As I spend my days writing about criminal defendants stabbing, shooting and killing people in Birmingham I try to comfort myself with one thought: If you don't go looking for trouble, it makes it less likely to find you.

But there is one part of the city where even that notion won't protect you, the roads.

As BirminghamLive's court reporter I've covered far too many cases about completely innocent people being killed or having their lives wrecked just by going about their daily business.

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Why? Because they had the misfortune to encounter a selfish driver. A driver who was speeding, racing or was too intoxicated to be behind the wheel in the first place.

Birmingham was once celebrated as 'motor

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