Actually the kid wasn't punished as an idiot, he didn't get the maximum sentence.
problem is people don't equate "lapse in concentration" with "death". This irks me no end because if you have a lapse in concentration with a gun, you could have a death - 1 bullett. You have a lapse in concentration with a truck and you could have up to 50 deaths - Truck + bus....
Guns arent even designed to kill people. They are an evolution of the bow which was designed as a hunting weapon. Cars arent designed to kill people either, but a car is a more effective killing weapon than a gun, and should be licensed and legislated at least as tightly as a gun, if not more....
A car is not a gun you cry ! i can hear you from here. At distances of up to 100m, my hunting bow is more accurate and deadly than any pistol (not rifle). Yet it has no legislation whatsoever... But crossbows do and are classed as firearms, even though no 'fire' is involved. Slingshots are classed as firearms. Crossbows and slinghots were legislated as firearms because they wer as effective as firearms at shortrange. Bows were skipped 'Because they are not concealable' and 'Require substantial preparation prior to firing".
There is no logic in the law. It's an ass. Just because a car is not concealable, and requires substantial preparation prior to firing, does not make it less deadly, than either my bow, or a firearm.
I held a national ranking of #7 in the freestyle unlimited division with IFAA and IBO. Could - and maybe still can - put an arrow in every pip on a playing card at 30meters. Bows are EXTREMELY DEADLY at up to 100m, and can easily cause a fatalty at longer distances. FFS we kill bears and Moose with 'em, let alone feral pigs.
Yet almost anyone is allowed behind the wheel of a more fatal device, and is allowed lapses in concentration that cause fatalaties without being held morally accountable. I am so digusted with the law I am beyond words.
