Killer drivers
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:52 pm
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slowsider wrote:Which is the bigger problem?
slowsider wrote:Which is the bigger problem?
Renny wrote:slowsider wrote:Which is the bigger problem?
Do you mean those who make a genuine error of judgment resulting in death, or those who blatently ignore the rules and regulations?
slowsider wrote:OTOH, would the threat of prison make drivers pay attention more?
slowsider wrote:I mean, of the annual death toll on the road, how many are intentional (following glf's comment) ?
I'd say few enough - maybe 1%?. So, the bigger problem is the unintentional, responsible for the remainder of the c3200 deaths pa..
ScoobyChris wrote:slowsider wrote:OTOH, would the threat of prison make drivers pay attention more?
The problem is I don't think the majority of people have any concept of what prison is like so it's not actually a realistic punishment. Hitting the wallet and driving licence would be a far more effective deterrent imho....
Chris
PeterE wrote:Realistically, virtually no road fatalities are intentional, and those that are would be prosecuted as murder rather than causing death by dangerous/careless driving.
However, a clear distinction can be drawn between fatalities that result from behaviour that is self-evidently reckless or negligent, and those that result from isolated mistakes and errors of judgment.
Sending people to prison simply for making mistakes serves no worthwhile purpose as, by definition, nobody makes a conscious decision to make a mistake. As ipsg.glf has said, it is simply an act of revenge, nothing more.