We'll have to agree to disagree. He's ruined three families' lives, and to be potentially out in six years is staggering. Anyeay; I'm not going to argue all night with you about it. I won't change your mind, and you won't change mine.I don’t think that him killing three vs one should make much difference to the overall sentence, his criminality was the same.
Whether the sentencing guidelines for death by dangerous driving are too lenient, personally I err on probably not but I get why some would want to see them be longer.
I err on not personally though because of cases like this. His actions have killed three of his friends, left him with life changing injuries and him being sentenced to over nine years in prison. He’s going to subsequently live with both his injuries and the guilt of what he’s done for the rest of his life. I’m not sure what the purpose of having an extended sentence to the one he got would serve. Prison is there as a deterrent to others, a punishment to the individual and to protect society from potential subsequent actions.
Personally I’m comfortable with the level of deterrent the sentence provides, the punishment he personally is going to receive at the expense of us as taxpayers vs the punishment he’s going to live with subsequently and given the situation with this particular one, the risk of reoffending, which I think is low to none.
3 lives ended, 1 life ruined. It’s tragic and I feel for all the parents involved in particular.
We'll have to agree to disagree. He's ruined three families' lives, and to be potentially out in six years is staggering. Anyeay; I'm not going to argue all night with you about it. I won't change your mind, and you won't change mine.
Agree here.They all seemed to be enjoying themselves so I wouldn't blame it just on him.
Didn’t even think we were arguing! No problem, like I said, I can see why some would want to see it longer.
Fair point. "Argue" was a clumsy choice of word, "discuss" would have been more appropriate.Didn’t even think we were arguing! No problem, like I said, I can see why some would want to see it longer.
A report of the incident said only one of the three was wearing a seat belt. Disabling seat belt warning alarms should be an offence.Agree here.
I’d like to think if I got in a car and the driver was doing laughing gas, I’d ask him to pull over and I’d get out. Of course I’m saying that as a FOC rather than a teen out with my mates.
But the 3 who died knew what was going on, most likely didn’t have seat belts on and were having a good time.
Sympathies for the families, of course.
They all seemed to be enjoying themselves so I wouldn't blame it just on him.
If they were determined not to wear seat belts, I'm not sure the warning alarm would convince them to.A report of the incident said only one of the three was wearing a seat belt. Disabling seat belt warning alarms should be an offence.