MOTORCYCLE groups have slammed a not-guilty verdict for a central Victorian police officer involved in a crash that killed a Woodend rider.Peta Carbonneau, 35, was charged with dangerous driving causing death following the 2009 accident.She was yesterday acquitted of the charge in the Bendigo County Court.Independent Riders Group spokesman Damien Cognotto said the verdict sent a poor message to the community.‘’I’m disappointed in the verdict because the officer who was driving the car was an experienced police woman, had advanced driver training and knew the area, so it’s unlikely that she didn’t understand that the double white lines meant it was dangerous to do a U-turn in that spot,’’ Mr Cognotto said.“Even if there weren’t double white lines, in the conditions it was dangerous.’’He said he realised Carbonneau was remorseful for the fatal mistake, but a conviction should have been recorded.“It’s one of those crashes that really didn’t need to happen. It’s destroyed one life and damaged several others and while personally I don’t think a jail term was warranted, I can’t understand the not-guilty verdict. It just doesn’t make sense,’’ he said.Motorcycle Riders Association safety officer Dale Maggs yesterday said justice had not been served. “It makes me feel in some way we have been robbed of not only an important person in the community, being Luke Wilson, but the system has failed us by finding Peta Carbonneau not guilty,’’ he said. “Where a person who is an experienced driver and clearly responsible for her actions is let off and can go unpenalised it says to me there are gaps in the judiciary system and these loopholes need to be closed.’’Mr Maggs said the association would write to the Office of Public Prosecution expressing its disappointment at the verdict.