There are very few consequences for it to be honest. The one recently acquitted where the bus driver turned off Battlefield road hitting a pedestrian who was already in the junction is a good example. I am not saying the bus driver should go to jail but his driving days should be over. He was turning off a road and hit a pedestrian in a junction. That is 100% his fault and is 100% against the law. I believe he wasn't trying to be a dangerous driver but he objectively is. The person who killed the pedestrian last week in the city centre was briefly arrested and then released without charge. The person who killed the pedestrian on the pavement by the Bridge street subway station was never charged.
If you kill a pedestrian with your car there really aren't any consequences. Most the time they don't even get a driving ban. It is absolute madness. |