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The changes would also mean serious injury caused by dangerous cycling - or death by careless or inconsiderate cycling - could incur punishments of five years in jail, fines, or both.

What they did was incredibly inconsiderate, to say the least.

Spencer, from Newbold on Stour, pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court to death by careless driving and three counts of causing serious injury by careless or inconsiderate driving.

"I think local planning is all done just to give local people the illusion that their opinion counts, because what they've done is inconsiderate and disrespectful," he says.

The timing of the visit, early on a Sunday morning, could be judged inconsiderate, but the officer had already made a previous, unanswered visit and was "diligently trying to conduct his workload", the report added.