2.24.2006
Weak punishment and the problem of speeding assholes
The fine for stealing goods worth up to £200 or causing £500 worth of property damage is the
standard and ineffective £80 fine, frequently dished out for drunken disorder. What the very FUCK? So who pays the rest... the poor victim. Even if he or she has insurance, it's still so much hassle and does nothing to sooth the anger and pain.
Another example of weak punishment this week: he was known to be speeding (48mph in a 30mph limit area) in a stolen car; he was known to not have insurance; he was known not to have a full driving licence. He failed to stop and failed to report an accident. He left a three year old girl dying in the road (she later died in hospital). But he prays for her every day...so hey it's ok they can just give him 12 pathetic weeks (the current maximum is 6 months, also pathetic). This insults me so much. I don't know the exact details, I've just extracted what I can from the shocked media. But if there is a solid explanation for this, then I would need to hear it.
There is some talk of changing the death by careless driving laws. It seems quite clear to me, that when a man (and it's always men) decides he is going to speed, whether to impress his mates or fill his worthless need to rebel or like in this case because he stole a fucking car, then he accepts right there and then that he has a much greater chance of hurting or killing someone. He takes the risk and should be ready for harsh consequences; only currently he will get very little in the way of punishment.
I witnessed a car speed through a city centre near me. There were people (well, except police people) everywhere. He did not slow down at the corner; clearly not knowing who was crossing beyond at that point. I would say his chances of killing someone were frighteningly high.
Another time when I was walking back from work, suddenly a car backed up at speed right in front of me from a small side road nestled between two terraced houses. Just a muddy side road leading down to a garage business. There is no way that man, with his music blaring, would have known if anyone was walking by on this significantly busy area near a university. What if a child had been there or a pedestrian simply deep in thought, slow to react.
What I have never understood is why cars are made with the capability to go so damn fast.
standard and ineffective £80 fine, frequently dished out for drunken disorder. What the very FUCK? So who pays the rest... the poor victim. Even if he or she has insurance, it's still so much hassle and does nothing to sooth the anger and pain.
Another example of weak punishment this week: he was known to be speeding (48mph in a 30mph limit area) in a stolen car; he was known to not have insurance; he was known not to have a full driving licence. He failed to stop and failed to report an accident. He left a three year old girl dying in the road (she later died in hospital). But he prays for her every day...so hey it's ok they can just give him 12 pathetic weeks (the current maximum is 6 months, also pathetic). This insults me so much. I don't know the exact details, I've just extracted what I can from the shocked media. But if there is a solid explanation for this, then I would need to hear it.
There is some talk of changing the death by careless driving laws. It seems quite clear to me, that when a man (and it's always men) decides he is going to speed, whether to impress his mates or fill his worthless need to rebel or like in this case because he stole a fucking car, then he accepts right there and then that he has a much greater chance of hurting or killing someone. He takes the risk and should be ready for harsh consequences; only currently he will get very little in the way of punishment.
I witnessed a car speed through a city centre near me. There were people (well, except police people) everywhere. He did not slow down at the corner; clearly not knowing who was crossing beyond at that point. I would say his chances of killing someone were frighteningly high.
Another time when I was walking back from work, suddenly a car backed up at speed right in front of me from a small side road nestled between two terraced houses. Just a muddy side road leading down to a garage business. There is no way that man, with his music blaring, would have known if anyone was walking by on this significantly busy area near a university. What if a child had been there or a pedestrian simply deep in thought, slow to react.
What I have never understood is why cars are made with the capability to go so damn fast.
And what did he, Mr Hussain, get for stealing the car... 4 weeks.
