One from Canada. The Winnipeg Sun reports that a woman who killed two men and seriously injured a third is appealing against her 10 year ban – saying it is “harsh and excessive”.
Apparently, she hit the accelerator thinking it to be the brake. She accelerated suddenly and swerved across the street, hit another vehicle and tore out a fire hydrant. She pushed the other vehicle into a pedestrian, who was seriously injured. Her own vehicle carried on across the intersection and hit two men, who died at the scene.
Her defence lawyer argues that she is a capable driver who suffered momentary inattention.
This seems at odds with the fact that at the original trial she appears to have been an inexperienced driver who had taken refresher lessons.
It’s obviously a tragic story (for those who were killed), but what caught my eye was the length of the ban. Ten years is a hell of a long time.
I just wish they did that over here. Ten years? It isn’t long enough. Some people simply shouldn’t be allowed to drive.