午12时35分左右，他正载着妻子和两个孩子出门游玩，行驶在A692号公路上。车载导航未提醒A692和A68号公路的交界处有停车标，须停车让行，结果他撞上了在A68号公路上骑行的麦克格雷戈，后者经过5天医院救治后，仍不幸去世。

　　埃尔斯法官说，该处停车线标识不清，而且A692号公路上的司机也会认为自己有优先路权。

　　康南的律师称其是一个可信、有爱、正直的人，也是一位负责的丈夫和诚挚的朋友，还称他描述事故场景时不知所措，而且努力去处理善后问题。

　　康南承认疏忽驾驶是造成死亡的原因。法官对他说：“麦克格雷戈身体健康，正直人生黄金时期。他的死亡对于挚爱他的家人和朋友都是一个巨大的打击，是一个巨大的灾难。”但认可康南是一个好人，鉴于他在事故之后积极担责，也表示了诚恳的悔意，因此只判处他12个月的社区劳动。

　　康南必须要完成240小时的无偿劳动，并支付60英镑的税费和85英镑的审理费。他还被禁驾两年。