11.13.2006

 

More problems with punishment in the weak UK

If you speed and kill someone by hit and run you get a short custodial sentence. You drive a car illegally/speed/drink and drive, but not kill anyone then you get a fine. So you actually have to kill someone to get anything near real punishment. The potential to kill is ok it seems; no big deal. If the punishment is proportional to the potential to kill and the potential consequences of actions then I think this would be a serious deterrant to fuckers everywhere.
Same with guns and knives. There is a potential to kill/cripple by just carrying it around with you.
You get caught using a mobile phone when driving the fine (in the midlands) is £30. Now the person driving and talking on a hand-held phone knows there is little chance of being caught, and even if they are it's not big deal; 30 squids. You up that fine to £500-£1000 plus a short-ish ban from driving, then we will see a difference. I conclude with: fuck our weak laws sideways.

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