RE: 7 Years Jail For Texting Drivers Who Kill
Discussion
Just another nanny state type bogus rule, I’m so sick of reading and hearing this bulls
t.
What pisses me off more are the people that swallow everything the government say and then go preaching it without a seconds thought for themselves, they just adopt it and then it becomes the consensus.
Give me a break FFS!
Soon martial law will be in place I swear it!
t.What pisses me off more are the people that swallow everything the government say and then go preaching it without a seconds thought for themselves, they just adopt it and then it becomes the consensus.
Give me a break FFS!
Soon martial law will be in place I swear it!
Neomagic said:
Just another nanny state type bogus rule, I’m so sick of reading and hearing this bullst.
What pisses me off more are the people that swallow everything the government say and then go preaching it without a seconds thought for themselves, they just adopt it and then it becomes the consensus.
Give me a break FFS!
Soon martial law will be in place I swear it!
yep. theres plenty of that ilk on this forum, even this thread.t.What pisses me off more are the people that swallow everything the government say and then go preaching it without a seconds thought for themselves, they just adopt it and then it becomes the consensus.
Give me a break FFS!
Soon martial law will be in place I swear it!
derestrictor said:
MilnerR said:
...vote chasing, hand-wringing nonsense.
In a nutshell.all sort of wild claims they can't possibly deliver
on makes them look like a bunch of
It's a basic rule of any stable western society that
there must *always* be enough space in the prison
system for the courts to send as many folks as they
like for as long as they like.
Otherwise, full prisons give the green light to all
sorts of riff-raff to do what they like when they like.
It would also help if the prison system was a deterrent.
I know more than a few people that prefer prison
to their home life.
Three good meals a day, all the TV you can eat, nice
warm cell, loads of mates and frequent visits from
lovely middle class social services types make it all
worthwhile.
Just looking at how the CPS has put cases forward and how section 1 cases have been judged and sentenced over the last few years, makes this 'news' scary.
Currently these type of offences are judged by persons that quite often have no knowledge about technical matters, driving skills and vehicle dynamics. Quite a few cases have been judged purely on speed. So much that in 1 Scottish court a man was sentenced to 4.5 year in prison because of killing a drunken woman crossing the road at 3AM in the morning while driving at 32 mph. The same person judged that a man driving at 29 mph, hitting and killing a pedestrian crossing the road during the day was not guilty. I know one can not compare cases, but I am trying to highlight that instead of increasing sentences, it would be better to have judges trained on vehicle and traffic dynamics to allow them to make informed judgments, rather than just listening to populist 'safety messages' like speed and mobile phone useage.
Currently these type of offences are judged by persons that quite often have no knowledge about technical matters, driving skills and vehicle dynamics. Quite a few cases have been judged purely on speed. So much that in 1 Scottish court a man was sentenced to 4.5 year in prison because of killing a drunken woman crossing the road at 3AM in the morning while driving at 32 mph. The same person judged that a man driving at 29 mph, hitting and killing a pedestrian crossing the road during the day was not guilty. I know one can not compare cases, but I am trying to highlight that instead of increasing sentences, it would be better to have judges trained on vehicle and traffic dynamics to allow them to make informed judgments, rather than just listening to populist 'safety messages' like speed and mobile phone useage.
Edited by lookout on Wednesday 16th July 19:02
Interesting, i'm wondering how this can be enforced. In my daily drudge as a pedestrian in London's not so fair city I observe that pedestrians are becoming more suicidal, more motorists than ever are using a mobile while driving, more cyclists are riding through red lights (be they traffic or pedestrian), and less and less physical police presence. Its all a game really, the more the nanny state removes risk from us the more and more we strive to improvise it. What the hell, life's too short, just do your own thing they're going to get you one way or the other.
I am guessing its to fill in for CPS incompetence, as discussed having an accident fatality or not already comes under careless or dangerous driving. Scribing all these new laws makes elected rulers look busy, keeps civil service typists fumbling and negates the need to train good judgement into officers. IMHO
Finlandia said:
Millionair said:
Cold Fusion said:
It should be 6 months in prison for talking on the phone while driving.
Millionair said:
Finlandia said:
Millionair said:
Cold Fusion said:
It should be 6 months in prison for talking on the phone while driving.
Now, had it been an ipod you held, that would be fair game.
Brilliant, ain't it?
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