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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
It won't lead to people not paying attention to the road. This isn't going to be the determining factor in deciding what people will do behind the wheel.
As for other criminal cases, it involves the removal of a dangerous offender (which he isn't) and the use of a deterrent for future criminal offences.
The use of prison in cases like this is a very strange one because it is more about vengeance than it is about safety. Making him sit in a box doesn't make sense, spend the money on making roads safer, on increased driver training and standards. Spending huge amounts of money isn't going to change life for the families and it isn't going to prevent future events like this. The only thing that it does is satisfy a lust for vengeance and it make someone pay.
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You’re not explaining why this is about vengeance and not deterrence. I fail to understand why a stiff sentence here isn’t as much of a deterrent as it is in many other criminal case.