A driver who lost control of his car and crashed near to Lochnell Primary School was banned from driving for three months and fined £300. ‘If an accident like this had happened during school time, when a child had been standing in front of that sign, then a real tragedy could have resulted’, said SheriffPatrick Hughes at Oban SheriffCourt on Tuesday.
‘When any of us takes a vehicle onto the road we take on a responsibility for ourselves and also other road users. It is important we do everything we can to keep them safe.’ He told 21-year-old David Cioban: ‘The sentence imposed today is not just something that applies to you but must also send a message to all drivers in this area.’
Cioban, of 26 Strathmore Gardens, Rutherglen, who works as logistics and planning supervisor on a building project at Barcaldine, had admitted to driving without due care and attention.