Brimstone wrote:


You're quite right Doug, the "playing field" is decidedly not level.
Offending motorists get punished more severely that do people
convicted of manslaughter.

A moment with Google suggests you're quite, quite wrong.

http://www.publications.parliament.u.../vo060720/text
/60720w1849.htm - a written answer in 2006 - has a table showing that
custodial sentences for manslaughter between 1996-2004 averaged around
60 months.


http://www.rospa.com/RoadSafety/cons...gerous_driving
..pdf - ROSPA's input to the sentencing advisory panel in 2007 - says,
inter alia:

"Sentencing statistics show that average sentence lengths for the
offence of causing death by careless driving when under the influence
of drink or drugs have altered very little in the years 1999-2005,
remaining close to an average of 42 months. However, average sentence
levels for causing death by dangerous driving have shown a gradual
increase, from 35 months in 1999 to 44 months in 2004."



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John