A woman who caused a motorcyclist’s death on the A9 has been banned from the road and ordered to carry out unpaid work.
Glasgow University technician Mona Rahman failed to see Mervyn Taylor’s bike leading a line of traffic as she pulled out of the House of Bruar shopping complex.
Mr Taylor, from Norfolk, died after he smashed into the central pillar of her car.
The motorcyclist had been to a family gathering with his wife and two of his four children and was travelling south on his Yamaha while his family followed in a car.
Rahman had been in the shopping centre with her husband and was waiting to turn northbound on to the A9.
Fiscal depute Robbie Brown told Perth Sheriff Court that it appeared Mr Taylor had attempted to “lay down” his bike an advanced motorcycling skill designed to prevent head and neck injuries in a collision.
Tony Graham, Rahman’s advocate, said she had expressed “remorse and regret” over the crash and recognised the damage it had done to Mr Taylor’s family.
Rahman had previously admitted causing the death of Mr Taylor by driving without due care and attention on the A9 at the junction with the B8079 on April 21 2014.
Sheriff Lindsay Foulis banned the 60-year-old, of Greendykes Road, Glasgow, from the roads for three years and ordered her to sit the extended driving test.
He also ordered her to carry out 250 hours of unpaid work.
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