CAUSING DEATH BY CARELESS DRIVING. JUSTICE OR REVENGE?
03 November 2005 - Safe Speed

Details are emerging of a long-discussed proposal to create an offence of''causing death by careless driving''.

Apparently sentences of up to five years'' imprisonment will be available to the courts.

Paul Smith, founder of the Safe Speed road safety campaign said: ''My heart goes out to anyone who has lost a loved one on our roads. It''s that awful loss that makes it so very important that we get our road safety policies right. We must have policies that punish the dangerous minority and educate the responsible majority. We must have policies that actually make the roads safer.''

''Careless driving is a minor error. A momentary lapse of concentration, a minor
error of judgement or an observation failure are all careless driving - and
rightly so. Sometimes a commonplace and minor driving error can have deadly
consequences. No driver can guarantee not to make a minor mistake. This new law
will imprison good people on the random roll of a tragic dice.''

''This new law isn''t a valid attempt to improve justice or road safety. Victims
groups want revenge and the government seems intent on giving it to them want.''

''It''s not justice. It''s revenge. Pure and simple.''

www.safespeed.org.uk

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