Is this all a life is worth?

[riffer]

I said it a number of times and I'll say it again:

If I ever wanted to kill someone I'd do it with a vehicle.

Food for thought: Want to bet Skidmark will only get 300 hours community service?

[RantyDave]

Food for thought: Want to bet Skidmark will only get 300 hours community service?

Probably more. 300 hours community service for a shit for brains from Petone is, in dollars, 300 x $11.25 (minimum wage) = $3375. The actual price for killing a motorcyclist is less than the value of the bike itself.

It looks increasingly like Mark is going to have to pay for damage to the car - a rather exemplary bump to the drivers' door I imagine so comfortably two grand I'd say ... maybe more. If the charges aren't dropped he'll be fined at least another grand. Plus impound fees takes him dangerously close to the figure mentioned above.

OK, so it'll be close. Great.

At times like these I like to remember the guy who kidnapped the "prominent Maori lawyer"'s baby. Remember? He had warm milk in a bottle; clean blankets and clothes; modified a house to be soundproof and hid in it for a week or so. He got fourteen years.

Dave

[Street Gerbil]

I get it. This practice is a very nice loophole. Apparently if a gang attacks me and I try to defend myself with a knife, I will rot behind bars. If I run the bastards over with my cage, its community service.
G-d, I LOVE New Zealand!

[pete376403]

What about the person that decided to have a head on with a motorcyclist instead of holding their line and taking the brunt!!!!!

said person was the son of a work colleague. Not making any excuses but he was (at the time) 16 or 17 and had just got his license. I guess it came down to a lack of experience. I wouldn't agree that he "decided" to have the head on, rather that he saw the car coming over onto him and reflexivly swerved to avoid it.

[Rhino]

I'm with you devnull. WFT is wrong with the legal system? Why does it take 9 months to get an outcome? Why does the justice system allow serious $$$ in outstanding fines ? Sorry, but what we have here is an absolute and total absence of respect for anyone or anything. Bring back capital punishment

A lead disprin between the eyeballs seems like a better solution.

[NinjaNanna]

said person was the son of a work colleague. Not making any excuses but he was (at the time) 16 or 17 and had just got his license. I guess it came down to a lack of experience. I wouldn't agree that he "decided" to have the head on, rather that he saw the car coming over onto him and reflexivly swerved to avoid it.

I've no doubt that this is true, and the report didn't tell us if the accident was on a corner where the motorbike rider could be clearly seen either.

I would like to have known from the news report if "the other driver" is still waiting to appear in court has been sentenced or whatever the circumstances happen to be.

[Ewan Oozarmy]

If someone is proved to have caused death by dangerous driving then this must carry a jail term - simple as that. Otherwise, where's the deterrent not to drive like a c*nt?

I read this earlier...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6977962.stm

Different circumstances, I know, but the guy got banged up and rightly so.

[pete376403]

I've no doubt that this is true, and the report didn't tell us if the accident was on a corner where the motorbike rider could be clearly seen either.

I would like to have known from the news report if "the other driver" is still waiting to appear in court has been sentenced or whatever the circumstances happen to be.

River Road is a piece of shit that was probably designed by accountants. At least a dozen people were killed on it in the first year it was opened. After major reworks the fatality rate dropped down to about 1 or 2 a year. Where this event occurred is a gentle left curve with two lanes northbound and one southbound. Both northbound lanes have clear visibility of the southbound lane for at least a half a kilometer, probably more, in fine weather.
Haven't heard yet if the boy is facing charges or not.